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San Francisco Public Works Pressed for Greater Transparency Amid Project Delays and Overruns

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San Francisco, CA – In a push for heightened accountability, the San Francisco Department of Public Works is under scrutiny to improve transparency concerning its city projects, following a recent civil grand jury’s findings. The report criticized the department for its failure to maintain regular upkeep schedules and cited numerous errors in project constructions. Over four years have passed since the arrest of former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru, which marked a moment of reckoning for the department. Accusations at the time included corruption, bribery, and undisclosed side deals by what was described as one … Read more

Lawsuit Challenges Nvidia’s Use of Copyrighted Works in Training AI Platform NeMo

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San Francisco, CA – Tech giant Nvidia is facing a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court from a group of authors who claim that the company used their copyrighted works without permission to train its artificial intelligence (AI) platform, NeMo. Authors Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O’Nan allege that their books were included in a dataset of 196,640 books that were used to train NeMo to simulate written language, and even though the dataset was eventually removed due to reported copyright infringement, the authors argue that Nvidia admitted to training NeMo on the dataset, … Read more