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AI has continued its meteoric rise in the news headlines and stock market reports. Companies are betting their futures on AI, and the whole tech world seems tuned in, breathlessly waiting for a clue about where it might be going. But despite all the media hoopla, AI is not having a great month.

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AI has continued its meteoric rise in the news headlines and stock market reports. Companies are betting their futures on AI, and the whole tech world seems tuned in, breathlessly waiting for a clue about where it might be going. But despite all the media hoopla, AI is not having a great month.

It seems like every time I look at the news, something or someone is pushing back. Sony just issued a warning not to use its content to train AI [1]. Here in the open source space, NetBSD announced that it is banning all AI-generated code [2]. Even TikTok, which is no stranger to its own controversies, announced that it will start watermarking AI-generated images posted on the platform [3].

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