Amazon is reportedly planning to launch a marketplace where media sites can license their content directly to AI companies, according to a report by The Information. The e-commerce giant has been meeting with publishing executives to discuss the plans, which could provide legally safe sources of training data for the burgeoning AI industry. Meanwhile, Google handed over a trove of personal data about a student journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge, according to The Intercept.
The potential Amazon marketplace was mentioned in slides circulated ahead of an AWS conference for publishers, according to TechCrunch. An Amazon spokesperson did not deny the story but did not directly address the marketplace either, stating only that Amazon has built. The AI industry has been grappling with lawsuits and accusations of copyright infringement as it seeks licensable content.
In other news, Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter announced he would be stepping down from his role after 30 years at the company, as first reported by A3. Amanda McMaster, the company's chief financial officer, will take over while a replacement is sought. Playter took the helm in 2020, succeeding founder Marc Raibert.
The Google data breach involved the personal and financial information of Amandla Thomas-Johnson, a British student and journalist who briefly attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024 while attending Cornell University in New York, according to The Intercept. Google provided ICE with usernames, physical addresses, IP addresses, phone numbers, subscriber numbers, identities, and credit card and bank account numbers linked to Thomas-Johnson's account. The subpoena reportedly included a gag order and did not include a specific justification.
In a separate development, Silicon Valley VC Masha Bucher, founder of Day One Ventures, addressed reports documenting her close business and personal relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on X. Bucher's name appeared in the latest dump of Epstein files over 1,600 times, according to The San Francisco Standard. "He made me feel I could be safe from the regime," she wrote, explaining her initial reasons for working with Epstein. "I was naive; I didn't dig deep enough early on."
Finally, Czech ice dancers Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek made their Olympic debut, using AI-generated music in their rhythm dance program. While not against any official rules, the use of AI music served as a symbol of the changing landscape of technology. One of the NBC commentators mentioned in passing, "This is AI generated, this first part," referring to the music.
Discussion
AI Experts & Community
Be the first to comment