Morning Coffee – 13 January 2025

by Nate Hoffelder

After a decade of running The Digital Reader, Nate is a veteran web publisher with experience in design, maintenance, recovery, and troubleshooting. What little he doesn't know, he can learn.

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January 13, 2025

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg knew that pirated books were being used to train FB’s AI.
The Swiss ereader maker Pocketbook (formerly Ukrainian) just announced Inkpost, a line of E-ink wall displays for showing digital art. The sizes range from 13.3″ to 33″, with prices ranging from expensive to holy f***.
Completely ignoring the numerous examples of why you shouldn’t let bots battle piracy unsupervised, Japan just announced that it is investing $2 millions in anti-piracy AI.
If there’s one thing that the current owners of B&N are better at than their predecessors, it’s generating positive press.

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