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A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled for Meta Platforms against a group of authors who had argued that its use of their books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system infringed their copyrights. US District Judge Vince Chhabria said the authors had not presented sufficient evidence that Meta’s AI would dilute the…

The Conservatives have committed to abolishing Labour’s workers’ rights Bill if they regain power. Kemi Badenoch’s party argues that Angela Rayner’s proposed reforms would disrupt the employment tribunal system by encouraging frivolous claims. The Deputy Prime Minister’s plans include allowing staff to take employers to tribunal for unfair dismissal from day one and reducing controls…

Google has decided to abandon its objective of hiring more employees from historically underrepresented groups and is reassessing its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The move reflects a broader trend among U.S. companies, which have been retracting their diversity efforts that followed the heightened focus on inclusivity after the protests against police violence in 2020….

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the chief executive of Klarna, says the payments firm has saved the equivalent of $10m a year by using AI its marketing work, reducing its reliance on human workers, while AI tools had also reduced the time that its in-house lawyers spend generating contracts. Mr Siemiatkowski said: “I am of the opinion that…

According to Which?, consumers are increasingly vulnerable to crime and unsafe products due to significant cuts in trading standards services. A recent study revealed that some councils have fewer than one trading standards officer per 100,000 residents. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute reported a more than 50% reduction in funding over the past decade, coinciding…