HT @ThDigitalReader Chinese search engine Sogou using AI to replicate not only an author’s voice — making it sound like they’re the person narrating an audiobook even if they’ve never read it aloud — but also their likeness.‬

ICYMI RT @LauraB7 Copyright? What copyright? “Amazon said statement that ‘there is no single source of truth’ for the copyright status of every book in every country, and so it relied on authors and publishers to police its site.”

Hearst Magazines UK Announces Launch of Incubator Initiative The Nest in China

The Gates Hotel and 24° North Hotel in Florida’s New Town, Key West have debuted a new poolside perk: a lending library of waterproof books.

RT @BookRiot Amsterdam’s Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (AKA “The Ritman Library), the largest occult library in the world, has begun to digitize the core of its collection, The Hermetically Open Archive, thanks in part to Dan Brown. Yes, that Dan Brown. See some scanned pages and learn more here.

ICYMI Just like other tech companies that have struggled to tackle misinformation on their platforms, Amazon has proven unable or unwilling to effectively police third-party sellers on its site. A Wall Street Journal investigation found 4,152 items declared unsafe by federal agencies, deceptively labeled or banned by federal regulators.

A genuine attempt to promote data privacy or a cynical PR stunt—you decide.

ICYMI

Fascinating – How over half the population is ignored. “In Sweden, the city council looked at the findings and reversed their approach, plowing side roads and sidewalks first. It had a huge impact, reducing the people admitted to emergency centers, women in particular, and had a corresponding economic impact from lower healthcare costs. Driving through a few inches, as it turned out, was less dangerous than walking through the snow, particularly if one was pushing something like a baby carriage as well.”