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Authors sue Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training

Aug 20 2024: The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court by three authors who say it misused their books and hundreds of thousands of others to train its AI-powered chatbot Claude, which generates texts in ...

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Dozens of UK school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, survey finds

Aug 19 2024: More than two dozen school librarians in the UK have been asked to remove books – many of which are LGBTQ+ titles – from school library shelves, according to new survey data.

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Nearly £250,000 raised for Liverpool library damaged by rioters

Aug 14 2024: A fundraising campaign has raised nearly £250,000 to repair a library in Liverpool that was torched by rioters during unrest earlier this month, with hundreds of authors pledging to donate their books.

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In Glasgow, Worldcon worked to put Hugos controversy behind it

Aug 13 2024: In a spirited five-day celebration, held August 8–12 at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, Scotland, crowds converged from all over the globe for the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, known as Worldcon. Show organizers said that more than 8,000 membership ...

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Appeals court delivers a mixed decision in Iowa book banning case

Aug 12 2024: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on August 9 vacated a December 2023 injunction blocking parts of Iowa's controversial book banning law, SF 496. But the move could only be a temporary setback for freedom to read advocates, with court watchers noting that...

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Advocates react to Utah ban of 13 books in schools and libraries: ‘It’s a tragedy’

Aug 09 2024: Library associations, free speech groups and advocates are expressing outrage and concern after the state of Utah ordered 13 books to be removed from public school classrooms and libraries in accordance with a new state law that passed earlier this year.

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Open Road launches geo-targeting service to fight book bans

Aug 08 2024: In an effort to give consumers the chance to read books that have been banned by various localities, Open Road Integrated Media has started a new marketing service, the Free Voices Geo-Targeting initiative.

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Inaugural inside literary prize empowers incarcerated readers

Aug 07 2024: At the inaugural Inside Literary Prize ceremony, held at the New York Public Library's flagship location in Manhattan on August 1, authors and advocates reflected on the significance of the first major U.S. book award judged exclusively by incarcerated people. The jury ...

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