When a startup closes, who gets its old data?
MIT Technology Review reports that brokers offer closed startups’ code and work records to AI buyers. A sale does not settle what workers or customers agreed to share.
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Open AI models offer real access. Who can use it?
Open AI models can help people study and change a system. But a file alone does not show how it was trained or pay for the hardware to run it.
Source: MIT Technology Review · Oct 13, 2026Read original source
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Wikipedia is more than pages for AI to copy
A WIRED book excerpt describes editors pushing back on AI-made text and fake sources. The volunteers who check and build the pages are part of what makes Wikipedia work.
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A friendly AI helper has not earned more permission
In a study of 257 users, people who named a desktop AI helper tended to use it in different ways. Naming it did not prove they wanted it to take more action.
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A screen recording can teach steps, not the reason
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A repeated click is not a standing preference
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