Sources: the UK plans to delay making copyright rule changes for AI training after responses to its two-month consultation did not favor any of its proposals
Government goes back to drawing board after its proposals triggered backlash from creative industries
Daniel Kwan and 500+ writers, actors, and technologists launch the Creators Coalition on AI to push standards for AI training and use across creative industries
The organization, which published four distinct goals and a call to action while gathering hundreds of signatories …
Q&A with Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju on taking over from Emad Mostaque, his movie background, data and copyright, working with creative industries, and more
The boss of StablityAI insists film industry fears about the impact of the popular image-generating model are misplaced
Filing: Disney and NBCUniversal sue Midjourney in California, accusing it of direct and secondary copyright infringement; they say talks with Midjourney failed
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Duolingo's “AI-first” announcement highlights the unfolding AI jobs crisis, with attrition in creative fields, hiring cuts, declining freelance incomes, more
On Monday, April 29th, Luis von Ahn, the billionaire CEO of the popular language learning app Duolingo … Bluesky: @bcmerchant , @bcmerchant , and @bcmerchant Mastodon: @MissConstrue@mefi.social , @eli...
Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do
Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of se...
Inkitt, the self-publishing site that wants to use AI to pick and tweak the most compelling stories to distribute on its Galatea app, raised a $37M Series C
Everyone has a story in them, as someone famous once said. A startup called Inkitt believes that it can use AI to turn the strongest … Mastodon: @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org . X: @ingridlunden . LinkedIn: Seve...
Sydney-based Leonardo.Ai, which lets users generate AI images for use in creative industries, raised $31M, and reports its 7M users have generated 700M+ images
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As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing screenwriters and actors seek to regulate the use of AI-produced material
that's the nightmare scenario” https://www.nytimes.com/... Noam Scheiber / @noamscheiber : If you're stressed out about ChatGPT taking your job, consider what it must be like to be an actor and see th...