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Anthropic employees are about to get rich. The company is giving current and former staffers who have been with the company for at least two years a chance to cash out up to 20 percent of their shares—capped at $2 million per person. Anthropic will buy back the shares at its latest $61.5 billion valuation, matching the price from its March funding round. The buyback, worth several hundred million dollars in total, is expected to wrap up by the end of the month, according to The Information. Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI researchers, now has more than 800 employees.

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A federal judge in San Francisco is questioning whether Meta can use copyrighted books to train its AI models without getting permission from authors. The case centers on Meta's Llama model, which was trained on works including those by Sarah Silverman. Meta argues its use of the material falls under "fair use," while the plaintiffs say it amounts to copyright infringement. During a recent hearing, Judge Vince Chhabria acknowledged that using copyrighted data for AI could be considered transformative, but said that doesn't necessarily make it fair. He pointed out that the resulting technology could undermine the entire market for original works.

You have companies using copyright-protected material to create a product that is capable of producing an infinite number of competing products. You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work, and you're saying that you don't even have to pay a license to that person.

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Google is rolling out AdSense ads directly inside AI chatbot conversations. The company has expanded its AdSense for Search platform to support chatbots from startups like iAsk and Liner, according to Bloomberg. The move comes as Google looks for new ways to maintain its ad revenue amid a potential drop in traditional search queries, reflecting broader changes in how people find information online. AI search services like OpenAI and Perplexity—along with Google's own Gemini tools—increasingly deliver direct answers to users' questions, sometimes eliminating the need to visit external websites, which has long been a foundation of Google's business model. Bloomberg reports that Google began testing this new chatbot ad format in 2024.

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Anthropic is rolling out global web search access for all paid Claude users. Claude can now pick its own search strategy, opting for quick lookups for straightforward questions or running more in-depth searches for complex topics. When linked to services like Google Calendar, Gmail, and Google Docs, Claude also taps into users' personal information to provide more tailored results. Claude Max users can access Claude's code generation right in the terminal, connect with external tools like JIRA or Zapier, and run advanced searches that return detailed reports in as little as 5 minutes (or up to 45 for deeper dives).

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Google is rolling out new AI-powered image editing features in its Gemini app, letting users tweak backgrounds, swap out objects, and make other adjustments to both AI-generated and personal photos—all within the chat interface. The editing tools are being introduced gradually for users on web and mobile devices, supporting over 45 languages in "most countries." To access the new features on your phone, you'll need the latest version of the app. You can find more details about availability here.

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