Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry has revealed that intellectual property rights violations are causing annual losses of nearly ₨860 billion, equal to about $3.1 billion, in revenue and taxes across Pakistan. The findings emerged in the chamber’s latest survey, which examined the impact of weak intellectual property protections on businesses operating in multiple […]
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Amazon plans marketplace for AI licensed media content
SEATTLE – Amazon is reportedly preparing to launch a marketplace that would allow media publishers to sell and licensed their content directly to artificial intelligence (AI) companies, offering a legally secure source of data for training AI models. Read More: Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs amid AI surge The move comes amid rapid AI growth, which has […]
Pakistan Idol contestants barred from singing his songs: Sajjad Ali
TORONTO – Veteran Pakistani singer Sajjad Ali has revealed that contestants on Pakistan Idol are not allowed to perform his songs due to unresolved copyright negotiations with the show’s organisers. Speaking at a press conference in Canada, the Har Zulm hitmaker said the production team had approached him to obtain rights for contestants to perform […]
Apple Sued by Neuroscientists for Allegedly Using Pirated Books to Train AI Model
CALIFORNIA– Apple is facing a lawsuit in federal court filed by two neuroscientists who claim the company used pirated books to train its artificial intelligence system, known as Apple Intelligence. The suit, filed Thursday in California by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik, professors at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, alleges that Apple relied […]
Trump sees progress in China talks but doesn’t predict success
President Donald Trump on Friday said talks with Beijing were making progress toward ending the trade war between the world’s two top economies, but he again stopped short of predicting success. “The China meeting was a big success,” Trump told reporters, discussing the latest round of shuttle diplomacy conducted this week in Washington. “I don’t […]