"One of the leading climate-science institutions in the world - the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado - is fighting for its life in a US courtroom. The universities that manage the research centre are suing the administration of President Donald Trump, which has said that it will dismantle NCAR because it is a source of "climate alarmism". At the heart of the case is whether the US National Science Foundation is moving too quickly and without authority to hand off pieces of NCAR - including a supercomputing centre in Wyoming - to public and private institutions."
"Whatever the ruling, the broader battle over the future of NCAR - including its aeroplane fleet, space-weather studies and climate-modelling teams - will probably continue to play out. Mega-publisher Elsevier has joined a class-action lawsuit against technology company Meta and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that its copyrighted works were used to train Meta's AI models."
"The lawsuit claims that Meta drew on databases, such as Sci-Hub, that contain unauthorized copies of copyrighted works. Meta has suggested that it will argue that AI training is 'transformative' and allowed under the 'fair use' exemption."
Humans sleep far less than expected given the many benefits of sleep. The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, is being challenged in US court as universities that manage it sue the Trump administration over plans to dismantle NCAR. The dispute centers on whether the US National Science Foundation is transferring parts of NCAR, including a supercomputing centre in Wyoming, too quickly and without sufficient authority. The outcome could affect NCAR’s broader future, including its aircraft fleet, space-weather studies, and climate-modelling teams. Elsevier has joined a class-action lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that Meta used copyrighted works, including through databases such as Sci-Hub, to train AI models. Meta is expected to argue that AI training is transformative and covered by fair use.
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