Nightshade 1.0 Released to Protect Artists from AI

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 earlier Glaze software. Nightshade aims to rebalance power between artists and generative AI systems regarding copyright. The article argues that human intelligence retains primacy over AI through the ability to pose problems and craft effective prompts, a skill rooted in corporeality, emotion, and cultural background. It reflects on the relationship between art and technology, noting that while AI can produce syntactically correct outputs, meaning requires authentically creative human input. The piece is adapted from Michele Gerace's book "Sui generis. La forma del desiderio e il bel problema dell'essere umani e tecnologici" (Rubbettino), supported by the Centro Studi Americani.