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Adam N2 (00:04):
Welcome to Digimasters Shorts, we are your hosts Adam
Naygus

Carly W (00:08):
and Carly Wilson delivering the latest scoop from
the digital realm.
Apple is facing a new classaction lawsuit accusing the
company of using pirated booksto train its AI models.
Neuroscience professors SusanaMartinez-Conde and Stephen
Macknik from SUNY DownstateHealth Sciences University
allege Apple used theirregistered works without
authorization.

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The plaintiffs claim Appleemployed"shadow libraries" and
web-crawling software to accesspirated copyrighted books,
including their own.
This lawsuit follows a similarcase where another pair of
authors accused Apple ofcopyright infringement in AI
training.
Apple is not alone in theselegal challenges; Open A.I has
also been sued by The New YorkTimes over alleged unauthorized

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use of published works.
These cases highlight growingconcerns about copyright
violations in AI trainingmaterials.
Earlier this year, Anthropicsettled a major class action
lawsuit by paying$1.5 billion to500,000 authors.
That settlement marks asignificant precedent in
copyright lawsuits related toAI.

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The technology’s rapidadvancement has brought
intellectual property issues tothe forefront.
The outcomes of these suits willlikely shape the future of
copyright law in AI development.

Adam N2 (01:20):
A federal judge has lifted the court order requiring
Open A.I to preserve all ChatG.P.T data indefinitely.
The original order, issued inMay, was part of a lawsuit by
the New York Times claiming OpenA.I trained its AI on the
paper's content withoutpermission.
Several other publishers,including The Intercept and Ziff
Davis, have also sued Open A.Iand Microsoft for copyright

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infringement.
The May order forced Open A.I tokeep logs of Chat G.P.T outputs,
which the New York Times used toinvestigate copyright claims.
Open A.I opposed the order,citing concerns over user
privacy and data security, butinitially lost the fight.
Judge Ona T.
Wang ruled that Chat G.P.T userswere non-parties to the lawsuit,

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allowing plaintiffs access topreserved logs.
The new order with a fewexceptions ends Open A.I's
obligation to maintain logs pastSeptember 26.
However, any logs saved duringthe preservation period remain
accessible to the plaintiffs.
Open A.I must still retain datalinked to accounts flagged by
the New York Times.
This development marks a partialvictory for Open A.I amid

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ongoing legal battles over AItraining data.
President Donald Trump hasclaimed that American cities are
overrun with riots and anarchistviolence, prompting him to
deploy federal troops toPortland, Washington DC, and
Memphis.
However, investigations reveal alack of concrete evidence
supporting widespread violentprotests attributed to left-wing

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groups.
This gap has been filled byAI-generated videos, created
using tools like Open A.I's Sora2, which produce photorealistic
clips depicting violentconfrontations between
protesters dressed in black andmilitarized officers.
These videos have gone viral onsocial media, often without
viewers recognizing theirartificial nature.
The clips reinforce stereotypesof aggressive protestors based

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on black bloc tactics, helpingto justify calls for a crackdown
labeled by Trump as a"war."Despite these portrayals, crime
statistics show violent crime inthe U.S.
is at multi-decade lows, and thesupposed anarchist uprisings are
largely absent.
After troops were deployed toDC, they quickly exhausted their
targets and were reassigned totasks like cleaning streets at a

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significant cost.
This use of AI-generatedpropaganda raises concerns about
manipulating public perceptionto support costly government
interventions.
The phenomenon highlights therole emerging technologies play
in shaping political narrativesand governance.
How long this campaign ofmanufactured crisis will persist
remains uncertain.

Carly W (03:50):
Researchers at M.I.T have made progress in managing
plasma behavior inside tokamakreactors, a key step toward
achieving practical nuclearfusion.
Fusion promises a clean,abundant energy source by
replicating processes poweringstars.
Tokamaks use strong magnets toconfine plasma at temperatures
hotter than the Sun’s core, butsafely controlling and shutting

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down these reactions remainschallenging.
The M.I.T team combined physicsprinciples with machine learning
to predict plasma behaviorduring reactor rampdowns,
reducing risks of damage.
Their model was trained usingdata from Switzerland’s TCV
fusion device, enabling safeguidance for plasma
de-energization.
Applying the algorithm,operators improved shutdown

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procedures, minimizing wear onreactor components.
Lead researcher Allen Wangemphasized that reliable plasma
control is essential forfusion’s practical use.
This breakthrough addresses asignificant barrier in fusion
technology, making reactors moremanageable and potentially
closer to commercial viability.
The research marks a promisingadvancement, although scientists

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acknowledge fusion still faces along road ahead.
Their work opens new pathwaysfor safer, more efficient
nuclear fusion energy.
Microsoft has introduced a newWindows update that integrates
its Copilot AI with Google apps,allowing users to perform
cross-app searches and tasks.
This update supports GoogleDrive, Gmail, Google Calendar,

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and Google Contacts alongsideMicrosoft Outlook and OneDrive.
Copilot, Microsoft's generativeAI rivaling Google Gemini and
Chat G.P.T, can now searchthrough users’ files, emails,
and contacts with voice or textcommands.
The integration operates viaMicrosoft Connectors and
requires users to opt in throughthe Windows settings menu.
Users can enable Copilotindividually for each supported

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app, giving them control overwhich data Copilot can access.
Examples include asking forspecific email addresses or
retrieving notes from connectedGoogle accounts.
Version 1.25095.161.0 and higherbegan rolling out to Windows
Insiders on October 9, 2025,with a gradual release to all

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users.
Those not yet seeing the featureafter updating are advised to
wait for it to appear.
This update marks a rarecollaboration between Microsoft
and Google and aims to enhanceproductivity for Windows users.
Opt-in activation ensures userprivacy by preventing
unauthorized AI access to data.

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