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By MATT O’BRIEN

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Everything ever said on the internet was just the start of teaching artificial intelligence about humanity. Tech companies are now tapping into an older repository of knowledge: the library stacks.

Nearly one million books published as early as the 15th century — and in 254 languages — are part of a Harvard University collection being released to AI researchers Thursday. Also coming soon are troves of old newspapers and government documents held by Boston’s public library.

Cracking open the vaults to centuries-old tomes could be a data bonanza for tech companies battling lawsuits from living novelists, visual artists and others whose creative works have been scooped up without their consent to train AI chatbots.

“It is a prudent decision to start with public domain data because that’s less controversial right now than content that’s still under copyright,” said Burton Davis, a deputy general counsel at Microsoft.

Davis said libraries also hold “significant amounts of interesting cultural, historical and language data” that’s missing from the past few decades of online commentary that AI chatbots have mostly learned from. Fears of running out of data have also led AI developers to turn to “synthetic” data, made by the chatbots themselves and of a lower quality. read more

Chapter 11

Central Florida individuals and businesses that have filed for reorganization and protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code include:

Remax Marine Construction LLC, 690 Barcelona Court, Satellite Beach. Filed: May 30. Assets: $4,214. Liabilities: $87,278. Major creditors: Bartley & Crystal Gilmore, Melbourne, $68,996; Truist Bank, Wilson, N.C., $12,097; Gordon and Thalwitzer Attorneys at Law, Cocoa Beach, $6,186. Creditors meeting: June 23.

Remax Construction LLC, 690 Barcelona Court, Satellite Beach. Filed: May 30. Assets: $4,430. Liabilities: $75,182. Major creditors: Bartley & Crystal Gilmore, Melbourne, $68,996;  Gordon and Thalwitzer Attorneys at Law, Cocoa Beach, $6,186. Creditors meeting: June 25.

iCoreConnect Inc., 529 E. Crown Point Road, Suite 250, Ocoee. Filed: June 2. Assets: $1,000,001-$10 million. Liabilities: $1,000,001-$10 million. Major creditors: Not available. Creditors meeting: July 7.

iCore Midco Inc., 529 E. Crown Point Road, Suite 250, Ocoee. Filed: June 2. Assets: $1,000,001-$10 million. Liabilities: $1,000,001-$10 million. Major creditors: Not available. Creditors meeting: July 7. read more

An ongoing leak on the Russian side of the International Space Station has prompted the indefinite postponement of a planned human spaceflight from Kennedy Space Center, according to NASA.

Axiom Space was aiming to launch its Ax-4 mission with four private astronauts this week atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A, and had already faced delays because of weather and a liquid oxygen leak on the rocket’s booster.

But while SpaceX was prepared to perform a static fire Thursday to check on the booster repairs, NASA announced the visit from Axiom Space was going on hold because of an investigation with Russian space agency Roscosmos into recent repairs made on the Zvezda service module.

The Zvezda module leaks first began in 2019 but worsened in 2024. To mitigate its effects, Roscosmos has been keeping the hatch to the module closed when not in use as a docking port for Progress resupply and Soyuz spacecraft.

The most recent repairs on the aft-most segment of the module have halted the loss of pressure, NASA stated, but the agency still opted to delay Axiom’s visit. read more

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and ELÉONORE HUGHES

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The majority of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court have agreed to make social media companies liable for illegal postings by their users, in a landmark case for Latin America with implications for U.S. relations.

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Brazil’s top court decided to rule on two different cases to reach an understanding on how to deal with social media companies as reports of fraud, child pornography and violence among teenagers become rampant online. Critics warn such measures could threaten free speech as platforms preemptively remove content that could be problematic. read more

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A string of recent cyberattacks and data breaches involving the systems of major retailers have started affecting shoppers.

United Natural Foods, a wholesale distributor that supplies Whole Foods and other grocers, said this week that a breach of its systems was disrupting its ability to fulfill orders — leaving many stores without certain items.

In the U.K., consumers could not order from the website of Marks & Spencer for more than six weeks — and found fewer in-store options after hackers targeted the British clothing, home goods and food retailer. A cyberattack on Co-op, a U.K. grocery chain, also led to empty shelves in some stores.

Cyberattacks have been on the rise across industries. But infiltrations of corporate technology carry their own set of implications when the target is a consumer-facing business.

Beyond potentially halting sales of physical goods, breaches can expose customers’ personal data to future phishing or fraud attempts. read more