A comprehensive 112-page study conducted jointly by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Copyright Office has determined that existing intellectual property laws are sufficient to address concerns regarding copyright and trademark infringement related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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TikTok’s parent ByteDance has locked down AI-music patents in the US
Two separate research papers from ByteDance’s Speech, Audio & Music Intelligence (SAMI) team – both published in recent months – highlight the company’s extensive work in the field of music generation. The division is currently hiring for multiple roles – including an AI Product Operation Manager in San Jose, who will be responsible for “the implementation of audio and music AI technologies in TikTok”.
SXSW Audiences Loudly Boo Festival Videos Touting the Virtues of AI
Conversations about the future of artificial intelligence can be found all over SXSW this year — and not all of the festival’s attendees are thrilled with the idea. Specifically, the film and TV fans catching screenings of world premieres including “The Fall Guy” and “Immaculate” made their AI displeasure loud and clear on Tuesday at the Paramount Theatre in Austin.
Source: SXSW Audiences Loudly Boo Festival Videos Touting the Virtues of AI
European Union Passes ‘World First’ AI Legislation
Sweeping new laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe, including controls around the use of copyrighted [works], have been approved by the European Parliament, following fierce lobbying from both the tech and music communities. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted in favor of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act by a clear majority of 523 votes for, 46 against and 49 abstentions.
Source: European Union Passes ‘World First’ AI Legislation That Would Safeguard Copyrighted Music
These 5 new Sora videos take GenAI to the next level
There are multiple AI video models and tools on the market at the moment, with Runway already coming up to a year since its public launch and Pika Labs expanding into sound effects and lip synced dialogue in partnership with ElevenLabs. None of them, including the very realistic Stable Video Diffusion clips, seem to come close to what is possible with Sora.
Source: These 5 new Sora videos take GenAI to the next level
Could an AI replace all music ever recorded with Taylor Swift covers?
A rogue artificial intelligence obsessed with Taylor Swift could supplant all recorded music with artificially generated cover versions by her, say researchers. History would show the American singer-songwriter as being responsible for everything from Für Elise to Paperback Writer, leaving no evidence that Ludwig van Beethoven or The Beatles ever existed.
Source: Could an AI replace all music ever recorded with Taylor Swift covers?
The AI Takeover In Cinema: How Movie Studios Use Artificial Intelligence
The film industry, always at the forefront of technological innovation, is increasingly embracing artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize movie production, distribution, and marketing. From script analysis to post-production, Already AI is reshaping how movies are made and consumed. AI’s infiltration into the movie industry begins at the scriptwriting stage.
Source: The AI Takeover In Cinema: How Movie Studios Use Artificial Intelligence
‘It’s terrifying’: songwriter behind Robbie Williams hits out at AI in the music industry
The songwriter behind hits for Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue has described the acceleration in use of artificial intelligence in the music industry as “terrifying” because of its potential to replace songwriters. Guy Chambers, who has collaborated with Williams over more than two decades, said: “I think we may get to a stage in the future where an album will need to have a badge saying ‘this is an all-human record’.
Source: ‘It’s terrifying’: songwriter behind Robbie Williams hits out at AI in the music industry
Australian news media could seek payment from Meta for content used to train AI
When Meta announced last week that it would not sign new deals to pay for news in Australia for use on Facebook, it downplayed the value of news to its services, stating that just 3% of Facebook usage in Australia was related to news. There are now calls to designate Meta under the news media bargaining code, which would force the company to negotiate with news media publishers and pay for news content on its platforms.
Source: Australian news media could seek payment from Meta for content used to train AI
Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees
While DALL-E developer OpenAI is busy fighting with Elon Musk, the creators of two other notable image generation AIs, Midjourney and Stability AI, seem to have sparked a beef of their own over the most ironic thing imaginable, considering the nature of the companies involved – image theft. It is claimed that employees from Stability AI infiltrated Midjourney’s database and stole all prompt and image pairs, an action that also caused a 24-hour outage.
Source: Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees