Around 200 music artists, including Nicki Minaj, Kate Perry, Stevie Wonder, and the estates of Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra, signed an open letter calling on AI developers to stop using their work without permission. The letter, released by the
The Canadian government has outlined a voluntary code of conduct for AI developers to prevent their systems from being used to create harmful or malicious content. Consultations are currently ongoing between Innovation Canada and various stakeholders such as civil society
Japan will not penalize companies that fail to comply with its upcoming generative AI guidelines, a list of 10 principles on the use and development of AI, according to government and ruling coalition officials, as reported by The Japan Times.
Metaverse technology company Improbable has abandoned plans to create a training metaverse for the US-UK military-industrial complex, allowing the company to focus on other projects including Otherside – the delayed metaverse it is building in partnership with Yuga Labs’ Bored
The estate of Tupac Shakur threatened to sue Drake after he used an AI-generated version of the late hip-hop star’s voice in a new song that throws shade at Kendrick Lamar, Billboard reports. Attorney Howard King, representing Shakur’s estate, sent
The annual Token2049 crypto conference in Dubai continued as planned this week, even as heavy rains swept through the United Arab Emirates (UAE), causing massive flooding. Thousands of attendees were reportedly left stranded after storms dumped more than a year
Video game developers are scrambling to create unions to protect their jobs as the threats of generative AI-inspired automation looms. Spurred by an ongoing tidal wave of layoffs, game developers, animators, voice actors are increasingly banding together to protect their
Adobe will pay creators up to $120 for short video clips of people doing everyday stuff like walking or showing emotions, including joy and anger. The move is aimed at avoiding the use of copyrighted work in training data. The
Currently, 20% of music created by generative AI (gen AI) is accurate when it comes to writing music for particular commercial briefs. A study conducted by sound testing company SoundOut and sound branding agency Stephen Arnold Music (SAM) supports this.
Google and Intel on Tuesday launched their own AI chips to challenge Nvidia as the race to manufacture advanced semiconductors to power generative AI models like ChatGPT or Gemini intensifies. Google released its Cloud TPU v5p and Intel unveiled its
Google plans to start charging for AI-powered search features, as part of proposals to monetize its AI tools, marking a major shift from the company’s decades long ad-driven revenue model. One proposal, as first reported by the Financial Times, would
A judge in King County Superior Court has made it illegal to introduce artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced video as evidence in court. A state judge in Washington supervising a triple murder case prohibited the use of artificial intelligence-enhanced video as evidence
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