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Indie browser maker asks judge for legal shield against copyright threats over AI summaries

Brave has gone to court to head off potential legal action from News Corp over the browser maker's auto-generated AI summaries of articles published by Rupert Murdoch's media empire.…

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick (pictured) said: 'It will blow a hole in the Probation Service's budget and overwhelm them, creating delays that will mean victims have to wait longer for justice.'

Nearly a year has passed since the government promised compensation, but still no money has been paid. Sir Brian Langstaff warned the victims (pictured) cannot be 'denied or ignored'.

Lingerie tycoon Baroness Michelle Mone (pictured) and her husband say they are victims of a 'politically motivated witch hunt' after accusing the Covid-19 inquiry of being an 'establishment cover-up'.

Kimberly Sullivan, 56, posted $300,000 bail on Thursday and was released from custody in connection with the alleged abuse of her stepson.

A Canadian actress who appeared in one of the American Pie movies says she was locked up and put in chains by ICE while trying to enter the US.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Citigroup plans to dramatically reduce its reliance on IT contractors and hire thousands of employees for IT as the lender grapples with regulatory punishments over data governance and deficient controls. Citigroup's head of technology Tim Ryan told staff in recent weeks that the bank aims to cut back external contractors to 20% of those working in IT from the current 50%, according to an internal presentation to employees seen by Reuters. The briefing did not give a precise time horizon for the changes. As part of the overhaul, Citi will replenish the ranks by hiring more staff, and aims to have 50,000 employees in technology, up from 48,000 in 2024, the presentation showed. "Citi is growing our internal technology capabilities to support our strategy to improve safety and soundness, enable revenue growth and drive efficiencies," Citi said in a statement to Reuters.

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Stunned resident Graeme Elliot (pictured) has revealed how he was attacked no less than three times by a pesky Harris's hawk on the loose that has brought havoc to Flamstead, Hertfordshire.

The trio, formed of Keisha Buchanan , Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy have just released their new track Jungle - marking their first single in two years.

The monarch, 76, was snapped greeting retired Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds during a Water and Climate reception in support of the charity in central London .

They have one room they've called 'the crazy room'

The chilling footage reveals the terror in the voices of Abby Williams and Libby German minutes before they were led to their deaths.

The royal, 52, looked effortlessly chic in a pant suit as she walked arm in arm with King Philippe, 64, who looked dashing as they took their seats for Thursday's performance.

Google is continuing its quest to get more people to use Gemini, and it's doing that by giving away even more AI computing. From a report: Today, Google is releasing a raft of improvements for the Gemini 2.0 models, and as part of that upgrade, some of the AI's most advanced features are now available to free users. You'll be able to use the improved Deep Research to get in-depth information on a topic, and Google's newest reasoning model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a person. [...] With the aim of making Gemini more personal to you, Google is also plugging Flash Thinking Experimental into a new source of data: your search history. Google stresses that you have to opt in to this feature, and it can be disabled at any time. Gemini will even display a banner to remind you it's connected to your search history so you don't forget.

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Within six months, former US Army sergeant Mark Millich began experiencing dizziness, fatigue, cold sweats and was slurring his words - which he described it as feeling 'lobotomized'.

Detectives have upgraded their investigation from a corporate manslaughter inquiry against the Countess of Chester Hospital to include those employed during Letby's killing spree.

The OnlyFans star, originally from Derbyshire, is currently in Cancun celebrating Spring Break by bedding 'barely legal' college students who are as young as 18.

The 22-year-old took to his Instagram Stories during the early hours of Thursday morning to reveal he was heading off to Italy.

MIKE KEEGAN: The majority of BBC Sport staff will be permitted to seek what has been described as 'accelerated voluntary redundancy' amid a wider picture of rapid change.

OpenAI has warned the U.S. government that restricting AI models from learning from copyrighted material would threaten America's technological leadership against China, according to a proposal submitted [PDF] to the Office of Science and Technology Policy for the AI Action Plan. In its March 13 document, OpenAI argues its AI training aligns with fair use doctrine, saying its models don't replicate works but extract "patterns, linguistic structures, and contextual insights" without harming commercial value of original content. "If the PRC's developers have unfettered access to data and American companies are left without fair use access, the race for AI is effectively over. America loses, as does the success of democratic AI," OpenAI stated. The Microsoft-backed startup criticized European and UK approaches that allow copyright holders to opt out of AI training, claiming these restrictions hinder innovation, particularly for smaller companies with limited resources. The proposal comes as China-based DeepSeek recently released an AI model with capabilities comparable to American systems despite development at a fraction of the cost.

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