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A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary injunction that stops the Department of Defense from labeling AI firm Anthropic as a supply‑chain risk. The order restores the situation to before the Pentagon’s directives that limited the use of Anthropic’s Claude AI tools across federal agencies. While the ruling does not compel the military to continue using Anthropic’s technology, it prevents the agency from relying on the contested designation as a basis for further action. The decision is a significant legal boost for Anthropic as it continues to challenge the administration’s sanctions. Read more

Research shows that using generative AI to craft personal messages such as birthday wishes, love letters, or wedding vows can trigger strong feelings of guilt. The discomfort stems from a mismatch between the perceived author and the actual AI source, especially when the recipient expects genuine effort. Transparency can lessen the emotional hangover, and experts suggest treating AI as a thinking partner rather than a ghostwriter. This approach helps preserve authenticity while still benefiting from AI’s drafting assistance. Read more

A study published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence finds that leading AI chatbots such as Gemini, GPT and Llama often generate overlapping ideas when tasked with creative problems. Testing more than twenty models from various companies against over one hundred human participants, researchers observed that AI outputs clustered tightly while human responses covered a much broader space. Efforts to increase randomness or prompt the models for greater imagination produced only modest gains and often reduced coherence. The findings suggest that while AI can produce impressive individual suggestions, widespread reliance on these tools may compress the overall diversity of ideas. Read more

Generative AI is prompting a wave of copyright disputes as companies use large amounts of human‑created content to train models. Creators argue that many firms have incorporated copyrighted works without permission, leading to more than 30 active lawsuits. The U.S. Copyright Office maintains that fully AI‑generated images and videos are not eligible for protection, though AI‑edited works may be registered if creators disclose the AI contribution. Tech firms are pushing for a fair‑use exemption to avoid licensing fees, while industry groups and thousands of writers oppose such a carve‑out. Courts and regulators remain the ultimate arbiters of how copyright will apply to AI. Read more

Director Valerie Veatch, initially intrigued by OpenAI's 2024 Sora text-to-video model, became alarmed by the technology's racist and sexist outputs. Her frustration led to the creation of the documentary "Ghost in the Machine," which traces generative AI back to Victorian‑era eugenics and the statistical work of Francis Galton and Karl Pearson. The film interviews researchers and historians, highlights Veatch's own encounters with biased AI results, and critiques industry indifference. It will stream on Kinema from March 26th to March 28th before a PBS broadcast in the fall. Read more