

How Libby prepares for the AI onslaught
Lowpass: OverDrive’s new CEO Mar DeBevoise on Libby
Only the first part of the article is paywall-free, but there's some good info there.
>To prepare for the AI onslaught, Libby is now getting ready to introduce AI content controls, allowing readers to select in the app’s settings whether they want to see AI-generated content or not. This includes not only AI authorship, but also AI-narrated audiobooks, machine translation, and AI-generated art. “We need to tell people what's available [and] how it was created,” DeBevoise says.
TiVo+ rebranded as TiVo Channels, adds new content providers including Sony and DAZN
TLDR: When you cancel cable, take back all equipment, not just what they ask for.
I got conned into giving up my cable card (and connected tuning adapter) three years ago, but they never asked for it back (and considering they long ago closed the only office close to me, I wasn't going to go out of my way to return them). When I finally cancelled my last Spectrum service this week, I asked specifically what needed to be returned, and only the internet equipment was mentioned. I also received an email saying the same. Then no sooner had I dropped that off at a UPS Store, I get an email saying now they want the tuning adapter too (no mention of the cable card but I'm sure as heck going to bring it as well). I found that surprising considering how hostile they are to cable cards. Do tuning adapters have some other use that they'd want it for? Or maybe it's just expensive equipment that they want to write off?