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 China Arrests Man for Allegedly Using ChatGPT to Create Fake News

China Arrests Man for Allegedly Using ChatGPT to Create Fake News

2023-05-23 Vice
According to reports in the South China Morning Post, Chinese authorities have arrested a man who allegedly used ChatGPT to generate and share fake news about a train crash that killed nine people. This appears to be the first arrest in China related to the misuse of artificial intelligence. The case was conducted by ...
 UK reviews AI models as rapid growth fuels safety concerns

UK reviews AI models as rapid growth fuels safety concerns

2023-05-19 Reuters
Last month, Italy removed access to ChatGPT to investigate its potential breach of personal data rules. Although Italy has since lifted the ban, the move has inspired privacy regulators in European countries to launch investigations. This is the case in England, which recently stated that it will begin examining the i...
 Square Enix Resolves to Continue with Web3, Blockchain Gaming Drive

Square Enix Resolves to Continue with Web3, Blockchain Gaming Drive

2023-05-18 cryptonews
Japanese gaming giant Square Enix, creator of titles such as 'Final Fantasy' and 'Kingdom Hearts', reaffirmed its commitment to 'blockchain gaming', announcing that it will continue to develop blockchain, Web3 and NFT games over the next 12 months. The community's reaction to this decision was not the best, with the c...
 StableStudio is Stability AI’s latest commitment to open-source AI

StableStudio is Stability AI’s latest commitment to open-source AI

2023-05-17 The Verge
StabiltyAI will soon release an open-source version of Dreamstudio, a commercial interface for the company's AI image generator model, better known as 'Stable Diffusion'. Recently, the company pointed out that the new version marks a new chapter for the platform and demonstrates its commitment to the advancement of ope...
Reproducing cultural heritage at the time of NFT

Reproducing cultural heritage at the time of NFT

2023-05-16 Nt+Diritto
Rome, July 2022, The Tribunal makes an order on an NFT dispute. The producer of the work in question had obtained permission to reproduce Bobo Vieri's portrait, but not Juventus' permission to reproduce the marks on the jersey worn by the subject in the NFT-transformed photograph. As it may seem, Italy is not as 'outd...
ChatGpt once again active in Italy, but the game is not over

ChatGpt once again active in Italy, but the game is not over

2023-05-12 Corriere Comunicazioni
Following ChatGPT's ban at the end of March 2023, OpenAi's service is now available again for Italian users, although the confrontation between the Garante and the company in question has not yet been fully concluded. On 11 April, steps were taken in this regard, resulting in a specific communication from the company. ...
 AI Is Tearing Wikipedia Apart

AI Is Tearing Wikipedia Apart

2023-05-11 Vice
Following recent developments in the field of generative Artificial Intelligence, even the giant Wikipedia is struggling. The community is divided into two factions: some disdain the use of large language models for content creation, while others believe they could be a valuable resource to implement within the platfor...
 Nintendo’s Copyright Strikes Push Away Its Biggest Fans

Nintendo’s Copyright Strikes Push Away Its Biggest Fans

2023-05-10 Wired
"Pointcrow", stage name of Youtuber Eric Morino, is known online for his eccentric challenges within the Nintendo giant 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild'; whether during live sessions or within videos uploaded to the red platform, one is always certain that Pointcrow will never run out of ideas to put into prac...
 Binance announces ‘Build The Block’: the first reality show in the metaverse

Binance announces ‘Build The Block’: the first reality show in the metaverse

2023-05-09 The Cyptonomist
Binance, known as the world's leading blockchain ecosystem and digital asset exchange, recently entered the metaverse with 'Build the Block', a new crypto-themed reality show starring 12 start-ups in the field, competing for victory. The first episode aired on 12 May on Binance Live and the platform's YouTube channel....
 EU proposes new copyright rules for generative AI

EU proposes new copyright rules for generative AI

2023-05-09 Reuters
For two years now, the European Commission has been working on a law dedicated to regulating the emergence of Artificial Intelligence, and now more than ever there is a strong need to establish clear and precise rules. On 27 April, an agreement was finally reached in Stockholm; this could pave the way for the first com...
 A Photographer Tried to Get His Photos Removed from an AI Dataset. He Got an Invoice Instead.

A Photographer Tried to Get His Photos Removed from an AI Dataset. He Got an Invoice Instead.

2023-05-08 Vice
Robert Kneschke, a German photographer specialising in stock photography, recently became aware of hundreds of his works being used as a means to train Artificial Intelligences. Through the website "Have I Been Trained?", in fact, the artist was able to find out more about the situation and discovered that many of his ...
 Crypto Arte and NFT: Giovanni Motta’s new immersive adventure in London

Crypto Arte and NFT: Giovanni Motta’s new immersive adventure in London

2023-05-07 The Cyptonomist
It's called 'Like Tears in Rain',NFT’s new exhibition of Crypto Arte by Giovanni Motta,that is currently on display at W1 Curates in London, and that will be open to the public until the 31st of May. The exhibition consists of a fully immersive adventure into the world of digital art and crypto art. The Italian arti...
 Photography as Performance Art: Jeremy Cowart Creates a Totally New Kind of 10K NFT Collection

Photography as Performance Art: Jeremy Cowart Creates a Totally New Kind of 10K NFT Collection

2023-05-04 Decrypt.co
Renowned photographer Jeremy Cowart recently staged an innovative and spectacular performance of live photography and photo editing, in front of an audience of about 150 spectators, inside his studio. The performance, called 'Auras', was preceded by a few moments of hesitation and concern, just before the show began. ...
 OpenAI’s CEO Says the Age of Giant AI Models Is Already Over

OpenAI’s CEO Says the Age of Giant AI Models Is Already Over

2023-05-04 Wired
Sam Altman, the CEO of the giant OpenAi, said that the search strategy that gave birth to ChatGPT is already spent, and that future advances in artificial intelligence will require new ideas to continue. There is no doubt regarding the huge impact that OpenAI has had on the digital world in the last period, especially...
 NFT art pioneer wants to upload her brain so she can live forever: Josie Bellini, NFT Creator

NFT art pioneer wants to upload her brain so she can live forever: Josie Bellini, NFT Creator

2023-05-03 Cointelegraph
In this interview with artist Josie Bellini, the NFT art pioneer tells columnist Greg Oakford about her career path and the inspiration behind her works. Having been born into poverty, Bellini decided to pursue an educational career, and later a professional one, dedicated to finance and economics; an essay on Bitcoin ...
 GPT-4 Can’t Replace Striking TV Writers, But Studios Are Going to Try

GPT-4 Can’t Replace Striking TV Writers, But Studios Are Going to Try

2023-05-03 Vice
The Writers Guild of America is on strike after six weeks of negotiations with major entertainment companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Disney. The strike in question is the first in Hollywood in 15 years: for the first time ever, screenwriters are negotiating the studios' use of generative artificial intellige...