<p>Penguin Random House, the trade publisher, is adding language to the copyright pages of its books to prohibit the use of those books to train AI. The Bookseller reports that new books and reprints of older titles from the publisher will now include the statement, “No part of this book may be used or reproduced [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Midjourney is planning to release an upgraded web tool that&#8217;ll let users edit any uploaded images from the web using Midjourney&#8217;s generative AI. The upgraded tool, which Midjourney CEO David Holz said will be released &#8220;early next week,&#8221; will also allow users to retexture objects in images to &#8220;repaint&#8221; their colors and details according to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Web hosting provider WP Engine has filed an injunction in a court in Northern California, asking it to intervene and restore its access to the WordPress.org open source repository. After WP Engine filed a lawsuit against WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and Automattic last month, Mullenweg — who also owns WordPress.org — blocked the company&#8217;s access [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Web hosting provider WP Engine has filed an injunction in a court in Northern California, asking it to intervene and restore its access to the WordPress.org open source repository. After WP Engine filed a lawsuit against WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and Automattic last month, Mullenweg — who also owns WordPress.org — blocked the company&#8217;s access [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Days after 159 people accepted Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg’s offer of a six-month severance package to employees who wanted to leave, the company floated a new offer late on October 16 of a nine-month severance package to anybody who quit immediately. Employees had four hours to decide whether they wanted to take the deal. In [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Days after 159 people accepted Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg’s offer of a six-month severance package to employees who wanted to leave, the company floated a new offer late on October 16 of a nine-month severance package to anybody who quit immediately. Employees had four hours to decide whether they wanted to take the deal. In [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple Music introduced a new feature for artists on Thursday to enable them to create playlists tied to their recent concert set lists.  Dubbed “Set List,” the feature acts as a promotional tool for musicians to engage with their fans. It allows artists to turn their set list from a single show, residency, or entire [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple Music introduced a new feature for artists on Thursday to enable them to create playlists tied to their recent concert set lists.  Dubbed “Set List,” the feature acts as a promotional tool for musicians to engage with their fans. It allows artists to turn their set list from a single show, residency, or entire [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Matt Mullenweg, the WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO, has been embroiled in a very public and legal fight with WP Engine these last few weeks over the use of WordPress as a trademark and fees Automattic believes WP Engine owes to the WordPress project — sparring that has resulted in WP Engine issuing legal demands [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Matt Mullenweg, the WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO, has been embroiled in a very public and legal fight with WP Engine these last few weeks over the use of WordPress as a trademark and fees Automattic believes WP Engine owes to the WordPress project — sparring that has resulted in WP Engine issuing legal demands [&hellip;]</p>

<p>One of the most attention-grabbing aspects of “Roadrunner,” the Morgan Neville-directed documentary about Anthony Bourdain, was Neville’s use of generative AI to replicate Bourdain’s voice. Looking back now, Neville told Wired that he saw this as a “fun” way to “keep [Bourdain’s] voice going in the film.” But his approach drew intense criticism — while [&hellip;]</p>

<p>One of the most attention-grabbing aspects of “Roadrunner,” the Morgan Neville-directed documentary about Anthony Bourdain, was Neville’s use of generative AI to replicate Bourdain’s voice. Looking back now, Neville told Wired that he saw this as a “fun” way to “keep [Bourdain’s] voice going in the film.” But his approach drew intense criticism — while [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tyler, the Creator dropped his hit song &#8220;911&#8221; in 2017 with the line: &#8220;Sucks you can&#8217;t gas me up, shout out to Elon Musk.&#8221; However, while performing this weekend at the Austin City Limits music festival nearby Tesla&#8217;s Texas headquarters, the Grammy-winning artist changed the latter half of the lyric to: &#8220;man, f**k Elon.&#8221; It [&hellip;]</p>

<p>To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Green Day&#8217;s classic pop-punk album &#8220;Dookie,&#8221; Los Angeles art studio Brain has constructed extremely lo-fi versions of the songs in various formats and is selling one-off versions of them. On the website Dookie Demastered you can also enter a drawing for $49 wireless doorbell that will play the intro [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Zoom plans to introduce a feature to let people effectively clone themselves digitally. There&#8217;s concerns that this could be misused.</p>

<p>Zoom plans to introduce a feature to let people effectively clone themselves digitally. There&#8217;s concerns that this could be misused.</p>

<p>Following its&nbsp;$40 million fundraise at the beginning of this year, streaming media company&nbsp;Plex announced on Wednesday it&#8217;s rolling out a new TV show and movie reviews feature, putting its app in more direct competition with other apps, like Letterboxd and TV Time. The feature will also include social networking elements, as the reviews can be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Following its&nbsp;$40 million fundraise at the beginning of this year, streaming media company&nbsp;Plex announced on Wednesday it&#8217;s rolling out a new TV show and movie reviews feature, putting its app in more direct competition with other apps, like Letterboxd and TV Time. The feature will also include social networking elements, as the reviews can be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As the engine powering the world&#8217;s digital artists, Adobe has a big responsibility to mitigate the rise of AI-driven deepfakes, misinformation, and content theft. In the first quarter of 2025, Adobe is launching its Content Authenticity web app in beta, allowing creators to apply content credentials to their work, certifying it as their own. This [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As the engine powering the world&#8217;s digital artists, Adobe has a big responsibility to mitigate the rise of AI-driven deepfakes, misinformation, and content theft. In the first quarter of 2025, Adobe is launching its Content Authenticity web app in beta, allowing creators to apply content credentials to their work, certifying it as their own. This [&hellip;]</p>