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Hugo Awards Censorship Scandal: Shortlisted Authors Excluded Over China Concerns Revealed in Shocking Leaked Emails

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HONG KONG – The prestigious literary award, the Hugo Awards, faced controversy last year after excluding several authors from the shortlists due to concerns over their work or public comments being offensive to China, as leaked emails revealed. Among the authors excluded were Neil Gaiman, R.F. Kuang, Xiran Jay Zhao, and Paul Weimer, despite earning enough votes to be finalists. The concerns stemmed from the fact that the Hugo Awards were held in China for …

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OPENAI: AI EXPERT SHARES INSIGHTS ON SARAH SILVERMAN AND AUTHORS’ LAWSUIT, REVEALS WHAT’S REALLY AT STAKE

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Los Angeles, California – A federal judge has dismissed multiple claims in a lawsuit filed against OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, by authors Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey, Christopher Golden, and Paul Tremblay. The authors alleged that OpenAI utilized their books without authorization to develop its large language models, which are marketed as powerful tools for automating tasks through human-like conversation. The dismissed claims included vicarious copyright infringement, negligence, and unjust enrichment. AI expert Marva Bailer …

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OpenAI California Court Ruling: Authors Lose Ground in ChatGPT Training Dispute

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San Francisco, California – Two copyright infringement lawsuits brought forward by authors against artificial intelligence company OpenAI have been partially dismissed in court. Comedian Sarah Silverman and novelist Paul Tremblay alleged that OpenAI unlawfully used their books to train the large language model underlying artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. On Monday, a federal judge in California granted the bulk of OpenAI’s motion to dismiss many of the writers’ claims. District court judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín also said …

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