YouTube is getting “hundreds” of full classic Sesame Street episodes beginning in January 2026. Once the episodes are available, “YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content,” Sesame Workshop says. YouTube is already has a wealth of popular content focused toward kids, including big channels like Cocomelon (which is getting a theatrical […]
Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data.
An all-new iPhone variant, plus a long list of useful (if predictable) upgrades.
Writers aren't getting this settlement because their work was fed to an AI -- this is just a costly slap on the wrist for Anthropic because it illegally downloaded books instead of buying them.
In what’s potentially the first major payout to creatives whose work was used to train AI systems, Anthropic has reached an agreement to pay “at least” a staggering $1.5 billion, plus interest, to authors to settle its class-action lawsuit. The amount breaks down to smaller payouts expected to be approximately $3,000 per book or work. Lawyers […]
The EU could seek to break up Google's ad division.
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Warner Bros. case builds on arguments raised in a Disney/Universal lawsuit.
CEO says the game is projected to meet expectations, but there are cuts anyway.
Dot, a personalized AI companion, is shutting down.
