💻 OpenAI inks deal with Financial Times to use its content
📱 Phone carriers fined for sharing customer data
📺 Peacock to raise subscription prices
🎶 Spider-Verse composer preps concert tour 🕹️ Xbox holds its spring showcase for indie games |
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OpenAI to use Financial Times content to train its AI technology |
It follows similar deals OpenAI has inked with German publishing giant Axel Springer and the Associated Press, among others
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Eager to avoid legal shenanigans over the content that it uses to train its AI technology, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has inked another news licensing deal, this time with the Financial Times (FT). The deal covers OpenAI’s use of the FT’s content for training its AI models, TechCrunch reported. The pair will also seek to develop “new AI products and features for FT readers,” the FT said, while ChatGPT users will be able “to see select attributed summaries, quotes, and rich links to FT journalism in response to relevant queries.” The FT said that it’s right “that AI platforms pay publishers for the use of their material,” adding that it’s “clearly in the interests of users that these products contain reliable sources” ... |
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Verizon, AT&T and other carriers fined big for sharing customer data |
The companies said they expect to appeal the $200 million decision by the Federal Communications Commission |
Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint have been fined a collective $200 million by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for sharing customers' location data without their consent, USA Today reported. An investigation determined that the carriers sold access to their customers’ location data to aggregators, who then sold it on to third-party location-based service providers. All four carriers continued to sell access to location information without implementing protective measures even after they were told that their safeguards were ineffective, according to the FCC. Commenting on the case, FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said: “Our communications providers have access to some of the most sensitive information about us. These carriers failed to protect the information entrusted to them" ... |
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Peacock streaming services to get price hikes this summer
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The NBC-owned platform will increase its monthly fee shortly before its coverage of the Summer Olympics begins |
Peacock will increase the subscription fee for its ad-free service by $2 to $14 a month ahead of this summer's Paris Olympic Games, while the ad-supported option will also go up by $2 to $8, CNBC reported. For those paying annually, the ad-free price will be $140 while the ad-supported tier will cost $80 that represents a $20 hike for each plan. The higher fees will take effect for new subscribers starting July 18, while current customers will see the new pricing beginning August 17, should they renew their subscription. Earlier this year, the U.S.-only Peacock service had 34 million subscribers, Variety noted, marking a 55% increase year-over-year ... |
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse live music show heading to U.S. |
Composer Daniel Pemberton said he won't be onstage for every show, but he'll try to make it to some of the bigger ones |
The live concert tour for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is coming to the U.S., Daniel Pemberton, the movie’s composer, has confirmed. The news comes a week after the show was announced for a U.K. tour. The stateside tour will involve more than 50 dates and kick off in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 1, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I always thought it’d be impossible to do live, because they jump between so many different ideas and genres,” Pemberton told the entertainment news site. “But a long time ago, I did a couple of cues at a one-off film music festival and I was really surprised at how effectively it worked” ... |
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Highlights from Xbox gaming showcase include Palworld, more |
The event focuses on independent games coming to the platform
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Microsoft’s ID@Xbox Digital Showcase pulled the wraps off 19 games heading to PC and Xbox. “From existing games getting updates, such as Palworld and Vampire Survivors, to new details on existing indie games, like 33 Immortals and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, [Monday's] showcase likely had a game for just about every type of player,” reported IGN, the event's host. The gaming site pulled together all the news from the showcase, while Pocket-lint shared its favorite announcements, which included a teaser for the M-rated Jackbox Naughty Pack and the reveal of a May 30 release date for Astor: Blade of the Monolith ... |
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