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Publishers report ‘negligible’ traffic impact of Google AI Overviews

Dotdash Meredith and Ziff Davis tell shareholders that they haven’t seen any significant traffic changes due to Google’s AI Overviews. “Now that the AI Overview experience is in full circulation, we wanted to revisit the analysis we did in Q3 of 2023 relating to the frequency of AI overviews being presented to users,” Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah said on the company’s earnings call. “At this point, we don’t see it as a significant change to the search experience.”

Source: Publishers report ‘negligible’ traffic impact of Google AI Overviews

Nancy Pelosi Slams California AI Bill as ‘Well-Intentioned But Ill Informed’

The bill would require large companies to ‘perform basic safety testing on massively powerful AI models,’ but Pelosi is concerned about stifling innovation in the state. “The view of many of us in Congress is that SB 1047 is well-intentioned but ill informed,” the California Democrat said in a statement, pointing to objections from her fellow Democratic members of Congress, Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Anna Eshoo, and Ro Khanna.

Source: Nancy Pelosi Slams California AI Bill as ‘Well-Intentioned But Ill Informed’

Prediction marketplace Polymarket partners with Perplexity to show news summaries

Prediction marketplace Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events, is partnering with AI-powered search engine Perplexity to display news summaries of events. When users click on an event on Polymarket, they will now see a summary of news related to the event based on search results from Perplexity. There’s also a search box that you can use to ask more questions.

Source: Prediction marketplace Polymarket partners with Perplexity to show news summaries

Big Media Can’t Hide From Hard Decisions on Cable Valuations Any More

The parade of second quarter earnings reports for major showbiz conglomerates made it crystal-clear that there is no more avoiding the 800-pound gorilla on the balance sheets of Big Media. It’s been a long time coming that the valuations long applied to old-fashioned cable channels have to be slashed by double digits.

Source: Hot August Write-Downs: Big Media Can’t Hide From Hard Decisions on Cable Valuations Any More

Synchtank and AudioShake partner to offer AI stems

The collaboration will integrate AudioShake’s tech into Synchtank’s platform, enabling creators to produce stems directly within their workflow. AudioShake uses AI to break down music tracks into individual stems, which can then be used for remixes, sampling, and other purposes. This technology allows for the separation of vocals or dialogue from instruments, particularly in older recordings where the original multitrack files are not accessible.

Source: Synchtank and AudioShake partner to offer AI stems

Spotify is full of AI music, and some say it’s ruining the platform

Artists have long criticized Spotify for its meager royalties system and its questionable content moderation practices. Now artists must contend with an entirely different problem: increased competition from AI-generated tracks, some of which have gained hundreds of thousands of listens.

Source: Spotify is full of AI music, and some say it’s ruining the platform

SAG-AFTRA vs. AI: Why the Video-Game Strike Impacts All Actors

SAG-AFTRA’s strike against video game companies over the use of AI presents new concerns over digital replicas and synthetic performances. The guild’s position is actors aren’t defined by the medium. Whether it’s film, TV, or video games, AI and other rights should be consistent; video game studios, to put it mildly, disagree.

Source: SAG-AFTRA vs. AI: Why the Video-Game Strike Impacts All Actors

Anchoring Trust in Visual Content 

Imagine scrolling through your feed, uncertain whether the product images from your favorite brand are genuine, or if news photos accurately depict world events. The solution, surprisingly, may not lie in cutting-edge technology, but in our most fundamental human characteristic: trust. At its core, trust is a relationship between people, not machines. We don’t truly trust software or algorithms; we trust the individuals and organizations behind them.

Source: Anchoring Trust in Visual Content – Kaptur

Finland Slashes Its Private Copying Compensation Plan

Associations worldwide representing authors’ collective management organizations in the music and visual arts sectors — including CISAC, EVA, IFRRO, GESAC, and the SAA — have responded to Finland’s recent cut to its private copying compensation plan, urging the country to reverse the decision. The organizations have joined forces to express “great concern on behalf of both the Finnish authors and all European/international authors.

Source: Finland Slashes Its Private Copying Compensation Plan

Hollywood’s Divide on Artificial Intelligence Is Only Growing

It was 2022. Layoffs, cost-cutting and what appeared to be an inevitable strike from writers was looming and the industry was in flux. That fall, OpenAI released an early demo of ChatGPT in what became the first momentous moment of the tech entering the public consciousness. Everything changed, starting with “Heart on my Sleeve,” a song that used AI versions of voices from Drake and the Weeknd.

Source: Hollywood’s Divide on Artificial Intelligence Is Only Growing

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