📰 News Roundup

• James Cameron supports AI in movies: Speaking as part of a partnership with Meta, Cameron was interviewed by The Verge this week, speaking positively on AI in film: “People say: Gen AI can’t be as creative as humans. I think that’s dead wrong. I think it could be just as creative. What it can’t do is create that unique lived experience of an individual viewpoint, which is what we love the most in literature, in novels and film. It can’t do that, but it can be in service of that unique vision. And I intend to embrace it as much as I can.”

• Even ice cream isn’t safe from AI: Magnum ice cream has decided to turn to AI to help the brand design new products and find new alternatives to synthetic dyes. In-turn, Magnum hope to find a new best-selling flavor. A partnership with NotCo AI has been drawn up to try and achieve this.

• AI Music caught plagiarizing? One of our favorite AI tools SUNO is now in a lawsuit as major record labels are accusing the company of ripping original songs from YouTube. Suno has claimed that training its models on copyrighted materials is legally protected under the fair use doctrine.

• AI-generated politicians: Albania has created an AI-generated member of parliament. Releasing a video where she addresses the public. The member of parliament 'Diella' was appointed by Prime Minister Edi Rama last week.

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🤖 Don Allen Stevenson III: Meta Glasses First Response

There’s no denying it, Don Allen Stevenson III is one of our all-time favorite speakers as part of Artist and the Machine. Speaking at our LA Salon just a few months ago at Neuehouse in Venice, LA. As Meta have just dropped the new model of AI Rayban glasses and those viral Oakley performance lenses, who better to give their take on the new technology than Stevenson himself?

In a fascinating and insightful blog post, Stevenson breaks down the new technology. To read the full article, click HERE.

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