UK Government publishes consultation on Copyright and AI

TechnoLlama

UK Government publishes consultation on Copyright and AI

The UK government has published its latest consultation on AI and copyright. This will explore several aspects of AI and copyright and is likely to...

#UK #Copyright #AI

How we were deepfaked by election deepfakes The panic over AGI disinformation in this year’s political cycle seems to have been overblown https://www.ft.com/content/62d81e6c-eec0-4d09-a71f-6aba579912dd #AI #Politics

Spotify Shuts Down ‘Unwrapped’ Artist Royalty Calculator With Legal Threats

Digital Music News

Billionaire Daniel Ek Shuts Down Spotify Unwrapped Calculator

Multi-billionaire Daniel Ek has shut down the Spotify Unwrapped calculator that showcased how little the DSP pays to artists.

"Digital Music News reported on the existence of Spotify Unwrapped this year as a calculator to show music lovers how little artists are paid from streaming services. Plugging in the data generated by Spotify Wrapped was relatively straight forward; now the calculator is gone with a message in its place." #Spotify #SpotifyUnwrapped #Royalties

🤦‍♂️ Netflix Tells Writers to Have Characters “Announce What They’re Doing" Just in Case Viewer is Busy Doing Something Else

World of Reel

Netflix Tells Writers to Have Characters “Announce What They’re Doing" Just in Case Viewer is Busy Doing Something Else — World of Reel

Netflix execs have been telling their screenwriters to have characters “announce what they’re doing” so that viewers who have a program on in...

#Netflix #TV #Cinema

Meet the Spanish AI model earning up to €10,000 a month

Bytes Europe

Meet the Spanish AI model earning up to €10,000 a month - Bytes Europe

Aitana, a model created by artificial intelligence (AI) in Spain, was born into a difficult period.

#AI #Aitana #Influencers

"Meta is betting that characters generated by artificial intelligence will fill its social media platforms in the next few years as it looks to the fast-developing technology to drive engagement with its 3bn users." https://www.ft.com/content/91183cbb-50f9-464a-9d2e-96063825bfcf #AI #Meta #SocialMedia

Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10-20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast

the Guardian

‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 years

Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10% to 20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast

#GeoffreyHinton #AI

The USB-C charging mandate arrives in the EU — here’s what that means The common charging standard brings USB PD support, improved labelling, and less e-waste.

The Verge

The USB-C charging mandate arrives in the EU — here’s what that means

The direct aims to reduce e-waste and solve market fragmentation.

#USB #USBC #EU

Microsoft and OpenAI have a bizarre definition of AGI.

TechCrunch

Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of AGI: Report | TechCrunch

Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup's profits, accord...

#AI #AGI #Tech

"Once an icon of the 20th century seen as obsolete in the 21st, Encyclopaedia Britannica—now known as just Britannica— is all in on artificial intelligence, and may soon go public at a valuation of nearly $1 billion, according to the New York Times."

Gizmodo

Encyclopedia Britannica Is Now an AI Company

The 200 year-old company may soon go public on the back of AI-powered education products.

#Britannica #AI #Markets

How smartphones powered the AI boom in 2024

Bytes Europe

How smartphones powered the AI boom in 2024 - Bytes Europe

The generative AI boom continued at pace in 2024, with smartphones becoming a key battleground for the technology's development as Samsung, Go...

#Smartphones #AI #Technology

Global value of music copyright surpasses cinema box office takings for first time ever

NME

Global value of music copyright surpasses cinema box office takings for first time ever

The global value of music copyright has surpassed the global cinema box office takings for the first time ever.

#Music #Copyright #Cinema #Business

"I’m just saying, hey, the values we espoused may have curdled for a paltry-but-vocal few into a version of frightened nihilism that no sane human could embrace, but that was never our intention. We were just kids. We took what was left to us and we tried to make something out of it."

Honey, I Think I Shrunk Gen X - SPIN

#GenX #GenerationX

Russia Imposes 6-Year Ban on Crypto Mining in 10 Regions, Citing Energy Use

Russia Institutes Partial Ban on Crypto Mining to Control Energy Use, Tass Reports

Temporary bans may be imposed in other regions during peak energy demand, Tass reported

#Russia #Energy #Crypto #Bitcoin

The humans behind the robots

MIT Technology Review

The humans behind the robots

Teleoperated robots at scale, even if years away, could mean a seismic shift in how we think about labor and automation.

#Robotics #AI

Here are MIT Technology Review’s best-performing stories of 2024

MIT Technology Review

Here are MIT Technology Review’s best-performing stories of 2024

From cataloguing the year’s biggest breakthroughs in emerging technology to exploring the far future, 2024 kept us busy.

#MIT #Technology #AI

Copyright Doesn’t Provide A ‘Living’ For A Successful Author

Techdirt

Copyright Doesn’t Provide A ‘Living’ For A Successful Author

Copyright is built on a lie that most people seem to accept: artists can make a decent living from the current system of rewards that copyright pro...

#Copyright #Royalties

Amazing rant about Spotify.

"what were the skies like when you were young?"

Co-workers asked me the other day "why do you hate spotify?" and truly, I could've gone on for hours. I didn't (much to their relief) but th...

#Spotify #Music

The Top 10 Climate Tech Stories of 2024

IEEE Spectrum

IEEE Spectrum's Top Climate Tech Stories of 2024

Carbon capture, solar panel recycling, and clean energy generation

#Climate #Tech

'It's bragging without the selfie' - The rise of Spotify Wrapped and its copycats

'Bragging without the selfie' – the rise of Spotify Wrapped and copycats

From Monzo and Duolingo to Trainline and Sainsbury's, companies have hopped onto the year in review bandwagon following the success of Spotify Wrapped

#SpotifyWrapped #FOMO