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Artists Call on Congress to Stop Corporations From Copyrighting AI Art
Together with writers and performers, visual artists declared an AI Day Of Action to fight for their copyrights.
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AI-Generated Artwork Not Eligible for Copyright, Judge Rules
The ruling argued that “human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright."
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Artists Skeptical of US Agreements with AI Companies
The Biden administration said tech giants including Meta and OpenAI “pledged” to safer and more transparent AI, but some creatives think the commitments don’t go far enough.
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Artists Accuse Fashion Brand Shein of Using AI to Steal Their Designs
Three artists filed suit against the fast-fashion company, claiming Shein employs a “byzantine shell game of corporate structure” in order to skirt legal consequences.
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We Tried Photoshop's New AI Tool on Art, With Mixed Results
The “Generative Fill” function lets you extend any image background and make other modifications, but even robots need art history lessons.
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AI-Generated “Impossible Statue” Is a Dispassionate Steel Mess
The sculpture, based on AI analysis of works by Michelangelo, Rodin, Käthe Kollwitz, Takamura Kotaro, and Augusta Savage, would make a great hood ornament for Elon Musk’s next venture into space.
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Amnesty International Slammed Over AI Protest Images
The organization apologized for publishing AI-generated photographs of Colombia’s 2021 protests.
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Italians Are Mad at Their Country’s New “Barbie Venus”
A government tourism campaign depicting Botticelli’s Venus as a “virtual influencer” is widely criticized as trivializing the nation’s cultural heritage.
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German Photographer Refuses Award for His AI “Photo”
Boris Eldagsen submitted an AI-generated image to the Sony World Photography Awards just to be “a cheeky monkey,” but he didn’t think he’d actually win.
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AI-Generated “Dope Francis” Fools the Internet
Many thought the picture of Pope Francis in a puffer jacket, created using Midjourney, was the real deal.
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AI Image Generators Finally Figured Out Hands
Midjourney fixed its inability to render hands realistically, one of the telltale signs of an image being AI-generated.
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Digital Artists Are Pushing Back Against AI
Using the hashtag “No to AI Art,” artists protest AI image generators' use of their work without permission or compensation.