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The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging that the companies’ artificial intelligence technology illegally copied millions of Times articles to train ChatGPT and other services to provide people with instant access to information — technology that now competes with the Times. The complaint is the latest in a string of lawsuits that seek to limit the use of alleged scraping of wide swaths of content from across the internet — without compensation — to train so-called large language artificial intelligence models. Actors, writers, journalists and other creative types who post their works on the internet fear that AI…

Israel’s military will act to remove Hezbollah from the border with Lebanon if its attacks continue, an Israeli minister has warned. Benny Gantz said the IDF would intervene if the world and the Lebanese government did not stop militants from firing on northern Israel. Time for a diplomatic solution was running out, he added. Cross-border exchanges of fire have been escalating since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel. It has led to concerns the conflict in Gaza could become wider across the region. “The situation on Israel’s northern border demands change,” Mr Gantz told a press conference on Wednesday night.…

It’s hard to look fashionable in a Christmas jumper covered in mince pie crumbs and spatters of mulled wine, so we’re not here to make anybody feel bad this festive season. But come spring, many of us will be spending way too much money on the hottest looks, in an inevitably fruitless attempt to look as good as the models on our Instagram feed. Here are eight of the biggest fashion trends set to dominate 2024. 1. Polka dots We counted every single polka dot at every fashion show this year, and can tell you that the total came to…

UK sales of vinyl LPs have hit their highest level since 1990 as the revival of the physical music market continues. Sales rose by 11.7% in the first 51 weeks of the year to 5.9 million units, increasing for the 16th year in a row, according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) trade group. Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) was the best-selling LP, followed by the Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds. Cassette sales also did well, topping 100,000 for a fourth consecutive year. While more than four-fifths of recorded music is consumed via streaming, vinyl has made a huge comeback recently,…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held talks with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, as a growing migration crisis causes chaos on their shared border. The high-level meeting came as pressure grows on the White House to stem the influx of migrants to the US. US officials said last week that up to 10,000 people were crossing the southern border every day. Mr Lopez Obrador is willing to limit people crossing Mexico towards the US. But, speaking ahead of the summit in his country’s capital, Mexico City, he called for more efforts to address the root causes of…

The White House has approved another tranche of US military aid to Ukraine worth some $250m (£195m). The latest package includes air defence, artillery and small arms ammunition, and anti-tank weapons, US officials say. But it marks the last funding available without fresh approval from Congress, where talks have stalled. Ukraine has warned that the war effort and its public finances are at risk if further Western aid is not forthcoming. Amid a stalled counter-offensive in the east of the country and a little-changed line of control, Ukrainian officials are facing the prospect of a slowdown in aid from allies…

Amazon is set to introduce adverts to its Prime Video streaming service from 5 February 2024. Customers in the UK and Germany will see “limited” ads unless they pay £2.99 per month to remove them. Previously, rivals such as Disney+ and Netflix introduced cheaper ad-supported memberships amid price rises. Amazon said the move would “allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time”. “We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers,” the firm added in an email to customers. It said even if people pay to remove…

The Powerball jackpot has grown to $700 million for Wednesday night’s drawing. The numbers drawn Wednesday were 4, 11, 38, 51, 68 and Powerball 5. Sales officials increased the jackpot Wednesday by about $15 million due to strong ticket sales. The top prize now carries a lump-sum option estimated at $352.3 million, the multistate game operator said. This grand prize would be the ninth-largest prize in Powerball history, it said. Monday’s drawing yielded no grand prize match of all six numbers, according to Powerball. Two tickets took home the $2 million Match 5+ Power Play Prize in Colorado and Georgia, and three got the $1 million…

Political leaders have paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98. Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors helped create the single market allowing the free movement of people, goods and services around the bloc. He also laid the groundwork for the single European currency, the euro. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson described him as a “towering political figure” and “architect of the modern European Union”. “Whatever you say about the modern EU – it is the house that Jacques built,” Mr Johnson said. Delors served three terms as European Commission president, longer than…

South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has been found dead in an apparent suicide in central Seoul. Police found the body of the actor, who was 48, in a car near a city park on Wednesday. They believe Lee took his own life, Yonhap news agency reports. Police said earlier they had received a report that he had left his home after writing a note. He had been under investigation for alleged illegal drug use since October. Lee’s body was taken to Seoul National University Hospital after police located his car…