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News nonprofit sues ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft for 'exploitative' copyright infringement

Jun. 27, 2024 18:25 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its closest business partner, Microsoft, marking a new front in the news industry's fight against unauthorized use of its content on artificial intelligence platforms. The...

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Jun. 27, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Red Sky Morning” by Jack Carr (Atria) 2. “Swan Song” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 3. “Eruption” by Crichton/Patterson (Little, Brown) 4. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) ...

Reveal and Mother Jones publisher sues OpenAI and Microsoft for ‘exploitative’ copyright infringement

Jun. 27, 2024 12:21 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reveal and Mother Jones publisher sues OpenAI and Microsoft for ‘exploitative’ copyright infringement.

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Jun. 25, 2024 12:49 PM EDT

Nonfiction 1. On Call by Anthony Fauci, M.D., narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the author (Penguin...

Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal and public life

Jun. 25, 2024 09:47 AM EDT

Hillary Clinton’s next book is a collection of essays, touching upon everything from marriage to politics to faith, that her publisher is calling her most personal yet. Simon and Schuster announced Tuesday that Clinton’s “Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life,...

Book Review: Iris Mwanza goes into 'The Lions' Den' with a zealous, timely debut novel for Pride

Jun. 24, 2024 15:20 PM EDT

Grace Zulu clawed her way out of her village and into college to study law in the Zambian capital Lusaka. Now, at the end of 1990 and with AIDS running rampant, her first big case will test her personally and professionally: She must defend dancer Willbess “Bessy” Mulenga, who is accused of...

Book Review: What dangers does art hold? Writer Rachel Cusk explores it in 'Parade'

Jun. 24, 2024 14:31 PM EDT

With her new novel “Parade,” the writer Rachel Cusk returns with a searching look at the pain artists can capture — and inflict. Never centered on a single person or place, the book ushers in a series of painters, sculptors, and other figures each grappling with a transformation in their life...

Book Review: An unarmed game warden tracks a killer through the Maine wilderness in 'Pitch Dark'

Jun. 24, 2024 11:25 AM EDT

Heavy storms have made much of northern Maine impassible. Streams and rivers are overflowing their banks, and logging roads and forest trails are crisscrossed with toppled trees. It’s no time to go exploring or hunting, so why has a heavily armed stranger rented an ATV and disappeared into the...

Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it relevant 500 years after its printing?

Jun. 24, 2024 08:37 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just a book. Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan. The German inventor decided to make the most of his new technology — the...

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Jun. 20, 2024 14:19 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Swan Song" by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 2. “Eruption” by Crichton/Patterson (Little, Brown) 3. “Camino Ghosts” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) ...