New York Times: The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue  —  Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: A US appeals court pauses the ITC’s Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 import ban over Masimo’s patent, after the Biden administration declined to veto the ban  —  Apple (AAPL.O) scored a victory on Wednesday as a U.S. appeals court paused a government commission’s import ban … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: China struggles to contain a shadow market for business data, as most companies shun the 48 official exchanges set up by local governments to tighten control  —  Dozens of marketplaces have sprung up since a 2020 initiative but most transactions still happen on the black market Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: Opensignal: UK 5G download speeds averaged 118.2M Mbps between August 1 and October 29, down 13% YoY, the slowest in the G7 in 2023; France averaged 221.1 Mbps  —  Research by Opensignal comes despite government’s emphasis on benefits of technology to economic growth Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Researchers propose a protocol to secure AirTag against stalking while maintaining privacy; Apple revised its system to rotate device identifiers every 24 hours  —  Apple updated its location-tracking system in an attempt to cut down on AirTag abuse while still preserving privacy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Investigation: China’s Ministry of State Security intel agency uses AI and other tech to challenge the CIA; US officials describe an AI system to track US spies  —  The ambitious Ministry of State Security is deploying A.I. and other advanced technology to go toe-to-toe with the United States … Lees verder op Tech Meme