Day archives: June 17th, 2026

The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music

The Atlantic [no paywall]: “…AI music generators can simulate human performances with surprising fidelity, but first they have to be trained on enormous quantities of those human performances. The actual recordings that go into any model are a closely guarded secret—AI companies have claimed they are proprietary—but the number of songs is almost certainly huge, …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Internet, Search Engines

Judge Orders DOJ to Fast Track Epstein Files FOIA Request

The Parnas Perspective: “A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track processing of a Freedom of Information Act request seeking records about why the Trump administration decided not to release the Jeffrey Epstein files in July, despite earlier promises of transparency. The request, brought by Democracy Forward, seeks internal communications that could reveal whether …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Analysis of Trump’s Iran MOU

WSJ no paywall [click the down arrow in the lower right hand corner of the page]: “A senior Trump administration official read out President Trump’s memorandum of understanding to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and wind down the war with Iran in exchange for financial incentives for Tehran that will begin immediately. Another official, speaking …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Economy, Energy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research