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YouTube creators hit by music copyright claims can now replace tracks with AI

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The feature is currently limited to US desktop users of YouTube Studio. A global launch and rollout to Studio mobile are planned for later this year. Rather than having to remove or re-edit videos that have triggered copyright claims, creators will now have the option to swap out the offending audio for an AI-generated, royalty-free alternative — keeping the video live and potentially restoring its ability to be monetized.

Source: YouTube creators hit by music copyright claims can now replace tracks with AI 

Some Film & TV Companies Imposing “Strict Internal Controls” On Artificial Intelligence

Some UK film and TV industry organizations are imposing “strict internal controls” around artificial intelligence, according to a new report from training body ScreenSkills. According to interviewees in the report, “some organisations” in the industry are imposing “strict internal controls” on AI, “especially around copyright risk, leading to limited use.” Industry views on generative AI are “cautious,” the report said, also citing “copyright” and “accuracy concerns.”

Source: Some Film & TV Companies Imposing “Strict Internal Controls” On Artificial Intelligence

Inside the UMG-backed patent portfolio targeting AI music derivatives

UMG has been building a patent portfolio around AI-music infrastructure, through a partnership with IP asset management, investment, and advisory firm Liquidax Capital. The technology, depending on how it is commercially deployed, could potentially support a so-called ‘walled garden’ approach to AI-generated music derivatives, among other possible applications, which currently remain unclear.

Source: Inside the UMG-backed patent portfolio targeting AI music derivatives

YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities

The technology works similarly to YouTube’s existing Content ID system, which detects copyright-protected material in users’ uploaded videos, allowing rights owners to request removal or share in the video’s revenue. Likeness detection does the same, but for simulated faces. The feature is meant to help protect creators and other public figures from having their identities used without their permission — a common problem for celebrities who find their likenesses have been used in scam advertisements.

Source: YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities

EU study examines music discoverability on streaming services

While the research found that “exposure is still concentrated around superstar artists” there were some bright spots. “Younger listeners emerge as key drivers of diversity, showing greater openness to new genres and emerging artists”. The report identifies some big challenges too. A mountain of new releases – “worsened by streaming fraud and the rapid proliferation of AI-generated music”.

Source: EU study examines music discoverability on streaming services

OpenAI CEO Says AI in Hollywood Will Get People to ‘Care More About Human Creators’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes AI is a good thing for Hollywood and will not hurt the industry as much as critics of the technology may be worried about. “I think people really care about other people,” Altman [said] at the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony. “I think people really care about the human beings behind the stories and the art and the creative work that matters so much.”

Source: OpenAI CEO Says AI in Hollywood Will Get People to ‘Care More About Human Creators’

Artificial Intelligence in the Art Market

A recent Artsy survey of more than 300 gallery professionals underscores a widening gap between operational adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and cultural acceptance of AI as an artistic medium. Though galleries are integrating AI into back-office functions, artists, collectors and market professionals remain cautious of AI in the art industry. Works that blend human and machine inputs continue to complicate authorship, ownership and valuation analyses.

Source: Artificial Intelligence in the Art Market

Why are respected film-makers suddenly embracing AI?

Soderbergh mentioned in an interview with Filmmaker Magazine that he used what sounds like generative AI to produce “thematically surreal images that occupy a dream space rather than a literal space” for his upcoming documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono. “I don’t think it’s the solution to everything, and I don’t think it’s the death of everything. We’re in the very early stages. Five years from now, we all may be going, ‘That was a fun phase.’ We may end up not using it as much as we thought we were going to.”

Source: Why are respected film-makers suddenly embracing AI?

Reese Witherspoon Confronts Backlash Over AI Support

Last week, Reese Witherspoon went viral (in the wrong way) for declaring “the AI revolution has begun” and suggesting that women should learn about the technology. “The jobs women hold are 3x more likely to be automated by AI, yet women are using AI at a rate 25% lower than men on average,” she wrote on Instagram. The post attracted a fair amount of backlash, with people pointing out the problems associated with data centers and intellectual property, and accusing Witherspoon of being paid by AI companies to promote generative tools.

Source: Reese Witherspoon Confronts Backlash Over AI Support

deviantART says artists made $23 million on its platform last year, was ‘100% right to embrace AI

Welcoming AI and introducing DreamUp resulted in significant backlash from its community, and a number of artists left the platform entirely. But Levy says any claim that dA has lost artists and/or that it’s dying is “a convenient web troll narrative” that’s also dead wrong. “Let’s address this ridiculous nonsense once and for all. There has been no ‘downfall of DeviantArt,’ nor any mass exodus,” he wrote.

Source: deviantART says artists made $23 million on its platform last year, was 100 right to embrace AI

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