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"Indeed, if the moment were not so sobering, it would be laughable to everyone involved that the very companies behind driverless cars and private rocket ships would find the prospect of digital licensing too daunting to imagine." -thehill.com/opinion/462433…

you go The Register !

…plaintiffs have plausibly alleged facts to suggest compress copies, or effective compressed copies albeit stored as mathematical information, of their works are contained in the versions of Stable Diffusion identified…storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

In my latest newsletter aicopyright.substack.com/p/extraordinar… I mentioned the fact that RAG doesn't stop hallucination, just dampen (since it is so fundamental to LLM architecture) but perhaps I understated the case. See hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-trial-…

A slightly more philosophical excursion - what is AI speech? What does it mean in the public sphere? open.substack.com/pub/aicopyrigh…

In addition to all the cool events organised as part of #aasinAsia2024 attendees should be sure to pop in to ARTJOG, if time allows, get a taste of Jogja’s great art scene…

Since #AASinAsia2024 is quite spread out, and our publisher boothes not too close to the action, I've made a Calendly link for anyone who would like to schedule a meet-up. calendly.com/peterschoppert… - don't mind the URL saying 2020... ;-) we've been using this system for some time!

Fantastic exploration of ideas and realities of the “kampong”… across countries, as sites of resistance, sites of solidarity and necessities. Ably led by Abidin Kusno, with Mariani Budianta, six others, too many to list….Apparently Rita Padawangi is the dalang here! #aasinasia2024

Sometimes folks are a little aggressive getting meetings at busy conferences… #AASinAsia2024

The green transition comes from bottom up, as a matter of necessity. When the state can't be relied on with a country's power producers deep in a debt trap... asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia…

Pfizer invests $1 billion in new pharmaceutical ingredient plant in Singapore, creating 250 jobs straitstimes.com/business/pfize… - The problem with hi tech manufacturing as an industrial base…

This is one of the coolest books from the NIAS Press catalog, a day by day accounting of the momentous events of late 1945. Follow NUS Press for the twitter edition...

Single best description of AI I’ve ever read, from the great Ted Chiang.

ICYMI, THE great Ted Chiang gave a very thoughtful speech on GenAI and Art at the #NeurIPS2024 workshop on GenAI and Creativity. The talk--which is derived in part from his The New Yorker article, but substantially expanded for the workshop--is as mind-expanding as his stories.

Getting ready to make the long journey to #AAS2025 Association for Asian Studies. If you would like to meet up to discuss possible submissions, book ideas, digital humanities projects, etc, book a meeting slot here or come by the NUS Press stand at Booth 318 calendly.com/peterschoppert…

The Association for Art History conference starts today! As a publisher in the fields of #Art, #ArtHistory and #VisualCultures, we are pleased to be displaying via Mare Nostrum Group. NUS Press director Peter Schoppert will also be attending! Browse our virtual book list: buff.ly/Yf9ifu2

Deliveroo Catch-22 in Singapore. Had to use Grab Food. Related to news that DoorDash is buying them?

A pre-publication version of the Copyright Office report saying that GenAI training is unlikely to be fair use is posted on Thursday. On Saturday afternoon the head of the Office — Shila Perlmutter — is sacked. Her boss was fired the day before. aicopyright.substack.com/p/pixie-dust-b…