Two authors have filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of infringing on their copyright by using their books to train its artificial intelligence model without their consent. The plaintiffs, Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, claimed that Apple used a dataset of pirated copyrighted books that include their works for AI training. They said in their complaint that Applebot, the company’s scraper, can “reach ‘shadow libraries'” made up of unlicensed copyrighted books, including (on information) their own. The lawsuit is currently seeking class action status, due to the sheer number of books and authors found in shadow libraries.

The main plaintiffs for the lawsuit are Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, both of whom have multiple books under their names. They said that Apple, one of the biggest companies in the world, did not attempt to pay them for “their contributions to [the] potentially lucrative venture.” Apple has “copied the copyrighted works” of the plaintiffs “to train AI models whose outputs compete with and dilute the market for those very works — works without which Apple Intelligence would have far less commercial value,” they wrote in their filing. “This conduct has deprived Plaintiffs and the Class of control over their work, undermined the economic value of their labor, and positioned Apple to achieve massive commercial success through unlawful means.”

This is but one of the many lawsuits filed against companies developing generative AI technologies. OpenAI is facing a few, including lawsuits from The New York Times and the oldest nonprofit newsroom in the US. Notably, Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude chatbot, recently agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action piracy complaint also brought by authors. Similar to this case, the writers also accused the company of taking pirated books from online libraries to train its AI technology. The 500,000 authors involved in the case will reportedly get $3,000 per work.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State is enrolling faculty and staff until Sept. 30 in the Provost Endorsement Program: AI-Enhanced Pedagogy, which will be held during the fall 2025 semester. Participants will explore and integrate generative AI technologies into their teaching practices.

To complete the endorsement program, participants must attend seven internal Penn State events related to generative AI in instruction during the fall 2025 semester. Events will vary between in person and online options. Events will be offered by experts from Teaching and Learning with Technology, Commonwealth Campus instructional designers, the University Libraries, and the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.

Additionally, participants will use Canvas to submit a revised assignment, an insights post, and a philosophy video to receive individualized feedback from the endorsement program leads.

The goals of this endorsement program are to support the discovery of generative AI teaching and learning opportunities as a University-wide community and to support the tailoring of GenAI uses to enhance student skills development.

By completing this endorsement program, participants will:

• Identify teaching and/or learning opportunities for equity, ethical practices or disciplinary skills afforded by generative AI technologies.
• Explore and use at least three generative AI tools.
• Review and revise a course or teaching approach with generative AI to support student success.
• Create a video of an instructional philosophy with generative AI that could be given to students.

Faculty and staff can find more information and enroll on the AI-Enhanced Pedagogy webpage.

• DXC Technology recently announced partnerships with startups Acumino, CAMB.AI, and GreenMatterAI to advance AI solutions in the automotive and manufacturing industries, focusing on smart factory robotics, real-time speech translation, and synthetic data projects.
• This collaboration, made as part of the STARTUP AUTOBAHN initiative, highlights DXC’s commitment to transforming emerging technology into practical industry impact by accelerating AI adoption.
• We’ll examine how these new AI partnerships could reshape DXC Technology’s investment narrative and long-term prospects in digital transformation.

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DXC Technology Investment Narrative Recap

To be a shareholder in DXC Technology today, you need to believe that the company’s efforts in digital transformation and AI can counter persistent revenue declines and revive organic growth. While the new partnerships with Acumino, CAMB.AI, and GreenMatterAI showcase momentum in AI, the immediate effect on stabilizing short-term revenues or addressing the ongoing decline in the GIS segment is likely to be modest, given the inherent scale and timing of these projects.

Of recent announcements, DXC’s deal to create the DXC Agentic Security Operations Center with 7AI stands out as especially relevant alongside the new automotive and manufacturing AI partnerships. This reflects a deepening focus on expanding digital offerings through AI-driven solutions, which underpins the most important catalyst for the stock: improved client demand and bookings growth from digital modernization, even as near-term performance remains pressured.

However, investors should not overlook that, despite these innovation efforts, persistent challenges in revenue and margin stabilization continue to weigh on the company’s outlook, especially if…

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DXC Technology’s outlook projects $12.1 billion in revenue and $208.6 million in earnings by 2028. This implies a 1.7% annual revenue decline and a $170.4 million decrease in earnings from the current $379.0 million.

Uncover how DXC Technology’s forecasts yield a $15.12 fair value, in line with its current price.

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Six Simply Wall St Community members estimate DXC’s fair value between US$8.06 and US$261.89, indicating significant differences in growth assumptions. Balance these viewpoints with persistent risks to revenue and backlog conversion that could impact near-term earnings and investor sentiment.

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