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While the Writers Guild of America takes an empathetic and humane approach to its members' social media appearances, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers seems to prefer an impersonal and detached viewpoint. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which contracts on behalf of the st...

Marvel's latest series, "Secret Invasion," debuted a few days ago on the Disney+ streaming platform, sparking a series of controversies following the confirmation of the use of artificial intelligence for the introductory sequence. Ali Selim, director of the series in question, admitted that he did not know exactly ho...

Toronto mayoral candidate Anthony Furey says the problem of homelessness is real, although his campaign images are not. His conservative platform proposes increased policing of tent encampments, the dismantling of bike lanes, and the addition of 500 police officers. Furthermore, the candidate's campaign focuses on for...

Members of the Special Unit for the Protection of Privacy and Technological Fraud of the Guardia di Finanza in Rome recently investigated and charged 13 persons, living between Italy and Germany. The individuals in question were acting as administrators of social channels aimed at the abusive sale of subscriptions to T...

The potential of artificial intelligence within the most diverse fields has often been discussed, and the medical industry is no exception. The possibilities that advanced technology such as AI offers could prove to be extremely valuable: from computer vision tools that can detect skin lesions, to data-driven robots t...

Following the intense buzz concerning the recent developments of Artificial Intelligence in art and photography, Nikon Peru embarked on a project to address this situation, in collaboration with the company Grey Peru. Together, the two businesses worked to build an advertising campaign, entitled 'Natural Intelligence',...

Over the past few years, several US restaurant chains have devoted their attention to the Artificial Intelligence environment, and especially to its potential application within the food industry. Following a few attempts in the field, the reactions of the public (and the workers involved) have not been particularly p...

The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has sued the Twitter platform, alleging that the platform has allowed copyright infringement of around 1,700 songs and demanding damages in the sum of more than 250 million dollars. The NMPA, representing companies such as Sony Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management an...

Why pay insurmountable sums when you can simply exploit other people's accounts? Recently, a number of users started advertising on Reddit the presence of a Discord server dedicated to sharing API tokens stolen from the code of their respective account owners of the famous artificial intelligence platform: OpenAI. GP...

European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova called on online platforms to add labels to text, photos and other AI-generated content, following a statement regarding the potential of this new technology to bring forth new challenges in the fight against disinformation. Naming just a few of the prominent companies i...

BBC Two's Forensics: The Real CSI is a new television programme dedicated to exploring the crucial role forensic science plays in bringing criminals to justice today. Recently, it illustrated how an advanced artificial intelligence software was instrumental in the conviction of Luke Cassidy, a Coventry paedophile. Inv...

Content creators are much closer to traditional works of art than one might think. Suffice it to say that when cultural assets appear in an individual's posts or stories, their use automatically falls under the (digital) reproduction of that artwork, which in Italy may be subject to the need for authorisation by the au...

Japan recently declared that the use of datasets for training Artificial Intelligence models does not violate copyright law. This means that those who develop the 'trainings' can collect publicly available data without having to seek licences or permission from the owners of the aforementioned data. On one hand, the ...

As we immerse ourselves in the digital world, artificial intelligence comes forward to offer companionship and even psychological therapy. Humans tend to make associations with anything as if it were another person. It is in our nature and it is why we experience emotional reactions to fictional characters in films, e...

Images generated by Midjourney artificial intelligence have recently caused panic in the US. Hobby Lobby, the popular chain dedicated to selling products for creative projects and crafts, was targeted and boycotted by a large number of customers following a series of images that went viral on Facebook. The 'photos' de...

We recently referred to an article about an eating disorder helpline, which had decided to replace its human staff following a series of their more than legitimate requests. The replacement was due to take place at the end of last month, and 'Tessa', an Artificial Intelligence in the form of a chatbot, was to become th...