My latest handmade ideas about artificial intelligence
Creative controversies on every corner
I'm an art director and photo editor. I'm a mentor, a teacher, a writer, and a public speaker. Just like you, I’ve been increasingly curious about the conversations surrounding creativity and artificial intelligence. I wonder about the impact it will have on my career in the creative industry. I created THE GRAIN to be a platform for meaningful dialogue with critical thinkers, and to share them with you. Leave your comments or write me at ronit@thegrain.ai.
Here are some newsworthy insights I’ve recently shared about the impact of artificial intelligence on our creative industry: Takeaways from the Canadian government backtracking on using generative AI to promote a birthday bash, my own impressions from watching the controversial movie The Last Screenwriter, and how the battles over copyright in AI music programs should be sorted out soon enough.
Music industry vs. AI sounds like a struggle to sync the right notes
The biggest record companies in the U.S. suing AI music generators for copyright infringement has been on the radar of THE GRAIN since June 24, when Universal, Sony and Warner alleged that Suno and Udio are training on copyrighted music, which has led to the artists and distributors being
'The Last Screenwriter' review: A creative playbook for the future
I’d been following the developments surrounding the world’s first known AI-scripted feature-length film after its London premiere on June 23 was cancelled due to a fierce backlash. It’s the story of a celebrated screenwriter who hesitantly uses AI to write his next film—then finds the script
Canada is sorry for celebrating its birthday with AI
Canada’s embassy in D.C. deleted an AI-generated promotional image after failing to acknowledge its source—which led THE GRAIN to wonder where it originated from. Rather than coming from a prompt to a generator like DALL-E, Midjourney or StableDiffusion, it was sourced from
Some other stories I’m following…
AI’s brain fog won’t stop a reckoning for the arts [Bloomberg]
The technology is taking hold in industries where hallucinations can be an advantage, and where there’s less risk in getting things wrongIt’s time for the Biden campaign to embrace AI [HuffPost]
He noted that he “might not walk as easily or talk as smoothly as I used to.” AI could help with this, explains Kaivan ShroffHow fear of AI could limit its benefits to a few [Axios]
Miriam Vogel—president and CEO of EqualAI—believes that the only thing we have to fear about AI is the fear of AI itselfHollywood stars’ estates agree to the use of their voices with AI [CNN]
ElevenLabs is making digitally produced celebrity voice-overs of deceased actors including Judy Garland, James Dean and Burt ReynoldsMeet the winner of the world's first AI beauty pageant [Daily Mail]
Moroccan 'influencer' Kenza Layli claims the £15,000 prize after beating off competition from 1,500 computer-generated women
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