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• AI Influencer Francesca Giubelli May Form Political Party ai-technology

  Francesca Giubelli, an AI-generated influencer created by Emiliano Belmonte, Valeria Fossatelli, and Francesco Giuliano, could potentially found a political party to promote…

• OpenAI unveils Sora, a text-to-video AI generator ai-technology

  OpenAI announced Sora, a text-to-video AI that generates high-resolution videos up to one minute long without audio. Unlike previous text-to-video models like Runway Gen-2, Sora…

• AI and Metaverse: Ethical Challenges and Social Inclusion in the Digital Future ai-technology

  The piece examines the roles of Web 3.0, the Metaverse, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in fostering social inclusion and sustainability. Utilizing blockchain technology, Web 3.0…

• Nightshade 1.0 Released to Protect Artists from AI ai-technology

  The University of Chicago's Glaze Project has released version 1.0 of Nightshade, a tool that modifies image pixels imperceptibly to corrupt AI training data, building on their…

• Refik Anadol Proposes AI Model Based on Nature at Davos ai-technology

  At the 54th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (January 15–19), Turkish media artist Refik Anadol unveiled his concept for a Large Nature Model (LNM), an open-source…

• Midjourney's secret list of 20,000 artists used to train AI models exposed in court ai-technology

  A leaked Google spreadsheet, filed as evidence in a class-action lawsuit against Midjourney, Stability AI, Runway AI, and DeviantArt, reveals nearly 20,000 artists whose…

• EU Approves World's First Comprehensive AI Regulation ai-technology

  On December 9, 2023, after 36 hours of negotiations, the European Council, Commission, and Parliament reached a landmark agreement on the AI Act, the world's first comprehensive…

• Krea's AI Turns Doodles into Real-Time Masterpieces ai-technology

  Krea, a company specializing in generative AI, has developed a system that allows users to create images not only from text prompts but also from doodles in real time. This…

• Carlo Antonelli on AI's Present and Future: From Healthcare to Haiku ai-technology

  Carlo Antonelli, an Italian businessman and the former head of Sugar Music, Rolling Stone, and Wired Italia, shares insights on the present and future of artificial intelligence.…

• Nightshade: The AI Poisoning Tool Empowering Artists Against Copyright Theft ai-technology

  Artists now have a new weapon in their fight against generative AI image software that uses their works for training without permission. Nightshade, developed by University of…

• AI Image Generators Now Hide Subliminal Messages in Visuals ai-technology

  Stable Diffusion, an open-source AI image generator released in August 2022, has introduced a new capability to embed hidden text and messages within images using ControlNet, a…

• Getty Launches AI Image Generator Trained on Its Own Library ai-technology

  Getty Images announced the launch of Generative AI by Getty Images, an AI image generator developed in collaboration with Nvidia. The tool is trained exclusively on Getty's own…

• AI's Impact on Fashion: From Alexander McQueen to AI Fashion Week ai-technology

  The integration of artificial intelligence into the fashion industry is accelerating, transforming creative processes, marketing, and supply chain management. Early milestones…

• AI and Cultural Heritage Images: The Coming Regulatory Challenge ai-technology

  A debate is intensifying over the use of images of cultural heritage, with Italy's Ministry of Culture enforcing strict guidelines since April 2023 that require payment for…

• Video reveals the labor-intensive process behind AI-generated art ai-technology

  A Vox investigation demonstrates that creating AI art is far from simple. The video follows Stelfie, an artist who produces imaginary selfies from fictional time travels. His…

• AI's role in transforming immersive XR and Web3 experiences ai-technology

  Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing immersive technologies in XR and Web3 by enabling personalized, responsive, and interactive user experiences. AI enhances Web3…

• AI recreates controversial Enit campaign featuring Botticelli's Venus ai-technology

  Digital creator Matteo Flora used AI tools to generate an alternative version of Enit's controversial tourism campaign, which features a modernized Venus influencer. The original…

• Three Tools to Use and Challenge ChatGPT ai-technology

  An article on Artribune presents three tools for interacting with and questioning ChatGPT. The first is DAN (Do Anything Now), a jailbreak prompt that bypasses ChatGPT's filters…

• AI's Persistent Problem with Drawing Human Fingers ai-technology

  A Vox video investigates why AI image generators struggle to accurately render human hands and fingers. Host Phil Edwards consults an artist, a robotics student, and a generative…

• AI Revolutionizes Art and Marketing: From Midjourney to Flawless ai-technology

  Artificial intelligence is transforming both business and creative sectors, offering cost-effective, personalized solutions. In marketing, AI analyzes consumer data to tailor…

• Getty Images Sues Stability AI for Copyright Infringement Over 12 Million Photos ai-technology

  Getty Images has filed a lawsuit against Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion, alleging the unauthorized use of 12 million copyrighted images to train its AI model.…

• David Guetta uses AI to create hit with Eminem's voice ai-technology

  David Guetta created a song featuring Eminem's voice generated by artificial intelligence, which he played live to hundreds of thousands of fans. The DJ admitted the track…

• AI Art Generators Face Copyright Lawsuits as Artists Question Creativity ai-technology

  The debate over AI-generated art intensifies as text-to-image models like Midjourney, DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion rely on vast image databases and textual prompts. Writer…

• ChatGPT's Suggestions for Enhancing Italian Cultural Heritage ai-technology

  The article tests ChatGPT by asking it to write a 3000-character article on how to enhance Italy's cultural heritage. The AI's response, while generic, proposes digitalization,…

• Three Artists Sue Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for Copyright Infringement ai-technology

  On January 16, 2023, a class-action lawsuit was initiated by artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt. They accuse…

• ChatGPT invents fake artworks by Ai Weiwei, Cattelan, and others ai-technology

  ChatGPT, the AI chatbot released by OpenAI in late 2022, has been generating detailed descriptions of nonexistent contemporary artworks, attributing them to real artists such as…

• Google Imagen: AI Software Converts Text into Photorealistic Images ai-technology

  Google has developed Imagen, an experimental AI software that generates high-quality, photorealistic images from text descriptions. Using text-to-image technology and machine…

• AI Detects Art Forgeries with 96% Accuracy Using 3D Imaging ai-technology

  Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland have developed an AI system that detects art forgeries with up to 96% accuracy using chromatic confocal optical…

• AI's Role in Art: Four Scientific Studies on Emotional Intelligence, Attribution, Accessibility, and Classification ai-technology

  A collection of four scientific studies demonstrates how artificial intelligence is reshaping art creation, perception, and classification. Researchers at Stanford developed…

• Fashion Preferences as Political Data: Cambridge Analytica's Use of Clothing Choices ai-technology

  Cambridge Analytica used fashion preferences as a key parameter to build AI models for political targeting, according to whistleblower Christopher Wylie. Speaking at a Business of…

• AI Art and the Law: Who Owns the Copyright? ai-technology

  The portrait of Edmond de Belamy, created by the French collective Obvious using a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN), sold at Christie's for $432,500, far exceeding its…

• MIT Researchers Create 'Psychopathic' AI Named Norman ai-technology

  A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston has created what they call the 'first psychopathic artificial intelligence,' named Norman after…

• Google's Creatism AI creates landscape photos from Street View ai-technology

  Google researchers Hui Fang and Meng Zhang have developed a neural network called Creatism that can generate original landscape photographs by learning from professional images.…

• Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst Advocate for Artist Rights in AI Era with Digital Tools ai-technology

  Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst have long addressed concerns about AI's role in artmaking, predating recent debates sparked by AI-generated artworks winning competitions. Herndon,…

• Guille Mostaza: AI-Generated Music Floods Producer's Inbox with Generic Demos ai-technology

  Music producer and musician Guille Mostaza, who has spent half his life making records at his studio Alamo Shock, reports a growing trend: self-described "composers" are sending…

• AI-generated songs infiltrate Spotify top charts without disclosure ai-technology

  AI-generated music is increasingly difficult to distinguish from human-made tracks, with songs by non-existent artists like Sienna Rose reaching Spotify's top 50 most-streamed…

• Taylor Swift files trademark for voice and image against AI threats ai-technology

  Taylor Swift has filed new trademark applications to protect her voice and image from the threats posed by artificial intelligence, according to the law firm Gerben IP. The…