 | Central Park is bigger than the entire country of Monaco. | A single NYC park out-sizes a European nation. | Real estate agents could never. | What's in store: | Not Perplexity going from "oops" to "official. New research says AI works better when it stops overthinking. Mindstream Picks: Ayaneo is developing its first gaming phone.
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| | | PERPLEXITY | | | AI search startup Perplexity has signed a multi-year licensing deal with Getty Images, giving it permission to display Getty photos across its AI search tools. | The move signals a shift toward more formal partnerships after the company faced accusations of scraping and plagiarism. | Perplexity and Getty had already been working together quietly for more than a year through Perplexity's Publishers' Program, which shares ad revenue when publisher content appears in search. | This new agreement is separate and not a traditional lump-sum licence, as Perplexity does not train its own large models. No financial details were shared. | The deal also helps clarify Perplexity's past use of Getty images. | Over the past year, the company faced plagiarism claims, including a case where it surfaced a Wall Street Journal article and the Getty photo used in it. | Several outlets questioned whether this amounted to copyright infringement. | In October, Reddit sued Perplexity, claiming the startup scraped user content at scale and bypassed technical protections. | Reddit already licenses data to OpenAI. | In short: | Perplexity now has permission to use Getty images across its platform. This follows plagiarism claims and a lawsuit from Reddit over data scraping. The company is leaning on attribution and fair-use arguments to defend its approach.
| Scraping accusations 101 | Perplexity says the Getty partnership will support clearer image display and proper credit, including links to the original source. | Getty's Nick Unsworth said the deal highlights the importance of consent and attribution. | Perplexity's Jessica Chan said the goal is to help people find answers through visual context while making it clear where content comes from. | The focus on attribution also aligns with Perplexity's legal stance. The company argues its use of publisher content, including paywalled material, is "fair use," as factual information cannot be copyrighted. | Perplexity out here like "sorry mom, I'll do it properly this time." - MG | Do you think licensing deals like this actually fix AI's copyright drama? | | Vote for live results and see results + opinions from yesterday at the bottom of the email. |
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| | | AI SCIENCE | | | Scientists at the University of Surrey have tested a new way to build AI by copying how the human brain connects its neurons. | Their method, described in Neurocomputing, uses Topographical Sparse Mapping, which links each artificial neuron only to nearby or related ones. | This cuts unnecessary connections and keeps accuracy high in systems like generative AI and ChatGPT. | Dr Roman Bauer says this could help lower the huge energy use seen in today's large models, which can use over one million kilowatt-hours to train. | TL;DR | Fewer, smarter connections make AI more efficient without losing accuracy. Inspired by how the brain learns and prunes neural links. Could help future neuromorphic hardware.
| Neural feng shui | A newer version, Enhanced Topographical Sparse Mapping, also "prunes" connections during training, similar to how the brain removes weaker links as we learn. | The team is also looking at how this approach could help shape neuromorphic computers, which are designed to work more like real brains. | Human brains are about to be the next H200 chip - MV |
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