✎ Rest of world 科技媒體《Rest of world》｜20240508
Writers and publishers in Singapore reject a government plan to train AI on their work
新加坡作家及出版業者拒絕政府利用其作品訓練AI人工智慧的計畫
Singapore’s literary community is pushing back against an official effort to train LLMs using their published works, part of a growing global resistance.
✎ AXIOS 美國數位新聞網站《AXIOS》｜20240503 News industry divides over AI 新聞業對人工智慧存在分歧 Major news outlets are taking opposite approaches toward future-proofing their businesses against the threat of AI — some are opting to partner with AI firms, and others are suing them.
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✎ THE VERGE 美國科技新聞網路媒體《THE VERGE》｜20240430
Instagram’s updated algorithm prioritizes original content instead of rip-offs
Instagram更新演算法 優先考慮原創內容而非剽竊的內容
Aggregator accounts sharing reposted content are going to be removed from Instagram’s recommendations.
✎ Al Jazeera 卡達《半島電視台》｜20240420
Nigeria’s cybercrime reforms leave journalists at risk
奈及利亞的網路犯罪改革使記者面臨風險
The Cybercrimes Act is tragically familiar to Nigeria’s media community. Since its enactment, at least 25 journalists have faced prosecution under the law, including four arrested earlier this year. Anande Terungwa, a lawyer for Onitsha, described the law to me as a tool misused to “hunt journalists”.
✎ The Korea Herald 南韓《先驅報》｜20240413
More Koreans still prefer watching new films in theaters: survey
調查指出：越來越多韓國人偏好在電影院看新片
According to the survey conducted by consumer research institution Consumer Insight of 1,064 Korean moviegoers aged between 20 and 64, 37 percent said they prefer watching new films in theaters, whereas 33 percent said they only watch new films when they are uploaded on streaming services. Another 10 percent said they watch Youtube creators’ reviews to learn about new movies.
✎ The New York Times 美國《紐約時報》｜20240406
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
科技巨頭為了收集AI數據而使用欺瞞手段便宜行事
OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.
✎ Press Gazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20240329
Video brand TLDR finds way to make money providing news for the young
Youtube頻道TLDR從為年輕人提供新聞覓得賺錢方法
TLDR News is a profitable, Youtube-native publisher staffed mostly by twenty-somethings.
✎ The Semafor 新聞網站《Semafor》｜20240325
Led by NBC, U.S. corporate media is learning to live with Trump
以 NBC 為首的美國商業媒體正學習如何與川普共處
For weeks before NBC News journalists exploded into open revolt Sunday over the network’s hire of a top Donald Trump supporter, the media company that controls three of the top U.S. news networks had been quietly rebuilding its ties to the former president.
✎ PRESS GAZETTE 英國《新聞公報》｜20240315
‘Not a podcast app’: New York Times Audio exceeds one million downloads
不僅僅是Podcast：「聽的」《紐時》下載量突破百萬
The app is only available to New York Times news and all-access subscribers.
✎ BBC 英國廣播公司｜20240314
US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide
美國眾議院通過可能使TikTok在全國禁止的法案
The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.It would give the social media giant’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app would be blocked in the US. Beijing has vowed to oppose it. Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the move would “come back to bite the US”.