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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
AI is not coming to steal your lunch
Though people who know how to get the best out of leading edge, state-of-the-art machine learning technology would like to join you for snacks The arrival in our midst of synthetic media generated from text prompts has caused disquiet. Individuals are concerned that their skills, knowledge and experience are under threat like never before. However, […]
NVIDIA Omniverse updates announced
NVIDIA has updated its AI-assisted reel-time collaboration and simulation platform Omniverse, announcing at a virtual event to coincide with CES in Las Vegas that it now supports generative AI and Unity’s game engine. Performance and usability have both been improved and new connectors have been added to expand the Omniverse ecosystem. Omniverse customers include Dentsu, Mercedes […]