I think it's fine for games not to really have economies

Epic’s law team when they remember there are over 110 lawsuits against GenAi models in the US—lawsuits for copyright infringement amongst other violations— and the Unreal team is out there advertising LLMs as a central feature to one of their biggest products.

Epic releases Fortnite video that's trying to launder the company's use of AI in the art pipeline, but artists I spoke to simply aren't having it: aftermath.site/epic-fortnite-...

So sick and tired of San Francisco consistently blocking off tax paying public spaces for bs ai companies. Yerba Buena park closed yet again. San Franciscans cant even enjoy the little nature we have downtown without it consistently having it be closed off by tech companies 😭 @sfgov.sf.gov

The only way for this AI "competitor" to function is by taking a bunch of work off the internet without consent. A bill in California would force transparency in their dataset. Want to help it pass? Please sign this petition in support, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

My heart is still utterly broken, but I’m so glad to have had you in my life for so long. Goodbye my sweet Bady cat.

THIS MONDAY (6/8) - STAND UP TO BIG TECH IN SACRAMENTO - BE THERE!!! THIS MONDAY (6/8) 3pm (or when the legislature adjourns), Capitol Annex Swing Space, 1021 O Street - Rm. 2100, Sacramento, CA. Please RSVP in case the schedule or room changes. RSVP here ... docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you’re if Sacramento or nearby, please consider joining a group of voice actors, performers, artists and writers to demand transparency from GenAi companies with AB-412! Rsvp for more info and please if you can go! Your presence can make all the difference!

Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their AI training datasets - this bill would force them. If that sounds good, we REALLY NEED YOUR HELP! Please sign this petition in support of the bill, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

1/ This company’s models were trained on web scraped datasets (like LAION) and their founders are ex-Stability AI employees who engage in the same thieving practices that led artists like myself to sue Stability. GenAi companies NEED big names to sanitize their exploitation and crippling PR.

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

If you are aware of AI use on an animated production at a signatory studio please e-mail [email protected]

This @pbs.org segment is an informative yet disturbing watch. I knew some of the ways data centers affect communities, but this goes in DEPTH. It showcases the impact to those living near these data centers, the cruelty and audacity of the tech companies themselves. A very important watch!

"Faster, more efficient" = cutting artists and animators "3rd party video models w/ a proprietary model portfolio" = we won't tell you what data we trained off of (likely stolen) A bill in Cali would force AI transparency, but it needs YOUR help! Please sign this petition tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

Heartbreaking days truly have me feeling like:

this fucking sucks ( from the creator of the cupcake character, lorynbrantz instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DY2v_qXIoQt )

Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If you’re a donor, email [email protected] to protest this move. medium.com/@jakeorlowit...

Hiiiiiiiii we’re so so so sosososo SO close to being funded with 4 days left. I really need a big boost to get my oracle deck over the finish line. 🙏🏻✨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/kel...

CA’s transparency bill AB-412 (which forces GenAi companies to disclose if their datasets are using YOUR copyrighted works) is in a slow march to become a bill. Also due to massive tech opposition, they make us all work for it every step of the way. Don’t let em win, sign the petition below asap!👇

My girl cat, my best friend, my favorite being for over 17 years—who was so healthy just a month ago— was diagnosed with terminal cancer. While I’m so lucky I had 17 years of her, I’m still so devastated. I wish I could have even one more year. Here’s a reminder to love them every step of the way.

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

Regardless of whatever is next for this country, our next steps must involve revoking every mandate, seizing every stolen tax, every illicit asset, trial and jail everyone committing the historical levels of corruption and crimes we are witnessing. And that’s the bare minimum!

This is Calarts. Arguably the best animation school in the US, its alumni include industry legends. The graduating class is booing school president Ravi Ranjan, he's been gutting creative programs and pushing Ai initiatives, corporatizing the school. His secretary is treating graduates like babies.

I think the reason I've been a little ambiently mad all day is because January 6th rioters are statistically the most likely group of pedophiles in the world and they clubbed a guy to death and they're going to be rich from the tax money that I give to the country I live in.

I don’t know that it’s appreciably worse than Anything Else Going On Right Now, but learning that my tax dollars are about to fund a billion-dollar slush fund for Trump sycophants and literal January 6 insurrectionists is filling me with a new and special flavor of rage

I’ve been working on this oil portrait in my off hours, and its finally done. Its a meaningful one for me, so posted alongside the painting is a little story and why it means so much to me. :) Hope you all enjoy!! :)

Sorry for the delayed update, but the bill has passed! 🎉🎉🎉 It will go into effect in August. this really is the first law in the US explicitly prohibiting the technology/service of AI nudification/deepfake pornography. Would love to see this as a model nationwide www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

California-based artists and creatives, the California government is asking for public input on AI's impact on our work. Please fill out this survey, it'll just take a few minutes: join.engaged.ca.gov/en/projects/...

It’s both late at night AND I’m late to the party but holy shit, Attack on Titan is incredible! Instantly up there with some of my favorite mangas/animes of all time. One Piece, Berserk and now Attack on Titan. What a masterpiece!

Yes! May this go well for everyone at DF! This feels like a no brainer for a company as lovely and as loved as DF! A wonderful collaboration between management and workers that could work wonders for all involved! May it go smoothly, and hope Microsoft abides by its neutrality agreement! 😌

Saverio, a 19 year-old Italian tuxedo cat, is living a happy life in the medieval streets of Poppi (Italy). He has become the official mascot of the village.

The reason why the sketchy drawing is better than AI reference are the economical choices made. The person only drew what was most important and nothing else which gives clear direction! Please do more of this!

Disney CEO: Lays off the thousands of workers, including the Oscar winning Visual Development team, but to media promises GenAi was not the reason. Disney CEO, once the uproar died down: We see opportunities for AI to play a role across 5 areas of our business: CONTENT CREATION and production, etc.

Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

Kids should be learning that AI output isn’t trustworthy, where it really comes from, and how it’s disrupting our ability to tell what’s real. They shouldn’t be learning that AI will make them more efficient or do their work for them because it can’t. That would be propaganda, not education

This isn’t like letting kids use a calculator, this is more akin to letting kids smoke. The whole point here is pushing an addictive product and getting kids hooked on it early—not educational best practices. www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...

It's so disheartening watching this court carry out the explicit project of white supremacy so blatantly while gaslighting the public to say it's trying to stop discrimination. They're dismantling every major legacy of the civil rights movement. We need to reform this court.

Your voice really matters right now. If you would like show your support, join us in requesting that Wizards and Hasbro voluntarily recognize our union by signing our petition at cwa.org/uwotcletter

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 aftermath.site/magic-the-ga...

Some suggestions for notebooks in pocket format that are NOT Moleskine. It's a thread 🧵 ⬇️

Ew Moleskine used genAI for their Lord of the Ring collection by mentioning they used it, then entirely removing the claim after some backlash. Incredibly shitty of them for a brand that claims human creativity. cjleo.com/blog/moleski...

Also wish to share my excitement today at the release trailer of @doublefine.com latest game Kiln! Wonderfully unhinged and super fun!! So proud of the team for their soon release and especially proud of my partner @tessercat.bsky.social for all his work on this game throughout the years!! :D

Exciting and good news from the Glaze/Nightshade UChicago team! They are releasing a new non-profit, ETCH, whose mission is specifically to assist and prioritize humans in this GenAi era! One of the first public releases of ETCH is Quicksilver, an solid GenAi detector for music!

That frustrating feeling where you’re killing your oil painting, learning new things but its 11:49 pm and you need to go to bed soon, because you also wanna kill it at work in the mornin’ 😭 I want to clone myself. Or stop time. Either or, I’m not picky.

I think genuinely we are overdue for more stabs at larger, equitable, artist-run organizations. Let the leeches starve

the irony of having a one-on-one HR layoff meeting in the conference room with my Loki mural on it