Paul Sweeting

rightstech.substack.comControlling the MachinesSPUR Coalition tunes in the telemetry

Controlling the Machines rightstech.substack.com/p/controllin...

Straight up treason.

Shaun Pinner@shaunpinner.bsky.social

This US administration’s whitewashing of Russian atrocities will go down in history as a dark and shameful chapter. I can only hope Trump is impeached and held accountable for his actions.

rightstech.substack.comOf Fair Use and Bad FaithNY Times fires back at DOJ in OpenAI case

Of Fair Use and Bad Faith rightstech.substack.com/p/of-fair-us...

wsj.comOpinion | The Real AI Fear: LawyersLiability is much more effective than regulation at pushing companies to be safe.

This is correct. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

rightstech.substack.comAI '451'The cultural consequences of 'innovation'

11 Aug

Does it matter that AI companies are destroying print books while scanning them to amass training material? My latest. AI '451' rightstech.substack.com/p/ai-451?r=1...

apnews.comMeta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogueIn recent weeks OpenAI and Anthropic also have described instances of AI models going beyond humans’ instructions to access the web and find ways around other companies’ digital security.

10 Aug

You're not anyone in AI these days if you don't have an agent that goes rogue. apnews.com/article/meta...

futurism.comSam Altman Announces That the Singularity Has ArrivedOpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared that the "singularity" has arrived shortly after his company's AI models went rogue and broke containment.

27 July

It has? How'd I miss that? That's some serious spin on a monumental cock up. futurism.com/artificial-i...

open.substack.comCould a 'Learnright' Be the Solution to the AI vs. Copyright Question?A new paper makes the case

23 July

My latest. Could a 'Learnright' Be the Solution to the AI vs. Copyright Question? open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comA Chink in AI's Fair Use Armor?Supreme Court restores Shira Perlmutter to Copyright Office, for now

12 July

A Chink in AI's Fair Use Armor? open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

newleftreview.orgFrédéric Lordon, Awaiting the Crash? — SidecarOn the AI bubbles.

10 July

This is a really fucking scary, and all too plausible, analysis of the AI-Financial Complex. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

6 July

Officiating in this World Cup, especially VAR, has been appalling.

open.substack.comGoogle Has Some Thoughts On AIGoogle is out this week with a set of proposals for AI governance that includes a number of recommendations that, wait for it…would be good for Google.

1 July

Google Has Some Thoughts On AI open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comA NO FAKES Act for Every Face in the Crowd?Congress on the cusp of inventing a new form of intellectual property

30 June

A NO FAKES Act for Every Face in the Crowd? open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

heatmap.newsExclusive: Americans Now Overwhelmingly Oppose New Data Centers Near ThemA new Heatmap Pro poll shows a rapid shift in public opinion since last fall.

4 June

You really have to work at it to screw up this badly

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com

"The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months" lol heatmap.news/politics/ame...

lacba.orgFranchise IP’s New Frontier: Legal Issues in the Rise of Immersive EntertainmentAs franchise IP expands into immersive, experiential formats like The

4 June

Very useful analysis lacba.org?pg=LosAngele...

wsj.comBig Studios Are Ditching Hollywood for New Jersey’s Lavish Tax BreaksAs film and TV production plummets elsewhere, the Garden State is rolling out the red carpet for companies like Netflix.

28 May

There's irony in this. The companies that became the Hollywood studios fled New Jersey for Los Angeles to escape the Edison Co. monopoly on motion picture technology. www.wsj.com/business/med...

open.substack.comThe Steam Loom and the Data CenterAI and the modern day Luddite movement

28 May

I wrote about Luddites. The Steam Loom and the Data Center open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comTaxing the SlopCould taxes help tame the AI slop beast?

6 May

Taxing the Slop open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

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1 May

open.substack.comAI And Its DiscontentsImpoverishing the culture as it props up the economy

open.substack.comOne Good Turmoil Deserves AnotherIt's the AI industry's turn to be roiled by AI

27 Feb

One Good Turmoil Deserves Another open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

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25 Feb

open.substack.comThe Probability of InfringementNew tools could help close the information gap between AI developers and creators

open.substack.comAI Goes to MarketMicrosoft, Amazon eye the next generation of search

16 Feb

AI Goes to Market open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comThe Infrastructure of ControlBuilding an AI data marketplace from the ground up

2 Feb

The Infrastructure of Control open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

11 Nov 2025

Trying to decide who has the more punchable face, Scott Bessent, or Kevin Hasset. Both could use some fist-al stimulus.

open.substack.comChamber Made: The Long Shadow of 'Bartz v. Anthropic'Settlement in the class action lawsuit unsettles tech-world

6 Nov 2025

For copyright nerds out there (and you know who you are), my latest. Chamber Made: The Long Shadow of 'Bartz v. Anthropic' open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

18 Oct 2025

So they were right!

open.substack.comSettling Up: The First AI v. Copyright Dominoes FallAuthors and Anthropic come to terms but raise as many questions as they resolve

27 Aug 2025

Settling Up: The First AI v. Copyright Dominoes Fall open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comSearching Under the CoversWhat are your intentions?

13 Aug 2025

Searching Under the Covers open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

25 July 2025

It's 187 degrees or thereabouts here in DC. Bought 2 bottles of wine on way home and put them in passenger seat. When I went around to open that door when I got home, they rolled out, hit the curb & shattered. Got a bad feeling about this weekend.😬

open.substack.comAccess Denied: A New Model For AI Data LicensingCloudfare's pay-per-crawl approach could bypass the AI-copyright divide

9 July 2025

Access Denied: A New Model For AI Data Licensing open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comAI, Search, And the Price of MonopolyAs traditional search falls victim to AI, its dependents feel the pain

30 June 2025

New from me. AI, Search, And the Price of Monopoly open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

Paul Sweeting reposted

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@gtconway.bsky.social

24 June 2025

A Cartoon from The New Yorker buff.ly/CPA8BSH

open.substack.comReddit v. Anthropic; Disney & Universal v. Midjourney: Reshaping the AI BattlefieldRights holders try to avoid the fair use quagmire

17 June 2025

Reddit v. Anthropic; Disney & Universal v. Midjourney: Reshaping the AI Battlefield. My latest open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comAfter The Money's Gone: AI, Antitrust, and Big TechFor Google, Holy Week became an unholy tsuris. Just days before hearings were set to begin in federal court in the remedies phase of the antitrust case it lost last year over its search monopoly, a se...

After The Money's Gone: AI, Antitrust, and Big Tech open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comOn AI & Copyright, No Fair Use, Or Fair Play (Updated)Mother's Day Massacre in the Madison Building

On AI & Copyright, No Fair Use, Or Fair Play (Updated) open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comReddit v Anthropic Is One to WatchCreating an AI licensing system based on access rather than use

Reddit v Anthropic Is One to Watch open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comAI Regulation: Harder Than It LooksNo one thought, or should have thought, that devising and implementing a coherent and workable regulatory regime for artificial intelligence would be easy, or without controversy.

AI Regulation: Harder Than It Looks open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

wsj.comBond Rout Stirs Broader Fears About Market StrainsTreasurys, normally a haven, have sold off sharply this week.

9 Apr 2025

That giant sucking sound you hear is capital fleeing America. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

variety.comTrump Delays TikTok Ban Deadline Again, Saying Deal ‘Requires More Work’TikTok has been painted as a national security threat to the U.S. by many American lawmakers because of its ownership by China's ByteDance.

4 Apr 2025

Funny how the ban was passed by congress, signed by president and upheld by SCOTUS, and everyone just pretends like none of that happened variety.com/2025/digital...

vice.comPeople Are Choosing AI Sex Workers Over the Real ThingCreators of AI influencers and sex workers can earn a ridiculous amount of money, without ever stepping in front of a camera.

3 Apr 2025

You know a technology has arrived when it's being used for porn www.vice.com/en/article/p...

open.substack.comBreaking the News: Google Says It Can Do Without ItFacing pressure from policymakers and news publishers in the EU as it works to comply with a provision of the 2019 Copyright Directive requiring payment to news outlets for displaying excerpts in sear...

25 Mar 2025

Breaking the News: Google Says It Can Do Without It open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comOpenAI Calls Fair Use A Matter of National Security In New FilingHaunted by specter of DeepSeek and a Red under the AGI bed

19 Mar 2025

OpenAI Calls Fair Use A Matter of National Security In New Filing open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comAI, Copyright and Piracy: An Open and Cloze CaseNew study brings a bit of empiricism to the debate

14 Mar 2025

AI, Copyright and Piracy: An Open and Cloze Case open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comLyricFind Sues Rival Musixmatch Over 'Fractional' MonopolyMusic lyric provider LyricFind filed an antitrust lawsuit against its main rival Musixmatch and its private equity parent TDG Global in U.S.

7 Mar 2025

LyricFind Sues Rival Musixmatch Over 'Fractional' Monopoly open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comMeta Dodges a Bullet, But Still Under Fire in AI Copyright CaseWeek of Feb. 24: Amazon Partners with Suno, Billionaires Battle the EU, and More

28 Feb 2025

Meta Dodges a Bullet, But Still Under Fire in AI Copyright Case open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

open.substack.comCrawling From the RAGageChegg Challenges Google Overviews Over Antitrust

26 Feb 2025

Crawling From the RAGage open.substack.com/pub/rightste...

reuters.comElon Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI, WSJ reportsA consortium of investors led by billionaire Elon Musk is offering $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

10 Feb 2025

Maybe if we let Elon have another toy he would leave the rest of us alone.

Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social

A consortium led by Elon Musk offered $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, months after the billionaire sued the artificial intelligence startup to block it from transitioning to a for-profit firm. www.reuters.com/markets/deal...

news.google.comGoogle NewsComprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.

5 Feb 2025

I'm more worried about the 19 yr old college dropout transferring all our tax return data directly to Elon Musk. I don't have to use DeepSeek but I have to pay taxes. DeepSeek coding has the capability to transfer users' data directly to the Chinese government news.google.com/rss/articles...

open.substack.comCopyright Office Draws a Line in Shifting Sand on AIPart 2 of its 3-part report addresses copyrightability of AI-generated work

3 Feb 2025