Mon. 08/21 – Twit Pics Disappear

More X shenanigans over the weekend. Some solid evidence that some major LLMs have in fact been trained on copyrighted material. A ton of it, in fact. As Arm prepares to IPO, who might join them, depending on how things go? Bad news for Adyen is probably bad news for Stripe. And the rise of high tech sailing ships.

Sponsors:

• Collective.com/ride
• TryNom.com/ride

Links:

• Twitter Deletes All User Photos And Links From 2011-2014 (Forbes)
• REVEALED: THE AUTHORS WHOSE PIRATED BOOKS ARE POWERING GENERATIVE AI (The Atlantic)
• Silicon Valley start-ups revive listing plans as Arm reignites IPO market (Financial Times)
• Europe’s Stripe rival Adyen saw $20 billion wiped off its value in a single day. Here’s what’s going on (CNBC)
• UK to spend £100m in global race to produce AI chips (The Guardian)
• A cargo ship that harnesses wind power has set sail on its maiden journey (Quartz)