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Time of India
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
NYT Mini Crossword Hints Today, June 27 2025: Answers, clues and solving tips for mastering the puzzle
Across Hints, Clues and Answers Live Events Down Hints, Clues and Solutions Solving Tips for Mini Crossword Why Players Enjoy Mini Crossword? FAQs (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The Mini Crossword from The New York Times is a shorter version of the main daily crossword. It offers a quick mental workout. Many people solve it for speed or to include it in their routine.1 Across – Clue: Beach treesThe answer is PALMS. These trees are often seen along coastal areas and provide a strong visual link to beach settings.6 Across – Clue: Beach viewThe answer is OCEAN. This is what people often see when looking out from a beach.7 Across – Clue: Beach keepsakeThe answer is SHELL. Many collect these from beaches after walks near the water.8 Across – Clue: Removed, as wrapping paperThe answer is TORE. This word suggests taking off a covering in one motion.9 Across – Clue: What miso paste is made fromThe answer is SOY. Miso paste comes from soybeans and is used in various dishes.1 Down – Clue: Feed fillersThe answer is POSTS. These are often found in social media feeds.2 Down – Clue: Sound before a blessingThe answer is ACHOO. This sound often comes before someone says 'bless you.'3 Down – Clue: CautiousThe answer is LEERY. This describes someone who is not quick to trust or act.4 Down – Clue: Like seahorses that give birthThe answer is MALE. In seahorses, the males carry and deliver the young.5 Down – Clue: Show for Sarah Silverman and Sarah Sherman, for shortThe answer is SNL. This is short for Saturday Night Live, a known comedy with clues that are familiar. They will help reveal letters for other harder clues. This approach builds letter belongs to both an Across and Down clue. If you solve one, it gives you a letter for another. This helps speed up the puzzles usually do not have complex wordplay. Most clues have direct meanings. Think of the most basic definition when Mini can be completed in a few minutes. It suits people with busy clues cover areas like pop culture, daily life, and common knowledge. This attracts a range of people solve the Mini during breaks or with morning coffee. It can become part of a know right away if their answers are correct. The quick feedback adds to the people complete it in 1–5 minutes. Some finish faster if clues are Its small size and simple clues help new solvers learn basic crossword patterns.
Time of India
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
NYT Mini Crossword June 27: Today's hints and answers for all clues
NYT Mini Crossword I Credits: New York Times The Mini Crossword from The New York Times is a short daily puzzle, but don't let the size fool you. Even a 5x5 grid can throw you off with smart clues. The June 27 edition had a beach-themed vibe running through most of its across clues. It was fun and fast but had a few brain teasers along the way. If you're someone who tries to beat the clock every morning, getting stuck for even a few seconds can be frustrating. That's where this quick guide can help. NYT Mini Crossword Across clues and answers for June 27 Beach trees – The answer is Palms. A classic sight on tropical shores. Beach view – It's Ocean. What else do you expect to see when you're staring from the sand? Beach keepsake – The answer is Shell. Perfect souvenir from the sea. Removed, as wrapping paper – Think about how you tear gifts open. The word is Tore. What miso paste is made from – That would be Soy, a key ingredient in Japanese cooking. These across answers were all smooth once you caught the beach theme. If you caught "Palms" early, the rest likely came easy. NYT Mini Crossword Down clues and answers for June 27 Feed fillers – It's Posts, like the ones you scroll through on social media. Sound before a blessing – Say Achoo before someone says 'bless you.' Cautious – The answer here is Leery, often used to describe a feeling of suspicion or careful hesitation. Like seahorses that give birth – This one's biology-based. The answer is Male, since male seahorses carry and deliver babies. Show for Sarah Silverman and Sarah Sherman, for short – The answer is SNL, short for Saturday Night Live. The down clues were a mix of pop culture and logic, with a few that might stump even regular solvers.
CNET
a day ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for June 27
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. There's a beachy vibe to today's Mini Crossword, which I love. But then I tripped up on 8-Across, until I filled in more clues. Need some answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips. The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times' games collection. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET's NYT puzzle hints page. Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword Let's get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers. The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for June 27, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET Mini across clues and answers 1A clue: Beach trees Answer: PALMS 6A clue: Beach view Answer: OCEAN 7A clue: Beach keepsake Answer: SHELL 8A clue: Removed, as wrapping paper Answer: TORE 9A clue: What miso paste is made from Answer: SOY Mini down clues and answers 1D clue: Feed fillers Answer: POSTS 2D clue: Sound before a blessing Answer: ACHOO 3D clue: Cautious Answer: LEERY 4D clue: Like seahorses that give birth Answer: MALE 5D clue: Show for Sarah Silverman and Sarah Sherman, for short Answer: SNL
Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Times
Disgruntled authors lose latest copyright lawsuit against Meta
A group of authors who accused Meta of stealing their works to develop its artificial intelligence (AI) software have lost their case in the second such legal setback this week. The comedian Sarah Silverman and 12 others sued Meta in a US court claiming their copyright was infringed when the company fed their books into an AI model. However, the judge threw out the case, saying that they 'made the wrong arguments'. The case is one of about 40 winding their way through courts in the United States that could set the terms for how the AI industry deals with copyrighted material. In a separate case, a judge ruled on Tuesday that the AI company Anthropic did not infringe three authors' copyright when it scanned their books for developing software. AI companies need huge amounts of data such as text, images and video to develop their 'generative' software that can create content from simple prompts. The US district judge Vince Chhabria granted a partial summary judgment to Meta but also said the ruling was limited in its scope and indicated that AI companies could generally be breaking copyright law. 'This ruling does not stand for the proposition that Meta's use of copyrighted materials to train its language models is lawful,' he wrote. 'It stands only for the proposition that these plaintiffs made the wrong arguments and failed to develop a record in support of the right one.' Asking whether the practice by AI companies of feeding copyrighted works into their models without permission was illegal, he concluded: 'Although the devil is in the details, in most cases the answer will likely be yes.' He added: 'In the grand scheme of things, the consequences of this ruling are limited. This is not a class action, so the ruling only affects the rights of these 13 authors — not the countless others whose works Meta used to train its models.' Chhabria also said that the AI industry that asking it to adhere to copyright laws would slow down the technology. He said: 'These products are expected to generate billions, even trillions of dollars for the companies that are developing them. If using copyrighted works to train the models is as necessary as the companies say, they will figure out a way to compensate copyright holders for it.' In the only such case currently before the UK courts, Getty Images is suing Stability AI, a British company. On Wednesday Getty dropped its claim of direct copyright infringement — a key part of the case. However, it continues to accuse Stability of trademark and indirect copyright infringement. Lawyers for Silverman and the other authors said: 'The court ruled that AI companies that 'feed copyright-protected works into their models without getting permission from the copyright holders or paying for them' are generally violating the law. • AI firms must pay creatives for using copyrighted work, MPs say• Former Waitrose boss says Meta 'stole' his books to train AI 'Yet, despite the undisputed record of Meta's historically unprecedented pirating of copyrighted works, the court ruled in Meta's favor. We respectfully disagree with that conclusion.' Meta said: 'Open-source AI models are powering transformative innovations, productivity and creativity for individuals and companies, and fair use of copyright material is a vital legal framework for building this transformative technology.'
Entrepreneur
2 days ago
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Meta Wins AI Copyright Case Over Sarah Silverman, Junot Diaz
A district judge sided with tech giant Meta on Wednesday in a major copyright infringement case, Richard Kadrey, et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc. It marks the second time this week that tech companies have scored major legal victories over AI copyright disputes against individuals. In the case, 13 authors, including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, Junot Diaz, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, argued that Meta violated copyright laws by training its AI models on their copyrighted works without their permission. They provided exhibits showing that Meta's Llama AI model could thoroughly summarize their books when prompted to do so, indicating that the AI had ingested their work in training. The case was filed in July 2023. During the discovery phase, it was uncovered that Meta had used 7.5 million pirated books and 81 million research papers to train its AI model. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of San Francisco ruled in a 40-page decision that Meta's use of books to train its AI model was protected under the fair use doctrine in U.S. copyright law. The fair use doctrine permits the use of copyrighted material without obtaining permission from the copyright holder in certain cases. What qualifies as fair use depends on factors like how different the end work is from the original and whether the use harms the existing or future market for the copyrighted work. Related: 'Bottomless Pit of Plagiarism': Disney, Universal File the First Major Hollywood Lawsuit Against an AI Startup Chhabria said that while it "is generally illegal to copy protected works without permission," the plaintiffs failed in this case to show that Meta's use of copyrighted material caused "market harm." They didn't show, for instance, that Meta's AI spits out excerpts of books verbatim, creates AI copycat books, or prevents the authors from getting AI licensing deals. "Meta has defeated the plaintiffs' half-hearted argument that its copying causes or threatens significant market harm," Chhabria stated in the ruling. Furthermore, Meta's purpose of copying books "for a transformative purpose" is protected under the fair use doctrine, the judge ruled. Earlier this week, a different judge came to the same conclusion in the class action case Bartz v. Anthropic. U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco stated in a ruling filed on Monday that $61.5 billion AI startup Anthropic was allowed to train its AI model on copyrighted books under the fair use doctrine because the end product was "exceedingly transformative." Related: 'Extraordinarily Expensive': Getty Images Is Pouring Millions of Dollars Into One AI Lawsuit, CEO Says Anthropic trained its AI on books not to duplicate them or replace them, but to "create something different" in the form of AI answers, Alsup wrote. The ruling marked the first time that a federal judge has sided with tech companies over creatives in an AI copyright lawsuit. Now Chhabria's decision marks the second time that tech companies have triumphed in court against individuals in copyright cases. The judge noted that the ruling does not mean that "Meta's use of copyrighted materials to train its language models is lawful," but only means that "these plaintiffs made the wrong arguments" and that Meta's arguments won in this case. "We appreciate today's decision from the Court," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday, per CNBC. "Open-source AI models are powering transformative innovations, productivity and creativity for individuals and companies, and fair use of copyright material is a vital legal framework for building this transformative technology." Other AI copyright cases are making their way through the courts, including one filed by authors Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, Daniel Okrent, and several others against Microsoft earlier this week. The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, alleges that Microsoft violated copyright by training AI on the authors' work.
