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Why creatives need a new alliance to face the existential threat of AI

The creative industries have not yet found a collective and practical response to the existential threats presented by AI tools such as AI image generators. Over the last two years, AI and big technology companies have challenged the existing conventions and thinking surrounding copyright and the ownership of art. The recently launched Creative Origin Alliance has been formed to give creators and artists a collective voice to protect their interests in the AI era.

Source: Why creatives need a new alliance toface the existential threat of AI

Spotify Asks Court to Toss MLC Bundling & Royalties Lawsuit

Spotify has moved to dismiss with prejudice an unpaid-royalties lawsuit filed against it by the MLC over sweeping bundling reclassifications. “At the heart of this dispute is an easily answered question: Is audiobook streaming distinct from music streaming, offering greater than token value?” the motion sums up. “The answer is indisputably yes, and there is no need for federal court litigation to confirm it.”

Source: Spotify Asks Court to Toss MLC Bundling & Royalties Lawsuit

Newton-Rex: It’s time for streaming services to act on AI music

Up until now, Spotify has had no policy explicitly banning AI-generated music. In 2023, Daniel Ek said that tools that mimic artists were not acceptable; these may be forbidden under the company’s Deceptive Content policy (the wording isn’t entirely clear). But, in the same interview, Ek specifically called out AI music that didn’t directly impersonate artists as something they would not ban at this stage.

Source: It’s time for streaming services to act on AI music

TIDAL launches tool for US songwriters to claim and manage their work

Within TIDAL Artist Home, songwriters will be able to organize their IPI, PRO and publisher information in one place. They’ll also be prompted to sign up for mechanical royalties through The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC). Artists signing up with a PRO for the first time will be able to register with AllTrack. Songwriters will be able to view and manage their writing credits and metadata to ensure all their works are correctly matched and registered, helping them to earn money, TIDAL said.

Source: TIDAL launches tool for US songwriters to claim and manage their work

Apple Rethinks Its Movie Strategy After a String of Misses

When Apple won a bidding war in 2021 for the rights to make the action comedy “Wolfs” with George Clooney and Brad Pitt, it did so in part because it promised the stars it would put the movie into a large number of movie theaters. But this month, just six weeks before the film was set to show up in thousands of theaters around the United States, Apple announced a significant change in plans.

Source: Apple Rethinks Its Movie Strategy After a String of Misses

Meta and Spotify CEOs criticize AI regulation in the EU

In joint statements published to both companies’ respective websites on Friday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek complain that EU privacy regulations around AI are holding back innovation. Meta, for instance, points out that it has been prevented from being able to train its AI models on public data across Facebook and Instagram because regulators haven’t crafted legislation to address how this should be handled as of yet.

Source: Meta and Spotify CEOs criticize AI regulation in the EU

California announces new deal with tech to fund journalism, AI research

California will be the first U.S. state to direct millions of dollars from taxpayer money and tech companies to help pay for journalism and AI research under a new deal announced Wednesday. Under the first-in-the-nation agreement, the state and tech companies would collectively pay roughly $250 million over five years to support California-based news organization and create an AI research program.

Source: California announces new deal with tech to fund journalism, AI research

AI researchers call for ‘personhood credentials’ as bots get smarter

In a paper, published online last week but not yet peer-reviewed, a group of 32 researchers from OpenAI, Microsoft, Harvard and other institutions call on technologists and policymakers to develop new ways to verify humans without sacrificing people’s privacy or anonymity. They propose a system of “personhood credentials” by which people prove offline that they physically exist as humans.

Source: Analysis | AI researchers call for ‘personhood credentials’ as bots get smarter

Judge Bars Disney, Warner, Fox From Launching Sports Streamer Venu

U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett in federal court in Manhattan barred the three companies on Friday from launching Venu, deciding that the FuboTV sports streaming service would likely prevail on claims that the new broadband entity would “substantially lessen competition and restrain trade.” Fubo launched in 2015 as a start-up focused on streaming sports programming.

Source: Judge Bars Disney, Warner, Fox From Launching Sports Streamer Venu

Grammarly to roll out a new AI content detector tool. Here's how it works

In this age of artificial intelligence (AI), determining whether text was written by a bot or a person has become increasingly difficult. Several detection products have already popped up — but with decidedly mixed results. Now, Grammarly is kicking off its tool, which it believes will better detect which parts of a document were created by AI versus humans.

Source: Grammarly to roll out a new AI content detector tool. Here’s how it works

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