AI training

Newly unsealed court filings in the Authors Guild's copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft indicate top executives at the companies were aware that using pirated books to train AI models was legally problematic. The Authors Guild has highlighted internal statements suggesting leadership knew mass copying of books without permission or payment was unlawful. The disclosure is being closely watched as it could strengthen plaintiffs' claims of willful infringement in the case.

Anthropic has filed the prospectus for its initial public offering, laying out a broad vision for artificial intelligence alongside sharply rising operating costs. The filing gives investors their first detailed look at the company's finances, growth strategy and the heavy spending required to train and run its AI models. Commentators are weighing whether the company's ambitions justify its valuation given the expense involved.

A New York Times opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence is set to transform medical practice and training fundamentally. It examines how AI tools are changing what doctors do and how medical students should be educated for a profession that will look very different from previous generations. Readers are debating how soon AI will reshape diagnosis, documentation, and the role of the physician.

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang says the practice of AI distillation, where smaller models are trained to copy the outputs of larger ones, should be viewed as normal competition rather than copying or theft. His remarks come amid ongoing debate over Chinese AI developers building competitive models and what that means for US lead in artificial intelligence and for Nvidia's chip business.