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P2P for Content Distribution Networks (CDNs)
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) have transformed the availability and delivery speed of Web content and are particularly important in the case of media files, such as video. Traditional CDNs use a central network of servers to cache and deliver content to users based on their geographic proximity to the servers. However, as the internet grows and the demand for more…
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OpenAI and Google ask the government to let them train AI on content they don’t own
OpenAI and Google are pushing the US government to allow their AI models to train on copyrighted material. Both companies outlined their stances in proposals published this week, with OpenAI arguing that applying fair use protections to AI “is a matter of national security.” The proposals come in response to a request from the White House, which asked governments, industry…
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A Reddit moderation tool is flagging ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent content
Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word “Luigi” as potentially violent — even when the content isn’t. But Reddit does appear to be flagging comments that mention “Luigi” in some cases, even those unrelated to Mangione — just not in the way that it first appeared to be. The Reddit spokesperson said that because r/popculture had recently fallen down…
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Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content
Reddit will now issue warnings to users who “upvote several pieces of content banned for violating our policies” within “a certain timeframe,” starting first with violent content, the company announced on Wednesday. “This will have no impact on the vast majority of users as most already downvote or report abusive content,” a Reddit employee says in the announcement post. In…
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YouTube TV has a deal to keep Paramount content
Days after YouTube published a blog post saying it could lose Paramount content soon, it updated the post to announce a deal to keep it. The company posted on X that, as a result, channels such as CBS, CBS Sports, and Nickelodeon and add-ons like Paramount Plus, Showtime, and BET Plus will stick around after all. The company had said…
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This AI Generator Can Develop Content That’s Fact-Checked
TL;DR: Save 58% on Katteb, an AI content generator that can create more than 30 media types, from articles to product reviews. Have you ever needed AI to create an article or blurb for a newsletter only to get the result, double-check it, and realize that the facts weren’t accurate? If so, you’re not the only one — it’s tricky…
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Cloudflare Adopts Content Credentials for Image Authenticity
Cloudflare has integrated Content Credentials metadata into Cloudflare Images, the content delivery network firm announced on Feb. 3. First proposed in 2021 by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), Content Credentials identify whether an image was AI-generated, modified with AI, or photographed. About 20% of internet properties use Cloudflare, Content Authenticity Initiative Community Manager Jen Tse pointed out…
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DeepSeek accused of training its models on OpenAI’s content
OpenAI has accused newcomer rival DeepSeek of training its chatbot on the firm’s proprietary models. There is some evidence that DeepSeek may have performed model distillation, OpenAI reportedly told the Financial Times, a technique whereby a smaller model is trained on a larger one to replicate certain responses for specific use cases. The US AI and Cryptocurrency Czar, David Sacks,…
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The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul
Meta is eliminating its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs because of the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts” in the US, according to a memo to employees seen by Axios. Meta will also roll back representation goals and end its “diverse slate approach” to hiring. The memo, which was written by Janelle Gale, Meta’s vice…
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Mark Zuckerberg lies about content moderation to Joe Rogan’s face
I’ll spare you the experience of listening to one of the richest men in the world whine and just tell you straight out: Mark Zuckerberg’s interview on The Joe Rogan Experience is full of lies. Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, sets the tone at the very beginning: “I think at some level you only start one of these…
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