Day: September 7, 2025

Scientists tap fresh water under the sea, raising hopes for a thirsty world

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Deep in Earth’s past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the ice melted and the oceans rose off what is now the northeastern United States. Nearly 50 years ago, a U.S. government ship searching for minerals and hydrocarbons in the area drilled into the seafloor to see what it could find. It found, of Read more about Scientists tap fresh water under the sea, raising hopes for a thirsty world[…]

Anthropic Agrees to $1.5 Billion Settlement for Downloading Pirated Books to Train AI

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by authors and publishers over its use of millions of copyrighted books to train the models for its AI chatbot Claude, according to a legal filing posted online. A federal judge found in June that Anthropic’s use of 7 million pirated books was Read more about Anthropic Agrees to $1.5 Billion Settlement for Downloading Pirated Books to Train AI[…]