Artists are fighting back, using a range of tactics from legal action to IT hacks, in order to protect their creative output and secure their employment in the face of this new phenomenon. - EuroNews
And, just like Vine, TikTok created space for people "opening a small business or people who are no longer facing homelessness, people who are able to retire, creators who are now allowed to pursue their creative pursuits." - Los Angeles Times
Victoria Alonso's lawyer says that Alonso, "a gay Latina who had the courage to criticize Disney, was silenced." Disney, on the other hand, said it was because Alonso promoted an Oscar-nominated documentary on rival Amazon Prime. - Los Angeles Times
At Ben and Jerry's one night in Melbourne, Florida, it was the opening of the Banned Book Nook. Then there are the little free banned book libraries, the bookstores fundraising in order to give books away for free, and more pro-book activism. - NPR
The dialogue is abysmal, but experiments point "to a future where programs like ChatGPT don’t actually write movies, but generate plot ideas that could help human screenwriters out of trouble." - The Guardian (UK)
These critics of objectivity among journalism professionals, encouraged and enabled by many in the academic world, are convinced that journalism has failed on multiple fronts and that objectivity is at the root of the problem. - Washington Post
The companies will work together on this—they’ll codevelop new generative A.I. models, and Firefly is partially hosted on Picasso—and have accordingly come up with a joint approach to the thorny issue of copyright. - Yahoo!
Six months into a pilot program that pays 2,000 working artists €325 per week/€16,000 ($18,200) per year, the results look good: as one recipient said, "If I didn't have this, I wouldn't be doing art today." Most participants, however, are reluctant to discuss the program publicly. - The New York Times
Effective March 16, the Copyright Office’s statement of policy indicates that copyright applicants are permitted to submit AI-assisted works (across literature and visual arts) for protection under copyright law, and that the works will be evaluated for evidence of “human authorship.” - Hyperallergic
The process is difficult even for organizations with strong financial and administrative support. For smaller companies with less funding, it is daunting. - Broad Street Review
Watching these wounds being inflicted is painful. People who work in culture and the arts in this country are exhausted. The 30%Â cut to Arts Council England in 2010, when the now chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, was culture secretary, has done huge and long-term damage. - The Guardian
An alleged internal document was reported by the city's biggest tabloid to reveal that the complex is short $223 million (Aus), due to the lingering effects of the lockdowns. But the premier of the state of Victoria says the relevant funding budget hasn't even been written yet. - The Age (Melbourne)
“In general, I don't think people recognized how much of an economic footprint the arts have in this country,” he adds. “We are for sure seeing some setbacks for major industries in the arts, but we're seeing resilience too.” - The Art Newspaper
"The Ford government says it will maintain its $60-million in base funding for the Ontario Arts Council in next week’s budget but will not renew about $5-million in one-time grants for the culture sector." - The Globe and Mail (Canada)
O-1 visas for “individuals with extraordinary ability or achievement” would increase from $460 to $1,655. P-2 visas would jump from $460 to $1,615. The USCIS proposed the changes in January, arguing that the new rates would reflect an increase in costs at the agency. - MixMag
