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Seventeen authors have joined a new lawsuit alleging ‘systematic theft on a mass scale’ by the programJohn Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George RR Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale”, the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission.In papers filed on Tuesday in federal court in New York, the authors alleged “flagrant and harmfu

The company announced the new limitations after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale but said that ‘very few’ publishers will be affectedAmazon has created a new rule limiting the number of books that authors can self-publish on its site to three a day, after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale in recent months.The company announced the new limitations in a post on its Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) forum on Monday. “Whil

Actor warns about dangers of artificial intelligence after discovering version of his voice based on Harry Potter audiobooksStephen Fry has issued a warning about the potential dangers of AI, after claiming that a history documentary faked his voice without his knowledge. Speaking at the tech-based CogX Festival in London, the star played a clip of a programme seemingly narrated by him, before explaining that it was the result of digital cloning.“I said not one word of that – it was

Actor warns about dangers of artificial intelligence after discovering version of his voice based on Harry Potter audiobooksStephen Fry has issued a warning about the potential dangers of AI, after claiming that a history documentary faked his voice without his knowledge. Speaking at the tech-based CogX festival in London, the star played a clip of a programme seemingly narrated by him, before saying that it was the result of digital cloning.“I said not one word of that – it was a ma

Study finds new technologies have created and upskilled jobs but disparities in education and investment may affect pace of changeThe adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automated equipment has an overall positive impact on jobs, new research has found, with more than three-quarters of firms reporting that use of the technology had created new roles within the company and the majority reporting that job quality had improved.More than 1,000 UK firms were asked about their adopt

Assistant competition minister highlights risk of deepfake videos and voice clones in speechGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastArtificial intelligence could “turbo-charge fraud” and exacerbate anti-competitive practices including collusion, the assistant competition minister, Andrew Leigh, has warned.In a speech to the McKell Institute on Wednesday, Leigh warned that deepfake videos and voice clones could have criminal applications, including by