Technology

At first glance, ChatGPT may seem like any other chatbot or language model. However, its ability to generate human-like text and respond to a wide range of topics with high levels of fluency and coherence sets it apart from other language models. This level of sophistication raises concerns about the potential for ChatGPT to be used for nefarious purposes, such as impersonating individuals or spreading misinformation. Given these concerns, it’s important that ChatGPT be subject to some form of regulation.

Source: ChatGPT Explains Why AIs like ChatGPT Should Be Regulated

Midjourney founder David Holz has admitted that his company did not receive consent for the hundreds of millions of images used to train its AI image generator, outraging photographers and artists. Holz says that Midjourney’s dataset was built from “a big scrape of the internet.” “We use the open data sets that are published and train across those. And I’d say that’s something that 100% of people do,” he adds.

Source: Midjourney Founder Admits to Using a ‘Hundred Million’ Images Without Consent

However many users Decentraland has, it’s been one of the most active virtual worlds in exploring partnerships with artists and music companies, and helping them to figure out how performances and artist-branded metaverse experiences can evolve. Its second Metaverse Music Festival, in November, was a showcase for those partnerships, with a mixture of music brands.

Source: 19 moments from music’s exploration of the metaverse in 2022 – Music Ally

The U.S. Copyright Office has completed its public consultations on the use of technical measures to identify and protect copyrighted content online. The inquiries triggered responses from a wide variety of stakeholders, both for and against tools such as ‘upload filters’. The Office cautions lawmakers against drastic decisions and sees more benefit in small tweaks and voluntary agreements.

Source: U.S. Copyright Office Finds ‘Deep Disagreement’ on Anti-Piracy Measures * TorrentFreak

The team at Atlantic has found that the deepening crypto winter has positively impacted the frequency and type of conversations they’re having with their artists. The last six to nine months have “supercharged” the kinds of questions the team is getting about the crypto climate, what’s causing its fluctuations, and how it could impact their ambitions in the space.

Source: Atlantic Records on Web3 Strategy and the Future of Music

The music NFT mobile app Brots hosted a first-ever music NFT experience, as part of a new collaboration with REALITY IS__, London-based design studio and Asian Fake, an independent record label based in Milan. The installation, which you can see on YouTube, provided a unique opportunity for visitors to engage with music NFTs in an immersive way. As part of Milano Music Week, the installation educated artists and record labels on the new dynamics that music NFTs are bringing to the music industry.

Source: World’s First Music NFT Exhibition Unveiled at Milan Music Week | Madison Graph

Artificial intelligence will do to motion pictures what Photoshop did to still ones, said Robert Wahl, an associate computer science professor at Concordia University Wisconsin who’s written about the ethics of CGI, in an email. “We can no longer fully trust what we see.” Together, the envoys of three very different worlds — cinema, science and the software industry — built Flawless, an A.I. filmmaking venture with offices in both Santa Monica and London.

Source: A.I. is here, and it’s making movies. Is Hollywood ready?

MENA-focused Spotify rival, Anghami, is now taking the concept to a whole other level – claiming that it will soon become the first platform to host over 200,000 songs generated by AI. Anghami has partnered with a generative music platform called Mubert, which says it allows users to create “unique soundtracks” for various uses such as social media, presentations or films using one million samples from over 4,000 musicians.

Source: Another music streaming service is making its own AI-generated songs

Through the newfound ubiquity of AI art-creating tools like Craiyon and Midjourney, it’s never been easier to get started creating art. That said, these tools have stirred an endless debate on whether artists relying heavily on AI tools to create their work can even be considered artists. So can they?  If this roundup of AI artists and projects finding success in the  is anything to go by, then the answer is a resounding yes.

Source: 5 AI NFT Projects and Creators Redefining Art and Authorship

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made great strides in recent years, and one area where it is beginning to have an impact is music. Of all the AI music trends that might spook artists, it’s the sight of music streaming services exploring this technology. Actually, this has been happening for a while now, quietly. Spotify, for example, hired one of the key experts in AI music, François Pachet, back in 2017 to run an internal lab building music-making tools.

Source: 7 reasons why AI music was fascinating AND controversial in 2022 – Music Ally