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AI Video Model ‘Marey’ Poised to Shake Up Hollywood in 2025

Asteria Film and Moonvalley are set to launch Marey, an ethically trained generative AI video model for Hollywood in early 2025, designed to prioritize legal and creative transparency by using exclusively licensed and original data. This approach stands in stark contrast to leading generative AI models, including OpenAI’s Sora and Meta’s Movie Gen, which have faced criticism for using copyrighted material without direct consent

Source: AI Video Model ‘Marey’ Poised to Shake Up Hollywood in 2025 — AI In Hollywood

Is Art Basel’s AI embrace a turning point for the art world?

When “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” an AI-generated artwork, won first prize at a prestigious competition in 2022, the backlash was swift and visceral. For many in the art world, it wasn’t just a controversial winner—it was a direct threat to the human essence of creativity. Generative AI was dismissed as a novelty at best and a cheap imitation at worst. Now, one of the industry’s most influential authorities is challenging that assumption.

Source: Is Art Basel’s AI embrace a turning point for the art world?

UK’s plan to make copyright law more AI-friendly raises concerns

Among the many initiatives in a 50-point AI Opportunities Action Plan presented to Parliament on Monday (January 13) is a commitment to reforming the UK’s text and data mining regime to be “at least as competitive” as the European Union. “The current uncertainty around intellectual property (IP) is hindering innovation and undermining our broader ambitions for AI, as well as the growth of our creative industries,” the plan states.

Source: UK’s plan to make copyright law more AI-friendly raises concerns

Created by Humans AI Rights Platform Launches for Authors

The platform allows authors to claim their works via ISBN or direct upload and set licensing preferences. AI companies can then browse and license content through what the company describes as an automated interface. The system currently supports rights for AI model training and reference via Retrieval Augmented Generation models. Created by Humans plans to add licensing for transformative rights in the future.

Source: Created by Humans AI Rights Platform Launches for Authors

Chartmetric tracks 11m Spotify artists. Fewer than 1.6m have over 10 listeners

How many artists are releasing music right now? Analytics firm Chartmetric has a new figure: 11.3 million. That’s how many its platform is now tracking, and it represents a 1.7m increase from a year ago according to its annual report. “On average, 4.6k artists were added to our platform every day,” noted the company. “Alongside artists, a total 25.7 million tracks were ingested into the Chartmetric system in 2024.”

Source: Chartmetric tracks 11m Spotify artists. Fewer than 1.6m have over 10 listeners

Suno boss targets ‘bigger, brighter future’ with music industry

AI music startup Suno is being sued by major labels, but its CEO Mikey Shulman seems optimistic that it can build bridges with rightsholders again. “There’s the traditional Silicon Valley mentality of, like, ‘Screw you, existing industry! I will disrupt you, there’s nothing that you can do about it’ and then there’s the existing incumbent approach, which is like ‘I will sue you until you go away!’ Both of those are obviously wrong,” Shulman told the 20VC podcast.

Source: Suno boss targets ‘bigger, brighter future’ with music industry

Copyright concerns create need for a fair alternative in AI sector 

The growth of AI has already sparked transformation in multiple industries, but the pace of uptake has also led to concerns around data ownership, privacy and copyright infringement. Because AI is centralised with the most powerful models controlled by corporations, content creators have largely been sidelined. There’s an opportunity for decentralised AI projects like that proposed by the ASI Alliance to offer an alternative way of AI model development.

Source: Copyright concerns create need for a fair alternative in AI sector – AI News

CMA to investigate Google search dominance and impact on news publishers

The UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Google‘s search services, beginning a process that may ultimately see the tech giant regulated under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act. The CMA said the investigation “will assess Google’s position in search and search advertising services and how this impacts consumers and businesses including advertisers, news publishers, and rival search engines.

Source: CMA to investigate Google search dominance and impact on news publishers

Tech companies are turning to ‘synthetic data’ to train AI models – but there’s a hidden cost

A primary concerns is that AI models can “collapse” when they rely too much on synthetic data. This means they start generating so many “hallucinations” – a response that contains false information – and decline so much in quality and performance that they are unusable. For example, AI models already struggle with spelling some words correctly. If this mistake-riddled data is used to train other models, then they too are bound to replicate the errors.

Source: Tech companies are turning to ‘synthetic data’ to train AI models – but there’s a hidden cost

Reuters Institute: Publishers Pivot To Video Amid Search Disruption

As social media referral traffic from platforms like Facebook and X continues to decline—67% and 50%drops over the past two years—publishers are increasingly turning to Google Discover. The Reuters Institute notes that Discover grew by 12% year over year, and many publishers now rely on it as their primary referral source. Its personalized recommendations have made it a focus for publishers looking to replace lost traffic from other platforms.

Source: Reuters Institute: Publishers Pivot To Video Amid Search Disruption

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