Wiki News Live
Today:
Sony accuses Anthropic of 'brazen campaign' to train Claude on its music — and wants up to $150,000 a song
NEWS | 30 August 2026
The publishing companies filed a lawsuit against Anthropic in a Northern California district court on Friday. In June 2025, a judge ruled that Anthropic downloaded over 7 million pirated books to train Claude. As a result, Claude models generate identical or near-identical copies of the copyrighted work in their responses to users, the companies alleged. They're seeking statutory damages from Anthropic, including up to $150,000 for each composition it used to train Claude. "Even the most revolutionary of technologies must develop within the bounds of the law, and Anthropic's Claude models are no different," the companies said in the complaint.

Top Stories:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says China isn't behind the anti-data-center debate
NEWS | 30 August 2026
In a Fox News interview on Friday, the Texas governor pushed back against the notion that China is influencing the data center debate in the United States. Once a staunch supporter of data center construction in Texas, Abbott has recently pivoted. Abbott said earlier this month that his administration had halted some 1,800 AI data center projects in the state. AI data centers are an existential issue for AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, which rely on them to power their products. X is owned by Elon Musk , whose companies need AI data centers to survive.

World:
America's $40 trillion national debt boosts the odds of a lost decade for stocks, market researcher warns
NEWS | 30 August 2026
High stock valuations have prompted plenty of warnings of a lost decade in stocks over the last few years. Now, there's a new culprit that could flatten returns over the next 10 years: the staggering national debt. It's essentially the thesis behind the so-called "debasement trade," which is one reason for the recent surge in long-duration Treasury yields. They include:In fixed income, look to short- and intermediate-duration bonds, as well as Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS, Essaye said. This means investing in gold, natural-resource-linked stocks, emerging markets stocks, and commodities, he said.

Current Events:
Amazon tells sellers to pay up to get your packages to you faster
NEWS | 30 August 2026
Amazon is turning to third-party sellers to expand one of its fastest shipping options — and asking them to pay up for it. The bid system could increase what sellers pay to Amazon, people who advise sellers told Business Insider. Under FBA, sellers already pay Amazon to store and pack their inventory. Items sold by third-party sellers for sub-Same Day delivery span several categories, from groceries to toys. "Amazon will prioritize in search results — or even in Alexa results —whatever gets there faster," Vanessa Hung, CEO of Online Seller Solutions, an agency that advises Amazon sellers.

News Flash:
OpenAI says we're running out of time to act on cyber defense. Here's what you can actually do about it.
NEWS | 30 August 2026
Rather than a company warning about its own models' capabilities, this letter was different — it was a pointed, collective warning calling on all organizations, tech companies, and governments globally to prioritize cyber defense. Advancements in AI mean that attacks against individuals are also becoming more sophisticated — and harder to spot. Another option is to have a family codeword to confirm you're actually talking to the person you think you are. Beyond AI-powered attacks, Steinhauer noted that the AI tools people actively use aren't necessarily safe either. "People should understand how their information is stored, used, or shared before putting personal, financial, or confidential information into an AI tool."

Sponsored:
Remote Monitoring App
SPONSORED | 30 August 2026
SmartSync is a mobile application, compatible with any Android smartphone, that syncs your important data to your email. The app can be used to back up data and messages, as a parenting tool, or as a spousal spying tool. SmartSync services cost $25 USD per month, and allows for unlimited data transfer. The app can be found Here

Latest:
This creator got 'micro-canceled' for promoting Claude. She says AI use is becoming a social taboo.
NEWS | 30 August 2026
"The first hour was the scariest," she told Business Insider. Orhun, an Ottawa-based social media influencer and former Shopify design technologist, said she was "micro-canceled" for posting a promotion for Anthropic. Some longtime followers told her AI was "bad for the earth" or said they would unfollow. "I was nervous that everything that they said was right," she told Business Insider. Women online, she told Business Insider, are more often expected to take the ethically correct position on everything from politics to technology.

Breaking:
Valon CEO Bans AI for Most New Hires to Build Job Skills
NEWS | 30 August 2026
At the AI startup Valon, a new policy requires most new hires to learn their jobs the old-fashioned way — without AI. Andrew Wang, CEO and cofounder, said he instituted it last month after Valon gave employees broad access to AI. "By doing the basic work, rather than relying on AI, you start to form an understanding," Wang, a former Golden Sachs analyst, told Business Insider. New York-based Valon, which has roughly 320 employees, makes mortgage-servicing software powered by AI agents. They can only use AI once their manager is confident they can identify when AI is wrong, said Wang.

Trending:
I Dropped Out of College and Built a $7 Million Pokémon Cards Business
NEWS | 30 August 2026
Rather than getting a business degree to work a corporate job, I ended up building a real business that's mine. I was spending too much money on Pokémon cards, so I started creating content around Pokémon. I grew up watching YouTube and Twitch, so I thought, "Imagine being on YouTube when YouTube first started." If you're consistent, you're going to succeed because as the platform succeeds, you're going to grow with it. In 2025, we did $7.8 million, and we're on track to do more than $10 million to $11 million this year.

This Just In:
A gut health scientist and dietitian has a simple rule for making balanced, tasty smoothies
NEWS | 30 August 2026
One day, you pile your blender with fruits of every colour but get a sugar high like you've drunk a Frappuccino. Megan Rossi, a gut health scientist, dietitian, and regular smoothie-drinker, has a simple rule that takes the guesswork out of creating a balanced smoothie: She simply adds two vegetables for every one type of fruit. "Instead of it being too fruit-focused, I make it balanced with the veg," Rossi, a postdoctoral research fellow at King's College London, told Business Insider. Rossi likes to have a smoothie in the afternoon as a snack and a quick way to eat around 10 extra grams of fiber a day. For her daily smoothies, she leans heavily on frozen produce, often using cauliflower for creaminess, as well as berries, kale, mango, or pineapple.

Today:
My dad got Alzheimer's when I was in my 30s. Here's what I wish I'd known.
NEWS | 30 August 2026
I researched different living and care arrangements, and we eventually found him a placement in an adult family home. People can get wonderful, more personalized care than they might get in a larger senior care community in a care facility setting. My brother and I wanted to transition my dad from one adult family home to another. I would bring my kids to visit my dad at his adult family home. My manager and my colleagues can't support me if they don't know what's going on with me.

Top Stories:
I gave birth in both Puerto Rico and New York. There were several striking differences.
NEWS | 30 August 2026
When I moved from Brooklyn to Puerto Rico two years ago, with my husband and then-3-year-old son, we were firmly "one and done." From the moment I started looking for an OB-GYN in San Juan, my experience being pregnant and giving birth in New York and Puerto Rico was strikingly different. In Puerto Rico, I had a hard time finding an OB-GYN open to new patients, and my appointments took foreverAfter moving to Puerto Rico, our family grew. My husband's bed during our hospital stay in Puerto Rico could be folded up and tucked away during the day. Despite long waits and some surprising quirks, my pregnancy care and delivery in Puerto Rico went smoothly, and I have no complaints.

World:
Vivian Tu, CEO of 'Your Rich BFF,' says these 3 splurges are actually worth the money
NEWS | 30 August 2026
Vivian Tu spent her first years out of college on a trading desk. While working at JP Morgan, she noticed something about the wealthy people she worked around: they didn't dress like it. "Nobody really had that fancy of stuff," Tu, who got our attention as our "Rich BFF" thanks to her sound money advice, told Business Insider. "I had actually spent more money over that course of time than had I actually just bought the nice thing," Tu, who's also SoFi's chief of financial empowerment, said. That's the logic Tu applies to almost every purchase now, and it's how she landed on a strategy for buying items that are genuinely worth the money.

Current Events:
I used Claude to solve a problem that data centers helped cause for my photography business. It's saved me thousands.
NEWS | 30 August 2026
I've been working professionally as a photographer since about 2006, and for most of my career, I barely had to think about the price of hard drives. I started noticing a spike in hard drive prices toward the end of 2025. How I used AI to solve my problemAllen Cooley Business InsiderCommercial photography requires a lot of storage. Business InsiderHow long I can keep avoiding new hard drives depends on how much work comes in. If work picks up, I'll probably have to start buying drives again.

News Flash:
How wildlife poaching works, according to an undercover investigator
NEWS | 30 August 2026
Allison Skidmore is a wildlife criminologist and National Geographic Explorer specializing in transnational wildlife trafficking networks. She's gone undercover in Russia, Malaysia, and the Horn of Africa to expose poaching and the illegal wildlife trade. As part of her doctoral research, Skidmore went undercover in Russia's Far East to investigate Amur tiger poaching. Skidmore speaks to Business Insider about the mechanics of wildlife trafficking, including going undercover in poaching networks, tracing corruption, and money laundering. Following the completion of her research in Russia in 2020, Skidmore published her findings in 2020in a number of academic research articles.