Books

Nvidia Faces Copyright Lawsuit for Alleged Unauthorized Use of Books in Training AI Platform

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Santa Clara, California – Nvidia, a prominent AI-focused company, is facing a copyright lawsuit filed by a group of authors who claim that the company used copyrighted books without their permission to train its NeMo AI platform. The authors, Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O’Nan, allege that their books were included in a dataset of around 196,640 works that were used to train NeMo in simulating normal written language. The dataset was later removed due to reported copyright infringement. The lawsuit argues that the removal of the books from the dataset is an admission … Read more

Iowa Attorney General Appeals Federal Court Decision on Law Banning Explicit Books from School Libraries

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird has filed an appeal against a federal district court’s decision to halt the implementation of a law that bans certain books from school libraries. The law, signed last year, prohibits books with depictions or descriptions of a list of sex acts from being accessible to students. Bird expressed her commitment to protecting the innocence of children and maintaining safe learning environments in schools. The appeal aims to uphold Iowa’s law and defend the interests of Iowa families in court. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) … Read more

Bill O’Reilly’s Outrage: His Own Books Pulled from Florida Schools, Sparking Controversy

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Pensacola, Florida – Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is expressing anger over the removal of his books from a Florida school district. This comes as a surprise, considering O’Reilly had been a strong advocate for the state’s book ban laws. His titles, “Killing Jesus” and “Killing Reagan,” were among the 1,000 books temporarily removed from schools in Escambia County for review. Conservatives in Florida have been actively pushing for the removal of ideas they disagree with from public schools. The state has recently implemented laws banning the teaching of critical race theory and has … Read more

Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Escambia County School District of Violating Free Speech by Removing Library Books

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PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit alleging that the Escambia County School District violated free speech by removing and restricting library books. U.S. District Judge Kent Wetherell made the ruling in the lawsuit against the Escambia County School Board. The lawsuit, filed by Penguin Random House, PEN America, and several individuals, claims that the school district violated the First Amendment by removing or limiting access to books discussing race, racism, and LGBTQ identities. This was done against the recommendations of the district review committee responsible for … Read more