Today we're launching this investigation into LAION-5B, the blockbuster dataset behind Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. It's a deep dive into how the dataset was made, and where the images come from. The brilliant @christo_buschek & @blprnt follow the models all the way down. https://
t.co/jaWMoc29WD
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Investigation into LAION-5B dataset behind Midjourney and Stable Diffusion
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Tennessee ELVIS Act Protects Artists from Non-Consensual AI Resurrection
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ELVIS has risen – as the 'Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act' of Tennessee 2024. It protects living and dead artists from being resurrected as non-consensual AI characters. Great overview from Jennifer Rothman https://
rightofpublicityroadmap.com/news_commentar
y/tennessee-legislature-sends-right-of-publicity-bill-to-governors-desk/
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AI’s Growing Environmental Costs: Energy Crisis and Water Depletion
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My latest for @Nature
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nature.com/articles/d4158
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Generative AI and Copyright Law Crisis: Authorship Questions
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And here's my piece with @Lawgeek on generative AI and the crisis in copyright law: a radical moment in creative production with billions of works produced without any legally recognizable author.
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STS Scholars Address Generative AI Governance Challenges
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Just published: New @ISSUESinST collection of STS scholars addressing the urgent governance challenges of generative AI. This came from our year-long @ENS_ULM working group, where we each focused on one core problem:
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Calculating Empires Exhibition Opens in Milan Thursday
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NEWS! @TheCreaturesLab and I are about to open our exhibition: CALCULATING EMPIRES. It’s about technology, power, and the rise and fall of empires. Not just in this crazy week/year, but over 5 centuries. At the center: a 24 meter installation. Opens Milan, Thursday. More:
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New podcast series exploring AI training and its societal impacts
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NEW PODCAST! Want to understand AI with deeper context? We've launched a pod series on how AI is trained to interpret the world. Each ep has a research theme: from the social, legal, cultural, environmental & political impacts of generative AI. https://
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Kate Crawford Honored on TIME 100 AI List for AI Impact Work
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Honored to be on @TIME
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White House Secures Voluntary AI Safety Commitments from Tech Companies
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The White House got voluntary commitments from tech companies to self-manage AI risks. Interesting notes include: AI watermarks, not disclosing model weights, having external audits, and prioritizing research on societal risks. Much weaker than the EU. https://
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/
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Concerns about facial recognition technology discrimination
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What kind of 'face reading' though? Emotion recognition doesn't work, and produces its own kind of discriminatory effects. And gender rec is just