Category: Artificial Intelligence

AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, judge rules – Only humans can be creative, apparently

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Copyright issues have dogged AI since chatbot tech gained mass appeal, whether it’s accusations of entire novels being scraped to train ChatGPT or allegations that Microsoft and GitHub’s Copilot is pilfering code. But one thing is for sure after a ruling [PDF] by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia – AI-created Read more about AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, judge rules – Only humans can be creative, apparently[…]

Scientists Recreate Pink Floyd Song By Reading Brain Signals of Listeners

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Scientists have trained a computer to analyze the brain activity of someone listening to music and, based only on those neuronal patterns, recreate the song. The research, published on Tuesday, produced a recognizable, if muffled version of Pink Floyd’s 1979 song, “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1).” […] To collect the data for the Read more about Scientists Recreate Pink Floyd Song By Reading Brain Signals of Listeners[…]

Snapchat’s My AI Goes Rogue, Posts To Stories

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On Tuesday, Snapchat’s My AI in-app chatbot posted its own Story to the app that appeared to be a photo of a wall and ceiling. It then stopped responding to users’ messages, which some Snapchat users found disconcerting. TechCrunch reports: Though the incident made for some great tweets (er, posts), we regret to inform you Read more about Snapchat’s My AI Goes Rogue, Posts To Stories[…]

The Fear Of AI and Entitled Cancel Culture Just Killed A Very Useful Tool: Prosecraft

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I do understand why so many people, especially creative folks, are worried about AI and how it’s used. The future is quite unknown, and things are changing very rapidly, at a pace that can feel out of control. However, when concern and worry about new technologies and how they may impact things morphs into mob-inspiring Read more about The Fear Of AI and Entitled Cancel Culture Just Killed A Very Useful Tool: Prosecraft[…]

What? AI-Generated Art Banned from Future Dungeons & Dragons Books After “Fan Uproar” (Or ~1600 tweets about it)

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A Dungeons & Dragons expansion book included AI-generated artwork. Fans on Twitter spotted it before the book was even released (noting, among other things, a wolf with human feet). An embarrassed representative for Wizards of the Coast then tweeted out an announcement about new guidelines stating explicitly that “artists must refrain from using AI art Read more about What? AI-Generated Art Banned from Future Dungeons & Dragons Books After “Fan Uproar” (Or ~1600 tweets about it)[…]

AI-assisted mammogram cancer screening could cut radiologist workloads in half

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A newly published study in the the Lancet Oncology journal has found that the use of AI in mammogram cancer screening can safely cut radiologist workloads nearly in half without risk of increasing false-positive results. In effect, the study found that the AI’s recommendations were on par with those of two radiologists working together. “AI-supported Read more about AI-assisted mammogram cancer screening could cut radiologist workloads in half[…]

IBM and NASA open source satellite-image-labeling AI model

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IBM and NASA have put together and released Prithvi: an open source foundation AI model that may help scientists and other folks analyze satellite imagery. The vision transformer model, released under an Apache 2 license, is relatively small at 100 million parameters, and was trained on a year’s worth of images collected by the US Read more about IBM and NASA open source satellite-image-labeling AI model[…]

AI-enabled brain implant helps spine damaged patient regain feeling and movement

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Keith Thomas from New York was involved in a driving accident back in 2020 that injured his spine’s C4 and C5 vertebrae, leading to a total loss in feeling and movement from the chest down. Recently, though, Thomas had been able to move his arm at will and feel his sister hold his hand, thanks Read more about AI-enabled brain implant helps spine damaged patient regain feeling and movement[…]

Judge Seems (Correctly) Skeptical Of AI Copyright Lawsui

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Over the last few months there have been a flurry of lawsuits against AI companies, with most of them being focused on copyright claims. The site ChatGPTIsEatingTheWorld has been tracking all the lawsuits, which currently lists 11 lawsuits, seven of which are copyright claims. Five of those are from the same lawyers: Joseph Saveri and Read more about Judge Seems (Correctly) Skeptical Of AI Copyright Lawsui[…]

AI Creation and Copyright: Unraveling the debate on originality, ownership

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Whether AI systems can create original work sparks intense discussions among philosophers, jurists, and computer scientists and touches on issues of ownership, copyright, and economic competition, writes Stefano Quintarelli. Stefano Quintarelli is an information technology specialist, a former member of the Italian Parliament and a former member of the European Commission’s High-level expert group on Read more about AI Creation and Copyright: Unraveling the debate on originality, ownership[…]

US-EU AI Code of Conduct: First Step Towards Transatlantic Pillar of Global AI Governance?

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The European Union, G7, United States, and United Kingdom have announced initiatives aiming to establish governance regimes and guidelines around the technology’s use. Amidst these efforts, an announcement made in late May by EU Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager at the close of the Fourth Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Ministerial in Sweden revealed an upcoming Read more about US-EU AI Code of Conduct: First Step Towards Transatlantic Pillar of Global AI Governance?[…]

More than 1,300 UK experts call AI a force for good

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An open letter signed by more than 1,300 experts says AI is a “force for good, not a threat to humanity”. It was organised by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, to counter “AI doom”. Rashik Parmar, BCS chief executive, said it showed the UK tech community didn’t believe the “nightmare scenario of evil robot Read more about More than 1,300 UK experts call AI a force for good[…]

AI shows classroom conversations predict academic success

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Who would have thought in-class, off-topic dialog can be a significant predictor of a student’s success in school? Scientists at Tsinghua University had a hunch and decided to deep-dive into how machine learning and AI may help an under-studied segment of the education pool: K-6th grade students learning in live, online classes. By analyzing the Read more about AI shows classroom conversations predict academic success[…]

Paris 2024 Olympics: Concern over French plan for AI surveillance

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Under a recent law, police will be able to use CCTV algorithms to pick up anomalies such as crowd rushes, fights or unattended bags. The law explicitly rules out using facial recognition technology, as adopted by China, for example, in order to trace “suspicious” individuals. But opponents say it is a thin end of the Read more about Paris 2024 Olympics: Concern over French plan for AI surveillance[…]

Stability AI releases Stable Doodle, a sketch-to-image tool

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Stability AI, the startup behind the image-generating model Stable Diffusion, is launching a new service that turns sketches into images. The sketch-to-image service, Stable Doodle, leverages the latest Stable Diffusion model to analyze the outline of a sketch and generate a “visually pleasing” artistic rendition of it. It’s available starting today through ClipDrop, a platform Read more about Stability AI releases Stable Doodle, a sketch-to-image tool[…]

AI System Identified Drug Trafficker by Scanning Driving Patterns

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Police in New York recently managed to identify and apprehend a drug trafficker seemingly by magic. The perp in question, David Zayas, was traveling through the small upstate town of Scarsdale when he was pulled over by Westchester County police. When cops searched Zayas’ vehicle they found a large amount of crack cocaine, a gun, Read more about AI System Identified Drug Trafficker by Scanning Driving Patterns[…]

China sets AI rules – not just risk based (EU AI Act), but also ideological

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Chinese authorities published the nation’s rules governing generative AI on Thursday, including protections that aren’t in place elsewhere in the world. Some of the rules require operators of generative AI to ensure their services “adhere to the core values of socialism” and don’t produce output that includes “incitement to subvert state power.” AIs are also Read more about China sets AI rules – not just risk based (EU AI Act), but also ideological[…]

A Bunch Of Authors Sue OpenAI Claiming Copyright Infringement, Because They Don’t Understand Copyright

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You may have seen some headlines recently about some authors filing lawsuits against OpenAI. The lawsuits (plural, though I’m confused why it’s separate attempts at filing a class action lawsuit, rather than a single one) began last week, when authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad sued OpenAI and various subsidiaries, claiming copyright infringement in how Read more about A Bunch Of Authors Sue OpenAI Claiming Copyright Infringement, Because They Don’t Understand Copyright[…]

Hollywood studios proposed AI contract that would give them likeness rights ‘for the rest of eternity’

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During today’s press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator, revealed a proposal from Hollywood studios that sounds ripped right out of a Black Mirror episode. In a statement about the strike, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) said that its proposal Read more about Hollywood studios proposed AI contract that would give them likeness rights ‘for the rest of eternity’[…]

How AI could help local newsrooms remain afloat in a sea of misinformation – read and learn, Gizmodo staffers

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It didn’t take long for the downsides of a generative AI-empowered newsroom to make themselves obvious, between CNet’s secret chatbot reviews editor last November and Buzzfeed’s subsequent mass layoffs of human staff in favor of AI-generated “content” creators. The specter of being replaced by a “good enough AI” looms large in many a journalist’s mind Read more about How AI could help local newsrooms remain afloat in a sea of misinformation – read and learn, Gizmodo staffers[…]