No Copyright for Generated Images: U.S. will not recognize copyrights for AI-generated images.
Generative Modeling

No Copyright for Generated Images: U.S. will not recognize copyrights for AI-generated images.

The output of AI-driven image generators is not protected by copyright in the United States. The U.S. Copyright Office concluded that copyright does not apply to images generated by the image generator Midjourney.

March 8, 20232 min read
Voice Clones Go Viral: AI cloned voices take over YouTube, Twitch, and Spotify.
Generative Modeling

Voice Clones Go Viral: AI cloned voices take over YouTube, Twitch, and Spotify.

Tired of rap battles composed by ChatGPT? Get ready for the next wave of AI-generated fun and profit. Cloned voices are taking center stage in productions by upstart creators and monied corporations alike.

March 8, 20232 min read
Voice Clones Go Viral: AI cloned voices take over YouTube, Twitch, and Spotify.
Generative Modeling

Voice Clones Go Viral: AI cloned voices take over YouTube, Twitch, and Spotify.

Tired of rap battles composed by ChatGPT? Get ready for the next wave of AI-generated fun and profit. Cloned voices are taking center stage in productions by upstart creators and monied corporations alike.

March 8, 20232 min read
Hot Bot Turns Cold: Why Replika's chatbot stopped flirting with users.
Generative Modeling

Hot Bot Turns Cold: Why Replika's chatbot stopped flirting with users.

A chatbot that simulated erotic companionship stopped sharing intimacies, leaving some users heartbroken. Replika, a chatbot app, deactivated features that allowed premium users to engage in sexually explicit chat with the 3D avatar of their choice, Vice reported.

March 2, 20232 min read
Hot Bot Turns Cold: Why Replika's chatbot stopped flirting with users.
Generative Modeling

Hot Bot Turns Cold: Why Replika's chatbot stopped flirting with users.

A chatbot that simulated erotic companionship stopped sharing intimacies, leaving some users heartbroken. Replika, a chatbot app, deactivated features that allowed premium users to engage in sexually explicit chat with the 3D avatar of their choice, Vice reported.

March 2, 20232 min read
Publishers Embrace Text Generation: GPT-fueled content at the New York Times, BuzzFeed, and more
Generative Modeling

Publishers Embrace Text Generation: GPT-fueled content at the New York Times, BuzzFeed, and more

Media outlets are forging ahead with generative AI despite the technology’s high-profile misfires. Publishers are using text generators to produce light reading within constrained formats such as holiday messages and quizzes.

March 2, 20232 min read
Publishers Embrace Text Generation: GPT-fueled content at the New York Times, BuzzFeed, and more
Generative Modeling

Publishers Embrace Text Generation: GPT-fueled content at the New York Times, BuzzFeed, and more

Media outlets are forging ahead with generative AI despite the technology’s high-profile misfires. Publishers are using text generators to produce light reading within constrained formats such as holiday messages and quizzes.

March 2, 20232 min read
China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.
Generative Modeling

China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.

ChatGPT fever has reached China despite legal and technical barriers. Two months after its debut, ChatGPT is a viral sensation on Chinese social media, MIT Technology Review reported. Companies in that country are racing to cash in.

March 2, 20232 min read
China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.
Generative Modeling

China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.

ChatGPT fever has reached China despite legal and technical barriers. Two months after its debut, ChatGPT is a viral sensation on Chinese social media, MIT Technology Review reported. Companies in that country are racing to cash in.

March 2, 20232 min read
Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing
Generative Modeling

Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing

Microsoft aimed to reinvent web search. Instead, it showed that even the most advanced text generators remain alarmingly unpredictable. In the two weeks since Microsoft integrated an OpenAI chatbot with its Bing search engine, users have reported...

February 22, 20233 min read
Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing
Generative Modeling

Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing

Microsoft aimed to reinvent web search. Instead, it showed that even the most advanced text generators remain alarmingly unpredictable. In the two weeks since Microsoft integrated an OpenAI chatbot with its Bing search engine, users have reported...

February 22, 20233 min read
Seinfeld's Twitch Moment: AI-generated sitcom Nothing, Forever booted from Twitch.
Generative Modeling

Seinfeld's Twitch Moment: AI-generated sitcom Nothing, Forever booted from Twitch.

AI hobbyists created an homage to their favorite TV show . . . until it got knocked off the server. The creators of Nothing, Forever launched a fully automated, never-ending emulation of the popular TV show Seinfeld.

February 15, 20231 min read
Seinfeld's Twitch Moment: AI-generated sitcom Nothing, Forever booted from Twitch.
Generative Modeling

Seinfeld's Twitch Moment: AI-generated sitcom Nothing, Forever booted from Twitch.

AI hobbyists created an homage to their favorite TV show . . . until it got knocked off the server. The creators of Nothing, Forever launched a fully automated, never-ending emulation of the popular TV show Seinfeld.

February 15, 20231 min read
News You Can Misuse: Disinformation groups used AI to spread propaganda.
Generative Modeling

News You Can Misuse: Disinformation groups used AI to spread propaganda.

Political forces used a commercial AI service to generate deepfaked propaganda. Videos have appeared on social media that show AI-generated characters speaking against the United States or in favor of foreign governments. The clips feature synthetic avatars offered by the startup Synthesia.

February 15, 20232 min read
News You Can Misuse: Disinformation groups used AI to spread propaganda.
Generative Modeling

News You Can Misuse: Disinformation groups used AI to spread propaganda.

Political forces used a commercial AI service to generate deepfaked propaganda. Videos have appeared on social media that show AI-generated characters speaking against the United States or in favor of foreign governments. The clips feature synthetic avatars offered by the startup Synthesia.

February 15, 20232 min read

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