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On today’s AI Roundup, we’re unpacking two different AI voice and music related stories with wildly different outcomes. From hip hop to country, AI tech is making waves in the music industry again.
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The Kendrick-Drake feud shows how technology is changing rap battles
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/06/the-kendrick-drake-feud-shows-how-technology-is-changing-rap-battles/
Rapper J. Cole apologizes for Kendrick Lamar dis track
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/10/1243825571/rapper-j-cole-apologizes-for-kendrick-lamar-dis-track
Not only did Drake turn off IG comments, someone went through and deleted anything he don't like
https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/1cklq9q/not_only_did_drake_turn_off_ig_comments_someone/
Tupac Shakur’s Estate Threatens to Sue Drake Over Diss Track Featuring AI-Generated Tupac Voice
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tupac-shakur-estate-drake-diss-track-ai-generated-voice/
Metro Boomin Goes in on Drake, Drops "BBL Drizzy" With Beat Giveaway and $10K Reward: ‘Now Go Make Another Song Telling More Lies’
https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-ocho/metro-boomin-bbl-drizzy-drake-responds
With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here’s how his first song post-stroke came to be
https://apnews.com/article/randy-travis-artificial-intelligence-song-voice-589a8c142f70ed8ccf53af6d32c662dc
Randy Travis - Where That Came From (Lyric Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8-g8seeig&ab_channel=RandyTravis
‘Now and Then,’ the Beatles’ Last Song, Is Here, Thanks to Peter Jackson’s AI
https://www.wired.com/story/the-beatles-now-and-then-last-song-artificial-intelligence-peter-jackson/
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I recently spent time with ChatGPT creating my own task management and scheduling GPT to help me organize my days, and I’ll share my results and exactly how I got it to work on today’s AI Roundup.
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We’re talking AI music today and specifically the new platform Udio that’s taking YouTube and Tiktok by storm with hilarious never heard vinyl records.
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https://Udio.com
Obscurest Vinyl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuoFsi2iIi0
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The latest evolution of Adobe’s Firefly is coming to Premiere Pro enabling some amazing Generative Video features such as video extension, object removal and creation, and AI b-roll.
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https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/04/15/bringing-gen-ai-to-video-editing-workflows-adobe-premiere-pro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6de4akFiNYM&t=99s
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Is AI really doing all the heavy lifting or does it require massive hand-holding? Today we’re unpacking the latest revelation of Amazon’s Just Walk Out stores being majorly backed back human labor in India.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2024/04/04/amazon-just-walk-out-indian-workers/73204975007/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/amazon-ends-ai-powered-store-checkout-which-needed-1000-video-reviewers/
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just-walk-out-actually-1-000-people-in-india-2024-4
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/13/business/self-checkout-stores-shopping/index.html
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Today we’re talking all about Lasso Security’s discovery of ghost packages formed by AI hallucinations in thousands of software releases that could leave them vulnerable to supply chain malware attacks.
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/28/ai_bots_hallucinate_software_packages/
https://www.itpro.com/security/hackers-are-taking-advantage-of-ai-hallucinations-to-sneak-malicious-software-packages-onto-enterprise-repositories
https://www.reddit.com/r/phish/comments/2bvi5h/remember_when_phish_didnt_cover_gin_and_juice/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/michael-cohen-and-lawyer-avoid-sanctions-for-citing-fake-cases-invented-by-ai/ a
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Facebook and Instagram are unable to dam the onslaught of AI generated images overwhelming users from new and purchased pages. On today’s AI Roundup, we investigate the source of this latest wave of AI generated spam.
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In a historic first, the European Union has passed the AI Act. Today we’ll unpack what that means for the future of AI based technology and you.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/19/1089919/the-ai-act-is-done-heres-what-will-and-wont-change/
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Today, we're diving into yet another legal tussle over training data. Spotlighted in an article from Ars Technica, Nvidia is under fire as a proposed case action lawsuit from a group of authors not only wants them to pay damages but also to destroy their models.
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Nvidia sued over AI training data as copyright clashes continue
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/novelists-sue-nvidia-to-stop-spread-of-ai-models-trained-on-copyrighted-books/
OpenAI says New York Times 'hacked' ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuit
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/openai-says-new-york-times-hacked-chatgpt-build-copyright-lawsuit-2024-02-27/
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We’re looking at the rumors of a data training deal in the making between Automattic, owner of Tumblr, and OpenAI and Midjourney. Plus, we’ll try to unpack the ramifications of the internet becoming more and more a place where user-created content is becoming fodder for LLM training.
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OpenAI is rolling out a new “Memory” feature for ChatGPT and today we’ll unpack how it works and what you should be concerned about if you opt into it.
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https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-chatgpt-memory-feature/
https://cybernews.com/editorial/openai-chatgpt-memory-privacy-concerns/
https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2024/02/openais-new-chatgpt-memory-feature.html
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/amnesia-begone-soon-chatgpt-will-remember-what-you-tell-it-between-sessions/
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We’re taking a preview of OpenAI’s new text-to-video model Sora and ask whether these impressive results are enough to make cinema obsolete.
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OpenAI’s Sora Page
https://openai.com/sora
Pepperoni Hug Spot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSewd6Iaj6I&ab_channel=PizzaLater
Meta's chief AI researcher says OpenAI's "world simulator" Sora is a dead end
https://the-decoder.com/metas-chief-ai-researcher-says-openais-world-simulator-sora-is-a-dead-end/
OpenAI teases an amazing new generative video model called Sora
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/15/1088401/openai-amazing-new-generative-ai-video-model-sora/
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On today’s AI Roundup we were talking about the latest motions filed by AI tech companies including #Stability AI, #Midjourney and #Runway ML that make their case for AI image generation models much stronger.
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Stability, Midjourney, Runway hit back in AI art lawsuit
https://venturebeat.com/ai/stability-midjourney-runway-hit-back-in-ai-art-lawsuit/
Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/464/417/
The Most Important Supreme Court Case in Copyright Law: Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios (1984)
https://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2010/11/the-most-important-supreme-court-case-in-copyright-law-sony-corp-v-universal-city-studios-1984/
Sarah Silverman Hits Stumbling Block in AI Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Meta
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sarah-silverman-lawsuit-ai-meta-1235669403/
Tech Giants Shift Blame to Users in AI Copyright Debate
https://digitalinformationworld.com/2023/11/tech-giants-shift-blame-to-users-in-ai.html
Google Books’ Fair, Transformative Use
https://www.sgrlaw.com/google-books-fair-transformative-use/
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Artists Alley Photos via Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYCC_2016_-_Artist_Alley_%2830224540545%29.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long_Beach_Comic_%26_Horror_Con_2011_-_artist_alley_%286301179035%29.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anime_Expo_2011_-_artist_alley_%285917935738%29.jpg
Meta Plans to Train AI on Your Profile’s Data - AI Roundup Ep. 59
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Today we’re tackling news that’s going under the radar: Meta plans to train new AI models using data from Facebook and Instagram users profiles.
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Zuck Brags About How Much of Your Facebook, Instagram Posts Will Power His AI
https://gizmodo.com/zuck-brags-how-much-facebook-instagram-posts-power-ai-1851225278
Zuckerberg’s AI announcement raises privacy and toxicity red flags
https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/06/zuckerbergs-ai-announcement/
Zuckerberg’s Secret Weapon for AI Is Your Facebook Data
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-06/zuckerberg-s-plan-for-ai-hinges-on-your-facebook-and-instagram-data
Manipulated Biden video can remain online, Meta’s Oversight Board rules
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/tech/manipulated-biden-video-meta/index.html
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The Dudesy podcast has been sued by the Carlin Estate for their AI-generated posthumous George Carlin special. Today, we’ll unpack the events leading up to the lawsuit and the ramifications for the Dudesy crew and other creators who use AI to create content.
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George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/george-carlin-ai-special-sued-by-estate-1235888510/
Lawsuit Filing
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24377081/carlin-lawsuit.pdf
P Diddy's eye-watering multi-million dollar payout to Sting 26 years after 'I'll Be Missing You'
https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/489463/p-diddy-eye-watering-multi-million-dollar-payout-sting-26-years-after-ill-be-missing-you-vma/
Ai George Carlin rant
https://www.twitch.tv/athenelive/clip/FreezingBlatantSlothDoggo-S19guEaIqtw9VX4e
Humans actually wrote that fake George Carlin ‘AI’ standup routine
https://www.popsci.com/technology/george-carlin-ai-lawsuit/
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Nightshade, the software capable of making images ‘poisonous’ to AI training, is now available and in today’s AI Roundup I’ll show you exactly how to use it and what to expect in the results.
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Nightshade:
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/index.html
Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use
https://venturebeat.com/ai/nightshade-the-free-tool-that-poisons-ai-models-is-now-available-for-artists-to-use
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Today’s AI Roundup is all about whether or not there’s anything to fear about AI taking human jobs and the revelations a new MIT study has on that very subject. Plus, we shouldn’t gloss over a recent admission by OpenAI’s Sam Altman about the real power requirements needed to progress the future of AI technology.
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Beyond AI Exposure: Which Tasks are Cost-Effective to Automate with ComputerVision?
https://futuretech-site.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2024-01-18+Beyond_AI_Exposure.pdf
We may not lose our jobs to robots so quickly, MIT study finds
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/22/tech/ai-labor-market-mit-study/index.html
AI is too expensive to steal some jobs — for now, MIT study finds
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-too-expensive-steal-some-jobs-mit-study-finds-2024-1
AI is too expensive to replace humans in jobs right now, MIT study finds
https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/01/23/ai-is-too-expensive-to-replace-humans-in-jobs-right-now-mit-study-finds
Energy breakthrough needed to build AGI, says OpenAI boss Altman
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2024/01/22/google_deepmind_train_alphageometry_system/
Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source
https://futurism.com/sam-altman-energy-breakthrough
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We’re talking all about Ed Newton-Rex and the formation of his new company Fairly Trained that offers certification for AI models that are trained ethically.
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Fairly Trained’s Website
https://www.fairlytrained.org
STABILITY AI’S FORMER VP OF AUDIO LAUNCHES CERTIFICATION FOR AI MODELS THAT RESPECT COPYRIGHTS
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ed-newton-rex-launches-certification-for-ai-models-respect-copyrights/
AI models that don’t violate copyright are getting a new certification label
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/17/24041518/generative-ai-copyright-violation-fair-training-label-certification
Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem
https://spectrum.ieee.org/midjourney-copyright
ChatGPT ‘memorizes’ and spits out entire poems
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/01/chatgpt-memorizes-and-spits-out-entire-poems
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Today, we’re discussing the admission by OpenAI that they rely heavily on copyrighted materials to train their models and the U.S. Senate hearing where Senators on the left and right are calling for licensure on data used by AI tech companies to create LLMs.
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OpenAI warns copyright crackdown could doom ChatGPT
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/01/07/openai-warns-copyright-crackdown-could-doom-chatgpt/
Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data
https://www.wired.com/story/congress-senate-tech-companies-pay-ai-training-data/
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/08/ai-tools-chatgpt-copyrighted-material-openai
Dudesy Ep. 88
https://youtu.be/kQoQPZplhNA?si=IKxwIKl22ROOil_a
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I’m tackling the foibles surrounding AI voice cloning from the latest SAG-AFTRA negotiations to Dudesy AI’s take on a posthumous George Carlin special.
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This AI Deal Will Let Actors License Digital Voice Replicas
https://www.cnet.com/tech/this-ai-deal-will-let-actors-license-digital-voice-replicas/
AI-Generated George Carlin Drops Comedy Special That Daughter Speaks Out Against: ‘No Machine Will Ever Replace His Genius’
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/george-carlin-ai-generated-comedy-special-1235868315/
SAG-AFTRA Inks Controversial Deal to Allow AI-Generated Voice Acting
https://futurism.com/sag-deal-ai-voice-video-games
SAG-AFTRA and Replica Studios Introduce Groundbreaking AI Voice Agreement at CES
https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-and-replica-studios-introduce-groundbreaking-ai-voice-agreement-ces
Dudesy George Carlin Special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kONMe7YnO8&t=293s
Tupac:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGbrFmPBV0Y&ab_channel=SnoopDoggTV
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