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A political scientist who studies what helps people connect across differences. A novelist whose books about Native American communities in Oakland, California, sparked a passionate following. A photographer whose black and white images investigate poverty in America. Hahrie Han, Tommy Orange and Matt Black are among the 22 fellows selected this year by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and …

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Cam Schlittler called it “personal.” He grew up a Red Sox fan in Walpole, Mass., and while he has moved on to a different allegiance, his friends and many others from the region certainly have not. And Schlittler explained that from the moment Garrett Crochet pitched the Red Sox to a Game 1 victory in this wild-card series, those from …

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The publisher Taylor & Francis is investigating concerns raised on PubPeer about a paper claiming to find DNA contamination in COVID-19 vaccines beyond regulators’ recommended amounts.  The move comes as the U.S. body tasked with making recommendations for vaccine use is scheduled to consider the safety of COVID-19 shots, and two of the study’s authors say their findings will be …

BBC Jane Austen tour guide Theresa Roche has studied the author and her life for years People who love sharing their passion for the world of Jane Austen say they have been busier than ever preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the author’s birth. Theresa Roche is a Jane Austen walking tour guide, as well as a historian and …

At a hearing Monday, US district judge William Alsup blasted a proposed $1.5 billion settlement over Anthropic’s rampant piracy of books to train AI. The proposed settlement comes in a case where Anthropic could have owed more than $1 trillion in damages after Alsup certified a class that included up to 7 million claimants whose works were illegally downloaded by …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday skewered a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots, raising the specter that the case could still end up going to trial. After spending nearly an hour mostly lambasting a settlement that he believes is …

AI upstart Anthropic has agreed to create a $1.5 billion fund it will use to compensate authors whose works it used to train its models without seeking or securing permission. News of the settlement emerged late last week in a filing [PDF] in the case filed by three authors – Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson – who …

AI company Anthropic has agreed to settle a lawsuit from authors. The cost: $1.5 billion. A judge still needs to approve the settlement, but lawyers representing the group of authors celebrated the major update in the case. “As best as we can tell, it’s the largest copyright recovery ever,” Justin Nelson, a lawyer for the authors, told the Associated Press. …