Why do we need this? This isn't innovation. It's evil slop. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Genuine question - what are OpenAI’s Sora and other video generation tools good for? I am honestly trying to understand what is so important that it’s worth the cost. If you have examples, I would be interested to hear them. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Spotted on the G train on one of those dystopian AI friend ads

"This settlement sends a clear message to the Big Tech companies splashing generative A.I. over every app and page and program: You are not above the law." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Human Artistry Campaign Statement on Historic $1.5 Billion Settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic

"In a landmark settlement, Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to a group of authors and publishers after a judge ruled it had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books."

'''This is the largest IP theft in human history. That’s not hyperbole. We are seeing tens of millions of works being infringed daily.'" -- How AI Firms Are Stealing Music @billboard.com www.billboard.com/pro/ai-firms...

“There have to be rules of the road, so that regular people aren't roadkill for these big companies making money off viral videos.” @klobuchar.senate.gov Deepfakes don’t discriminate. Athletes, artists, leaders, and everyday people are all targets. It’s time for safeguards. bit.ly/45KQZBX

"With A.I., the technology has gotten ahead of the law, and we can’t let it go any further without rules of the road." @klobuchar.senate.gov Congress must act now to protect Americans from deepfakes.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/amy-klobuchar-deepfakes.html?smid=bs-share

Great piece by Copyright Clearance Center CEO Tracey Armstrong: “What good are AI-generated summaries of today’s news if there are no journalists to report it?… Stealing American creativity only weakens AI by starving it of quality inputs in the long term.” dcjournal.com/copyright-li...

Following the US Senate's 99-1 vote on the Blackburn/Cantwell amendment to strike a proposed 10-year ban on state regulation of AI, the Human Artistry Campaign issued the following statement:

In today's newsletter, @hannahstoryb.bsky.social wrote about the heat dome trapping much of the country, the AI industry turning up the heat, and how undeterred voters in New York City showed what can still be accomplished within the harsh parameters of our unequal, fast-warming world.

“A global survey found that only one in four respondents believe AI companies should be allowed to train their models on any publicly available text or images. The majority favour more restrictive approaches, including the requirement for explicit permission from content creators.” bit.ly/3ZNOWuG

Animation workers' unions call on lawmakers "to fight for culture and art and the value it provides" and to pass legislation to protect workers whose livihoods are at risk from widespread, irresponsible gen AI use www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...

Country icon Martina McBride testified before Congress in support of the NO FAKES Act, which would protect us all from nonconsensual AI deepfakes & voice clones. Join us & tell your reps to support NO FAKES! p2a.co/fCscPAf

"I'd love to be like a pure punk rock artist and be like, art isn't about the money. But what really happens if you don't pay artists is not a punk rock thing. What happens is all the biggest corporate giants just own & control everything." www.axios.com/2025/06/04/j...

In his acceptance speech for Billboard's Creators’ Champion Award in London, megastar @eltonofficial had a clear message for the UK government and its polarizing AI bill: “We will not back down and we will not go away quietly. This is just the beginning.” www.billboard.com/pro/elton-jo...

Meta has almost $78 billion cash on hand. One could, idk, pay to license things. Just a thought.

If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business. You’re in organized crime.

So…about AI’s energy use… “…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”

The bipartisan NO FAKES Act would establish a right to your own voice & likeness, protecting against nonconsensual AI-generated deepfakes & voice clones. Join nearly 400 artists & tell your representative to support NO FAKES! p2a.co/fCscPAf

"It doesn't make any sense, this ruling of opting out - where essentially it's like saying, 'you can burgle my house unless I ask you not to'." news.sky.com/story/giles-...

Dua Lipa & Elton John are a few of the many high-profile creatives who have signed a new letter to the U.K. Prime Minister, imploring that he protect the work of creatives instead of submitting to greedy and invasive AI companies www.billboard.com/pro/uk-gover...

The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here 🔗 www.404media.co/the-age-of-r...

Rushing to win in the AI space cannot come before kid’s safety! Meta’s mistakes show what can happen when companies start to cut corners and loosen the rules for engagement.

The @wsj.com's latest report on Meta’s AI companions is disturbing: children exposed to sexually explicit content by bots. This is what happens when guardrails are an afterthought. Protecting minors has to be a top priority! bit.ly/3RE07Sc

ICYMI: Read about what bipartisan artists, entertainment industry executives, members of Congress, and more are saying in support of the NO FAKES Act! A thread 🧵:

Thank you Senator Amy Klobuchar for your leadership on this issue. The NO FAKES Act will give every American the right to their voice and likeness, empowering all of us to fight back against deepfakes and AI-generated fraud www.fox9.com/video/1629148

A new report found that deepfake fraud has caused over $200 million in financial losses in the first quarter of 2025 alone 🤯 variety.com/2025/digital...

The NO FAKES Act would be transformational legislation for creatives and everyday Americans alike. Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl agrees: "...Passing it will push the boundaries of innovation, while protecting identity and originality." www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

In his Coachella set, Alok was sure to emphasize the moment at hand: “We are discussing in the world how AI is taking over everything and even the arts...” "...I know that robots and AI can do things based on what they have learned, but do they have a soul to create proper art?" bit.ly/42znqBD

The NO FAKES Act would give every American a first-ever federal property right to their voice and likeness – empowering us to fight back against manipulative deepfakes and voice clones used for scams, revenge porn, and other online attacks. Learn more in this thread 🧵:

Thrilled to see the NO FAKES Act reintroduced with widespread support - from both sides of the aisle and across industries. Everyone deserves protection from AI deepfakes & voice clones. www.billboard.com/pro/no-fakes...

Singer-songwriter David Lowery is one of many artists whose work has been stolen by AI models and reproduced without consent. Read more about what he and our very own Dr. Moiya McTier have to say about the ongoing AI vs. human creativity debate: thehill.com/opinion/tech...

A new study from the Pew Research Center reveals some eye-opening realities about Americans’ attitudes towards AI: a thread 🧵 www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

"'Voice is as personal as our fingerprints... It’s just such a violation of our humanity and an invasion of our privacy. It felt like being violated. And then everything — fear, anger, shame — all of this came with it.'" www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

What’s going on with Amazon & Suno? Learn more ⬇️ and sign on to @artistrightsnow.bsky.social petition ➡️ actionnetwork.org/petitions/am...

Meta considered licensing books to train AI—but opted instead to pirate LibGen, a database that currently contains more than 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers, Alex Reisner writes.

In a letter to the White House, more than 400 of Hollywood’s most prominent figures, including Paul McCartney, Cynthia Erivo, & Ben Stiller, urged the Trump administration to protect creatives instead of letting AI companies exploit their work. variety.com/2025/digital...

Alden newspapers slam OpenAI's, Google's AI proposals for weakening copyright protections www.axios.com/2025/03/17/a...

"But it's very possible AI will never be truly creative because it has no impulse to play around for the heck of it, to impress peers or best rivals, or to leave a little mark on the world." @axios.com: Generative AI's creative block axios.com/newsletters/...

“Protecting human expression is not regulation.” Read more from the Artist Rights Institute’s Chris Castle’s comment on the giveaway to big tech proposed for U.K. copyright law musictechpolicy.com/2025/03/11/h...

A study on six major AI voice cloning companies has found that they do not have the necessary security measures to keep consumers safe. Without these safeguards, scammers can use voice cloning technology to easily prey on unsuspecting consumers. www.consumerreports.org/media-room/p...

Although OpenAI’s CEO recently teased a new model that is capable of creative writing, the extent to which a machine can be creative remains to be seen. Many believe that in this regard, AI will never replace humans. Read more about the ongoing debate here: bit.ly/3XP1p02

More alarming stories on the onslaught of AI-generated celebrity deepfakes. Celine Dion joins the thousands of artists speaking out against AI-generated fraud after her voice was replicated without her consent. bit.ly/3DwmqWn

Celebrity AI deepfakes are flooding the internet. Hollywood is pushing Congress to fight back www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/t...

Andrea Ferro weighs in on the value of human expressiveness in the music industry: “I prefer to use human creativity because humans are great because they make mistakes, and from a mistake, usually that’s where great things happen. metalheadzone.com/lacuna-coils...

Sir Lucien Grainge warns of the dangers that could come from “a failure of leaders to establish reasonable public safeguards” with AI: www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sir-lucian-g...