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Worldwide Independent Network calls for AI ‘licensing marketplace’ in new manifesto

WIN’s AI manifesto comes as music companies around the world navigate the complex new world of AI, working to maximize the technology’s potential for artists and businesses while addressing challenges such as deepfakes of artists and the unauthorized use of copyrighted music in training AI models. “The global independent music community welcomes new technological developments which respect the value of music and creators’ rights,” WIN CEO Noemi Planas said.

Source: Worldwide Independent Network calls for creation of AI ‘licensing marketplace’ in new manifesto

Filmmakers Launch AI Studio Late Night Labs 

Eric Day, Benjamin Michel, and Nick Confalone have launched LA-based Late Night Labs with Poker Face star Natasha Lyonne and Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto among its advisors. The trio are using generative AI in the creative process but are hoping that the new technology can also provide artists with “tangible ownership” with what they create.

Source: Filmmakers Launch AI Studio Late Night Labs With Help From Natasha Lyonne & Angel Manuel Soto

World’s first major law for artificial intelligence gets final EU green light

European Union member states on Tuesday gave final agreement to the world’s first major law for regulating artificial intelligence, as institutions around the world race to introduce curbs for the technology. The EU Council said it had approved the AI Act — a groundbreaking piece of regulatory law that sets comprehensive rules surrounding artificial intelligence technology.

Source: World’s first major law for artificial intelligence gets final EU green light

NMPA Calls on Congress for Copyright Act Overhaul Amid Spotify Battle Over Bundling

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has sent a letter to Judiciary Committee leadership in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, asking for the overhaul of the statutory license in section 115 of the Copyright Act, which “prevents private negotiations in a free market” for mechanical royalty rates for songwriters and music publishers in the U.S.

Source: NMPA Calls on Congress for Copyright Act Overhaul Amid Spotify Battle Over Bundling

Hollywood agency CAA aims to help stars manage their own AI likenesses

With many stars having their digital likeness used without permission, CAA has built a virtual media storage system for A-list talent to store their digital assets, such as their names, images, digital scans, voice recordings, and so on. The new development is a part of “theCAAvault,” the company’s studio where actors record their bodies, faces, movements, and voices using scanning technology to create AI clones.

Source: Hollywood agency CAA aims to help stars manage their own AI likenesses

Reddit’s deal with OpenAI will plug its posts into “ChatGPT and new products”

OpenAI has signed a deal for access to real-time content from Reddit’s data API, which means it can surface discussions from the site within ChatGPT and other new products. It’s an agreement similar to the one Reddit signed with Google earlier this year that was reportedly worth $60 million. The deal will also “enable Reddit to bring new AI-powered features to Redditors and mods” and use OpenAI’s large language models to build applications

Source: Reddit’s deal with OpenAI will plug its posts into “ChatGPT and new products”

Hollywood at a Crossroads: “Everyone Is Using AI, But They Are Scared to Admit It”

For every project that has faced blowback for using AI in some part of the production pipeline, there are dozens more that have quietly adopted the technology. “There are tons of people who are using AI, but they can’t admit it publicly because you still need artists for a lot of work and they’re going to turn against you,” says David Stripinis, a VFX industry veteran.

Source: Hollywood at a Crossroads: “Everyone Is Using AI, But They Are Scared to Admit It”

Actors Hit AI Startup With Class Action Lawsuit Over Voice Theft

It’s believed to the first lawsuit against an AI firm over the use of likenesses to train an AI system and marks a growing rift between creators and companies alleged to indiscriminately hoover troves of data to power their technology. The lawsuit seeks to represent other voiceover artists who believe their voices were misappropriated by LOVO.

Source: Actors Hit AI Startup With Class Action Lawsuit Over Voice Theft

Google Showcases Deepmind Music AI Sandbox

In a collaboration with YouTube and some artists, songwriters, and producers, Google has developed a suite of music AI tools it is calling Music AI Sandbox. Google says the new tools are designed to “open a new playground for creativity” and giving people a way to create instrumental sections from scratch with no prior music knowledge needed.

Source: Google Showcases Deepmind Music AI Sandbox

The Battle Over Using Journalism to Build AI Models is Just Starting

ChatGPT will tell you that the news is factual, includes language variation and cultural awareness, comprises complex sentence structures, includes quotes that convey real-world conversations, excels at summarization and condensation. In fact, the news is so valuable to this endeavor that it makes up half of the top 10 sites incorporated into one of Google’s datasets that is being used to train some of the most popular large language models.

Source: The Battle Over Using Journalism to Build AI Models is Just Starting | Nieman Reports

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