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45% of the EU's total economic activity is attributable to the intellectual property industry worth EUR 6.6 trillion in Patents, Trade Marks, Industrial Design and Copyright. (25 September 2019, EUIPO)
We have collected in these pages a set of articles and news from around the world on the topic of Intellectual Property and Copyright, selected and verified by our Press Office.
Gen Z faces ‘job-pocalypse’ as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says.
2025-10-30 The Guardian
According to a recent report by the British Standards Institution (BSI), the leading British standards organisation and a member of the International Organisation for Standardisation, those belonging to Generation Z (1997–2012) are currently facing a veritable “job apocalypse”. The vast majority of companies in 2...
Robin Williams' daughter pleads for people to stop sending AI videos of her dad,
2025-10-29 BBC
Zelda Williams, daughter of the famous actor Robin Williams, recently found herself in a rather unpleasant situation. Her father sadly passed away in 2014, following several difficult years with his physical and mental health. However, this man's impact on the entertainment world has never been forgotten; his roles are...
One of AI’s Founding Fathers Thinks It Could Kill Us All
2025-10-28 Motherboard - Vice
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Yoshua Bengio, known as the ‘Grandfather of Artificial Intelligence’ thanks to his contribution to the creation of this technology, stated that it could soon become what kills us all. The continuous and unstoppable development of this controversial resource is rap...
18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It
2025-10-27 404 Media
What happens within the legal sector tends to be understood in its entirety by those directly involved, avoiding the disclosure of potentially sensitive information to the general public. However, since the advent of artificial intelligence, several lawyers have begun to turn to this technology, framing it as a useful ...
Pope Leo Said No to That Nightmarish AI Pope Idea
2025-10-24 Vice
Pope Leo XIV has declared that there will be no AI Pope as long as he is around. It's not a sentence we ever imagined we would write, or, frankly, read. There is no need to further reiterate the worrying spread of artificial intelligence, but its possible and presumed implementation within the religious sphere, especia...
What's the big deal about AI data centres?
2025-10-23 BBC
One of the most discussed topics in recent times concerns precisely the rapid and frightening growth in demand for data centers to maintain and support the various artificial intelligence systems that already exist and those that are yet to come. This technology is sadly unstoppable at the moment; rather, it seems to b...
Spotify is finally taking steps to address its AI slop and clone problem
2025-10-22 The Verge
With the worrying spread of artificial intelligence within the artistic and creative sector, several platforms have been taken over byartificially generated material, much to the disappointment of users. Pinterest, Facebook, and TikTok are just three of the most affected apps, whose “human” content seems to be beco...
Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower
2025-10-21 The Guardian
According to recent research conducted by Arturo Béjar, former senior engineer at Meta and current whistleblower, despite the much-touted new security tools implemented within Instagram, both children and teenagers are still extremely at risk when using the platform in question. In 2024, the company introduced “teen...
We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
2025-10-20 404Media
Recently, the independent news outlet 404 Media, owner of today's featured article and several other texts shared in the past, filed a lawsuit against the US federal agency ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of the Department of Homeland Security.
ICE is responsible for border security and immigration cont...
UNC1549 Hacks 34 Devices in 11 Telecom Firms via LinkedIn Job Lures and MINIBIKE Malware
2025-10-17 The Hacker News
Browsing LinkedIn and agreeing to potential job interviews currently poses a tangible risk; the well-known platform has recently been the target of a series of hacker attacks carried out through the normal process required for hiring a new employee.
According to reports, an Iranian hacker group known as UNC1549 is bel...
Memes and nihilistic in-jokes: the online world of Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer
2025-10-16 The Guardian
The article we are presenting today is not news in the strict sense of the term, but rather an in-depth digression on the relationship between the online environment (including memes, social media, and “online culture”) and the current state of violence as a political tool.
On September 10, 2025, US political acti...
The Elephant in The Biz: outsourcing of critical IT and cybersecurity functions risks UK economic security
2025-10-15 Medium - Double Pulsar
Today's article comes from Medium, an online publishing platform for written content such as articles and blogs, and was written by Kevin Beaumont for Double Pulsar, a publication run by the writer and specializing in cybersecurity.
As the title suggests, according to recent developments, one of the biggest problems i...
Russian State TV Launches AI-Generated News Satire Show
2025-10-14 404 Media
Russia is widely recognized as a nation particularly enthusiastic about the art of political propaganda, both positive and negative. Promotional posters, radio programs, and books aimed at influencing public opinion about a foreign country or the internal situation within its own territory are not exactly foreign to Ru...
Roku Wants to Improve Your TV Viewing Experience With a Monsoon of AI-Generated Ads.
2025-10-13 Gizmodo
The advertising that the average viewer is exposed to on a daily basis usually comes from around 200 businesses. This is not an insignificant number, but the adverts broadcast on television or streaming services tend to become repetitive rather quickly, making ad breaks excessively annoying.
According to Roku, a tech ...
Internet Society: Italy’s “Piracy Shield” Failures Are a Warning Against “Blunt” Piracy Blocking
2025-10-10 Torrent Freak
Although completely blocking piracy sites may seem like the most immediate solution, it may not be the wisest choice for legislators, according to a recent policy brief by the Internet Society, the US-based international organization promoting Internet use and access.
In the PDF mentioned above, the organization share...
ICE Spends Millions on Clearview AI Facial Recognition to Find People ‘Assaulting’ Officers.
2025-10-09 404Media
Facial recognition technologies are becoming more effective by the day, reaching worrying levels. Several people involved in activism and protests have begun to cover their faces or apply make-up to make recognition more difficult. The intention is not to hide, but to prevent their presence at one event or another from...