OpenAI has suspended access to Sora after an activist stunt. Anyone can train AI on your Bluesky posts, but that is by design, in a way. Elon is readying a straight ChatGPT competitor. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

Links:

• OpenAI’s Sora video generator appears to have leaked (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest (Washington Post)
• Someone Made a Dataset of One Million Bluesky Posts for 'Machine Learning Research' (404Media)
• Inside Elon Musk’s Quest to Beat OpenAI at Its Own Game (WSJ)
• Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated (Wired)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Should You Still Learn to Code in an A.I. World? (NYTimes)
• Bad influence (The Verge)

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