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Zach Vallese / CNBC:
Sources: Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train Gemini and Veo 3; Google says it only uses a subset of videos for the training — Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC has learned.
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Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Cannes Lions: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says YouTube Shorts now averages 200B daily views, up 186% from the 70B average daily views YouTube reported in March 2024
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
At Cannes, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says YouTube plans to integrate Google's most advanced AI video generation tool, Veo 3, into YouTube Shorts later this summer
At Cannes, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says YouTube plans to integrate Google's most advanced AI video generation tool, Veo 3, into YouTube Shorts later this summer
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HotHardware, The Indian Express, Tom's Guide, Bizcommunity, The Hindu, Thurrott, Search Engine Journal, Android Central and Engadget
Financial Times:
The BBC threatens legal action against Perplexity, saying it has evidence that Perplexity's “default AI model” was “trained using BBC content” — British broadcaster makes first move to clamp down on alleged infringement of copyright by tech groups
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Reuters, The Guardian, Deadline, Telegraph, BBC, PYMNTS.com, TVBEurope, Silicon Republic, Neowin, @pressgazette.co.uk and Windows Report, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
A look at The Atlantic's recent ~30-person hiring spree: about a third come from WaPo and, sources say, the magazine has been offering $200K to $300K salaries — Inside The Atlantic's extremely expensive hiring spree. — Every Tuesday afternoon, many of The Atlantic's newest …
Kelvin Chan / Associated Press:
Deezer says it will start displaying a label on albums containing AI-generated songs, part of its efforts to combat streaming fraud — Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters.
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Deezer Support, Music Ally, Bloomberg, The Economic Times, Digital Music News, TechSpot and The Guardian
Emmett Lindner / New York Times:
Josh Kesselman, founder of rolling paper brand Raw, acquires High Times magazine for $3.5M, after its private equity owner failed to make loan payments in 2024 — The anti-establishment magazine, which was taken over by a private equity firm in 2017, was purchased this week by an avid fan and reader for $3.5 million.
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@javierhasse, High Times, High Times Magazine and Wall Street Journal
Alistair Kitchen / New Yorker:
An Australian journalist who had reported on the Columbia University protests while studying there recounts his interrogation and deportation by CBP at LAX — As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Telegraph withdraws a story about a rich banker hit by the cost of UK school fee rises after being deceived by a source and publishes a home page apology — Update: Telegraph has now published an apology to its readers. — The Telegraph has withdrawn a story about a rich banker hit …
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The Poke, Hacked Off, @mrdavemacleod, The New World, Dominic Ponsford on LinkedIn, Manuela Saragosa on LinkedIn, @finite187.bsky.social, Telegraph, @stephenmcgann.uk, @michaelsavage.bsky.social, @josiah.writes.news, @oliverbullough.bsky.social, @ianfraser.bsky.social and @liamthorp.bsky.social
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
ComiXology veterans David Steinberger and Chip Mosher unveil Neon Ichiban, a digital comic book store to rival Amazon, launching next month after raising $7M+ — Two veterans of Comixology, a site that the e-commerce colossus bought in 2014, are now starting a rival to compete with it.
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Good e-Reader, Monkeys Fighting Robots, CBR, @oni-press.bsky.social and Bleeding Cool News
Melissa Repko / CNBC:
Fox acquires Caliente TV, a Mexican sports broadcasting platform, and appoints longtime industry exec Carlos Martinez to oversee its broadcast strategy in LatAm — Fox Corp. said Thursday that it has acquired Caliente TV, a Mexican sports broadcasting platform, as the media company aims …
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TVNewsCheck, Reuters, The Desk, UPI and Fox Corporation
Christine Wang / Axios:
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said Google's ratio of pages crawled per visitor sent to a publisher fell from 2:1 10 years ago to 6:1 six months ago to 18:1 now — Publishers face an existential threat in the AI era and need to take action to make sure they are fairly compensated for their content …
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Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Q&A with Seth Meyers on why he might be one of the last late-night TV hosts, how podcasts affected late-night talk shows, expanding SNL to the UK, and more — “My wife and I are both very cognizant of the fact that we don't want our kids to have trauma based on what I'm doing on stage …
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CinemaBlend, Screen Rant, @tvgrimreaper, The Wrap, LateNighter and Fox News
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
Sources and documents: India's CCI details alleged collusion among GroupM, Omnicom, and other major ad agencies to fix minimum ad commission rates via WhatsApp — Omnicom Media's India chief was frustrated. It was October 5, 2023 and a rival was trying to poach the U.S. firm's client …
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