“Only one of the judges was aware that the entry, submitted by a professor at the prestigious Tsinghua University, was entirely AI-generated. It only took three hours for Shen Yang, a professor at the Beijing-based university’s School of Journalism and Communication, to generate the award-winning admission. The Chinese-language work, entitled The Land of Machine Memories, won second prize at the […]
“A group of 11 nonfiction authors have joined a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court that accuses OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT) of misusing books the authors have written to train the models behind OpenAI’s popular chatbot ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence based software. -Blake Brittain” Link to Story
“The artist and musician uses machine learning to make strange, playful work. She also advocates for artists’ autonomy in a world shaped by A.I. Holly+ represents the future that Herndon and Dryhurst anticipate for music, art, and literature: a world of “infinite media,” in which anyone can adjust, adapt, or iterate on the work, talents, and traits of others. The […]
“But it will also cause more friction. No one is quite sure how the nature of storytelling will change, but it is sure to. David Thomson, a film historian, compares generative ai to the advent of sound. When movies were no longer silent, it altered the way plot points were rendered and how deeply viewers could connect with characters. Cristóbal […]
“Don’t get me wrong: The output of actual human artists is not threatened by this bot theater maker (not yet, anyway). As made clear by the team behind “Artificial Flavors” — led by the Civilians’ founding artistic director, Steve Cosson — a text-generating AI program asked to devise original content leans heavily on an archival trove of clichés.” Link to […]