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Media now in Bill Ackman’s sights after wife embroiled in plagiarism row

Billionaire vows to tackle ‘problems with how our media operates’ after Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism in PhD thesis

The Guardian - US

New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement

Lawsuit says companies gave NYT content ‘particular emphasis’ and ‘seek to free-ride’ on paper’s investment in its journalism

The Guardian - US

Surprisingly, OpenAI is getting ready to pay tens of millions to publishers for using their content to train ChatGPT, amid reports that it's getting dumber

OpenAI is reportedly in the middle of a megadeal with German publisher Axel Springer, which will see it part tens of millions of euros in a span of 3 years. If the deal goes through OpenAI will have access to articles (archived and current) from the publisher, which it'll use…

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Sam Altman’s OpenAI agrees to pay German media giant Axel Springer for using its content to train AI models

The deal comes after months of pressure from media publications over fair compensation from AI developers.

Fortune

Barclay family table £1bn bid to regain control of Telegraph

Family that formerly controlled media group attempt to deter rival bidders with Abu Dhabi-backed offer

The Guardian - UK

Bild publisher Axel Springer eyes Telegraph auction

German company registers interest with Goldman Sachs ahead of Telegraph Media Group auction

The Guardian - UK

Media mogul Mathias Döpfner plans to ‘be ahead of the curve’ on the A.I. boom—but says there’s a key value that only humans will be able to provide

The Axel Springer CEO sat down with Fortune’s Alyson Shontell at Cannes Lions: “What we need is more investigative reporters, more experts who are reporting on certain topics, more great writers.”

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Replacing news editors with AI is a worry for misinformation, bias and accountability

Germany’s best-selling newspaper, Bild, is reportedly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) to replace certain editorial roles, in an effort to cut costs.

The Conversation

German media mogul who's friends with Elon Musk is sacking 20% of the newsroom at his leading tabloid and replacing workers with A.I.

The German tabloid is among the most widely-sold newspapers in Europe. In a memo, Axel Springer said several roles will “no longer exist as they do today.”

Fortune

German tabloid Bild cuts 200 jobs and says some roles will be replaced by AI

Publisher Axel Springer announces reorganisation of regional business and outlines plans for digital future

The Guardian - UK

Top publisher apologizes for slurs about 'East Germans'

The CEO and co-owner of media company Axel Springer apologized Sunday for making crude remarks about “East Germans” in text messages leaked to a rival newspaper

The Independent UK

‘I’m all for climate change’: Axel Springer CEO faces heat over leaked messages

Mathias Döpfner’s reported comments on climate, Muslims and east Germany – and his apparent political manoeuvring – create shock waves

The Guardian - UK

Berlin vote could turbocharge German capital's climate plans

Berlin voters on a proposal Sunday that would force the German capital to drastically ramp up its climate goals

The Independent UK

The CEO of a giant media company just said A.I. is making some journalists obsolete as he plans staff cuts

A.I. will make journalism better "or simply replace it," Mathias Döpfner of Axel Springer wrote in an internal memo to staffers.

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Europe has never had a global voice -- but that may be changing with rise of digital media

An oft-quoted question attributed (probably wrongly) to the former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger: “Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?”, still resonates as an indication of Europe’s lack of unity and leadership. It also signals a disconnect in transatlantic communications that is due, in…

The Guardian - UK

Uber offered shares to media barons for political help, leak reveals

Tech firm wooed owners of publications in Europe and India as it sought favourable treatment from governments, documents show

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