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Artificial intelligence makers have faced a mountain of criticism for borrowing from the work of others to train its models. Now the worlds largest publishing house is taking steps to ensure its authors dont have their work plagiarized in the name of progress. The Bookseller reports that Penguin Random House Publishing changed the copyright page at the front of its books to address using any of its titles as a source for AI training. Now the wording states: No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. The new wording also protects against data absorption by noting the publisher expressly reserves [the titles] from the text and data mining exception. This part of the amended text comes from a recent European Parliament directive regarding text and data mining exceptions and ownership. Penguin Random House is the latest publishing company to take action against encroaching AI models. Earlier this week, The New York Times issued a cease and desist letter to the AI startup Perplexity to spot using its articles and stories to help its AI model create answers for users.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/penguin-random-house-amends-its-copyright-rules-to-protect-authors-from-ai-210436839.html?src=rss
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In Australia, 16 October 2024 was National Banana Day. To celebrate, Australian Bananas launched the Banana Gym Pass. For one day only, Aussies could access over 350 gyms nationwide, including Fitness First and Goodlife Health Clubs, using a banana bought from any local grocer as their entry pass. In addition to promoting bananas as an ideal workout snack, the campaign aimed to encourage people to get active by giving people one-day access to gyms. The idea came about after a study revealed that 46% of Australians without a gym membership considered signing up ahead of the summer season.
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Its only been three months since the implosion of Redbox, but the companys familiar red kiosks could become a security nightmare as theyre sold to the highest bidders. Gizmodo reports at least one owner of a defunct DVD and Blu-ray dispenser found a way to obtain customers private information from an encrypted file on the machine, which contained more than just one persons penchant for the Trolls franchise. The database also contained sensitive data like personal emails and home addresses. On Mastodon, programmer Foone Turing, a self-described collector of weird things, said she cracked the encrypted files from a Redbox machine and matched the information she found to a real person. The file she obtained came from a Redbox machine that had operated in Morganton, North Carolina. The information she pulled from the file showed a customers name, ZIP code and usage history. If youre curious, they rented a copy of The Giver and The Maze Runner. Ill bet that person is thankful they decided not to take out a copy of Disneys Lone Ranger reboot. Turing told Lowpass she was even able to obtain part of some customers credit card information. Even though there wasnt an entire log, she noticed it still had the first six and the last 4 [digits] of each credit card used, plus some lower-level transaction details. It also didnt take a lot of hacking know-how to crack the machines. The code Redbox used to program the machines is the kind of code you get when hire 20 new grads who technically know C# but none of them has [sic] written any software before, Turing wrote on Mastodon. Now heres the kicker. Its clear that Redboxs parent company, Chicken Soup for the Soul, didnt do a great job of wiping the machines before selling them off like old shoes at a garage sale. There are over 24,000 kiosks and some people are even buying them from the store and taking the things home. Suddenly, paying a couple of extra bucks for Netflix doesnt sound as bad right now. Weve reached out to Chicken Soup for the Soul for comment.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-movies/turns-out-redboxs-derelict-kiosks-are-a-big-red-security-risk-192246034.html?src=rss
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