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For anyone taking stock of AI developments as the year turns, Simon Willison’s end-of-year roundup is phenomenally good. I recommend read...
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Books of the Year 2024
(Originally posted on LinkedIn): Every December since 2020, I’ve posted my favourite books of the year here. It’s the biggest month of th...
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This edition covers the UK government’s consultation on copyright and AI, an Amazon job listing that hints at deeper AI use inside the Ki...
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This edition rounds up a packed week of tech news—OpenAI’s Sora rollout, Google’s Gemini 2 and Deep Research, and Reddit’s new AI search ...
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This edition examines the ALCS report on authors and AI training, Pleias’s openly-licensed and energy-efficient LLMs, new content deals f...
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This edition looks at Steven Johnson’s Long Context project, the Activate 2025 outlook on AI search and disintermediation risks for publi...
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This edition unpacks the HarperCollins–Microsoft AI licensing deal and its wider implications for trade publishing, OpenAI’s o1 models re...
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This edition covers Google’s new AI video tool for Workspace customers, a US federal ruling dismissing a copyright suit against OpenAI, f...