Watching the announcements live on the BBC from Los Angeles.
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Meanwhile, over in London …
Getty Images has filed a legal case against Stability AI over alleged copyright violation. Stability AI has received a letter before action – a formal notification of impending litigation in the UK. The claim, outlined in a press statement is that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed (or “scraped”) millions of images protected by copyright” to train […]
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Explaining the copyright issues around AI art
California lawyer and production company owner Jake Watson clearly and concisely outlines the copyright problems surrounding the creation of new derivative – or are they transformative? – art works using generative adversarial networks, or GANs. He focuses on the recent legal case against StabilityAI, the owners of Stable Diffusion and Midjourney. Image source: Pixexid
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BBC Radio 4 Start The Week: Videogames – from fantasy to reality
On today’s edition of BBC Radio 4’s Start The Week, Adam Rutherford looks at how video games now occupy a significant place in our daily lives, whether we acknowledge their importance and impact or not. Today’s guests Architect Sandra Youkhana co-authors Videogame Atlas in which she examines the real-world architectural theory that underpins games’ fantasy […]
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VALL-E can mimic your voice in just three seconds
Microsoft’s new VALL-E “neural codec language model” can closely simulate a person’s voice when given just a three-second audio sample, and once it learns a specific voice, it can synthesise audio of that person saying anything, including with the right emotional tone. Pair VALL-E with another generative AI models such as GPT-3 and you have a content […]
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Make your own “super trippy” generative animations
If you would like to have a go at making some “super trippy” animations using generative AI tools you have come to the right place. Writing on Linkedin, Head of Immersive at design agency Seymour Powell, Chris Doughty has provided us all with a handy set of instructions. Download and install Python 3.10.6 – https://lnkd.in/eWH67UVv Download and […]