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  1. Open sourceReach 45

    Stable Diffusion data creator cleans up its act

    LAION just re-released its flagship training dataset as Re-LAION-5B, claiming it has thoroughly scrubbed suspected child sexual abuse material. Following recommendations from watchdogs and a Stanford investigation, the group removed 2,236 flagged links and urged researchers to ditch the older LAION-5B copies.

  2. AI toolsReach 39

    A middle finger to AI scrapers

    Spawning just launched Kudurru, a defense network designed to block AI scrapers from harvesting artists’ works. Artists can automatically block scrapers crawling datasets like LAION-5B or actively poison their training data by returning junk images—like a middle finger. Why it matters: Until copyright laws catch up, creators finally have a free, active way to push back.