"The #InternetArchive has preserved the web’s historical record for nearly thirty years. If major publishers begin blocking that mission, future researchers may find that huge portions of that #historicalrecord have simply vanished. There are real disputes over #AItraining that must be resolved in courts. But sacrificing the #publicrecord to fight those battles would be a profound, and possibly irreversible, mistake."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record

Billboard: BMG Sues Anthropic, Entering AI Copyright Battlefield: ‘Egregious Law-Breaking’. “The various publishing arms of BMG filed a lawsuit on Tuesday (March 17) against the behemoth company, which is behind the popular AI chatbot Claude. BMG alleges the model was trained on lyrics from unlicensed songs, including Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers like Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’ and […]

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For those who use #Vercel, consider turning this setting off (AI model training) before March 31.

Team Settings > Data Preferences
https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fsettings%23data-preferences&title=Go+to+Data+Preferences

More info:

https://vercel.com/changelog/updates-to-terms-of-service-march-2026

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BBC: Government backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry from major artists . “The UK government has backtracked on its position on copyright and AI, stating it must take time to ‘get this right’. Its original position – allowing AI companies to use copyrighted works to train their models with an opt-out option – received major backlash from the likes of Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa.”

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UNESCO Guidelines for Generative AI: Practical Applications for Schools

https://leonfurze.com/2023/09/12/unesco-guidelines-for-generative-ai-practical-applications-for-schools/

Ars Technica: Figuring out why AIs get flummoxed by some games. “While beating an AI at a board game may seem relatively trivial, it can help us identify failure modes of the AI, or ways in which we can improve their training to avoid having them develop these blind spots in the first place—things that may become critical as people rely on AI input for a growing range of problems. A recent […]