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Weekly News Digest

August 20, 2024 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.

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'Artists Score Major Win in Copyright Case Against AI Art Generators' by Winston Cho

Winston Cho writes the following for The Hollywood Reporter:

Artists suing generative artificial intelligence art generators have cleared a major hurdle in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit over the uncompensated and unauthorized use of billions of images downloaded from the internet to train AI systems, with a federal judge allowing key claims to move forward.

U.S. District Judge William Orrick … advanced all copyright infringement and trademark claims in a pivotal win for artists. He found that Stable Diffusion, Stability’s AI tool that can create hyperrealistic images in response to a prompt of just a few words, may have been ‘built to a significant extent on copyrighted works’ and created with the intent to ‘facilitate’ infringement.

For more information, read the article.

OCLC Furthers Its Linked Data Strategy With Dewey Decimal URIs

OCLC is continuing to build up its robust linked data infrastructure by creating uniform resource identifiers (URIs) for Dewey Decimal Classification numbers. “As the foundation for ‘concept’ entities, this Dewey linked data provides subject classifications to Works entities in WorldCat Entities, creating a layer of new relationships for knowledge graphs that power discovery,” OCLC shares. “Using machine-actionable and web-friendly URIs, Dewey linked data connects across established classifications and subject headings data. … Anyone is free to view and access a base set of Dewey linked data and can begin integrating Dewey URIs into their local data management and discovery systems today.”

For more information, read the press release.

Chicago Book-Wrapped Initiative Offers Free Access to Special Digital Collections

Chicago Public Library (CPL) and Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson partnered with OverDrive to develop Chicago Book-Wrapped, an initiative to provide immediate ebook and audiobook access—with no wait times and no library card requirements—to residents and visitors in the city. They can read up to three titles from the e-collection that are each available for 7 days. These limited-time, pop-up collections will align with city events such as NASCAR and the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The first collection is tied to the Democratic National Convention and runs Aug. 14–27.

For more information, read the press release.

CyberRisk Alliance Webcast Series Sets Out to Debunk Cybersecurity Myths

CyberRisk Alliance is planning a Cybersecurity Fact or Fiction webcast series on YouTube “that identifies and debunks major myths in the cybersecurity industry. This fun and innovative series will provide a guide to cybersecurity practitioners of the biggest myths and question long-held beliefs about cybersecurity approaches and strategies and equip them with practical and actionable insights to help their organizations avoid costly mistakes based on misinformation,” the press release states. Each episode will feature a specific myth discussed by cybersecurity experts, and viewers will be able to vote on whether they think the myth was successfully debunked.

For more information, read the press release.

'Got Cold Symptoms? Here's When Kids Should Take a Sick Day From School' by Cheyanne Mumphrey

Cheyanne Mumphrey writes the following for the Associated Press (AP):

As schools reopen for another year, they are focused on improving student attendance. But back-to-school is hitting just as COVID-19 cases are increasing, raising the question: When is a child too sick for school? …

When a child misses school, even for an excused absence like a sick day, it’s harder for them to stay on track academically. So schools and health experts are trying to change the culture around sick days.

Here’s what they want parents to know.

For more information, read the article.



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