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3️⃣ The Australian Government has announced a number of AI priority initiatives.

Also there is increasing opposition to the Paramount–Warner Bros. proposed merger. Anthropic has approached the ABC to train AI on the radio and TV archive. And Indonesia is proposing significant changes to the country’s copyright law.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-44/

#WTFnow #Paramount #WarnerBros #AI #copyright

3️⃣ The unfair dismissal case between Jayson Gillham and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) came to an end leaving a friction point between artistic freedom and arts organisations’ bottom lines.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-43/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #AIlabelling #ArtisticFreedom

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-43/

1️⃣ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has drawn a line under the ‘will they won't they’ speculation a text and data mining exception might still happen. He also outlined Australia’s response to AI.

2️⃣ AI labels for music and anti-AI scraping initiatives were announced this week.

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #AIlabelling

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-43/

1️⃣ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has drawn a line under the ‘will they won't they’ speculation a text and data mining exception might still happen. He also outlined Australia’s response to AI.

2️⃣ AI labels for music and anti-AI scraping initiatives were announced this week.

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #AIlabelling

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-43/

1️⃣ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has drawn a line under the ‘will they won't they’ speculation a text and data mining exception might still happen. He also outlined Australia’s response to AI.

2️⃣ AI labels for music and anti-AI scraping initiatives were announced this week.

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #AIlabelling

3️⃣ A UK court dismissed a class action fronted by Blur drummer Dave Rowntree about music royalties but seems to just accept data gaps as a reality for collecting societies.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-42/

#WTFnow #music #MusicRoyalties

3️⃣ A UK court dismissed a class action fronted by Blur drummer Dave Rowntree about music royalties but seems to just accept data gaps as a reality for collecting societies.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-42/

#WTFnow #music #MusicRoyalties

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-42/

1️⃣ Anna Funder and Esther Anatolitis join the choir against a text and data mining copyright exception but critical copyright realities remain.

2️⃣ COMMUNIA and other civil society organisations are are concerned the Digital Omnibus could kill open data in Europe.

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #OpenData #DigitalOmnibus #CreativeCommons

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-42/

1️⃣ Anna Funder and Esther Anatolitis join the choir against a text and data mining copyright exception but critical copyright realities remain.

2️⃣ COMMUNIA and other civil society organisations are are concerned the Digital Omnibus could kill open data in Europe.

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #OpenData #DigitalOmnibus #CreativeCommons

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-42/

1️⃣ Anna Funder and Esther Anatolitis join the choir against a text and data mining copyright exception but critical copyright realities remain.

2️⃣ COMMUNIA and other civil society organisations are are concerned the Digital Omnibus could kill open data in Europe.

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #OpenData #DigitalOmnibus #CreativeCommons

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-42/

1️⃣ Anna Funder and Esther Anatolitis join the choir against a text and data mining copyright exception but critical copyright realities remain.

2️⃣ COMMUNIA and other civil society organisations are are concerned the Digital Omnibus could kill open data in Europe.

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #OpenData #DigitalOmnibus #CreativeCommons

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-42/

1️⃣ Anna Funder and Esther Anatolitis join the choir against a text and data mining copyright exception but critical copyright realities remain.

2️⃣ COMMUNIA and other civil society organisations are are concerned the Digital Omnibus could kill open data in Europe.

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #OpenData #DigitalOmnibus #CreativeCommons

3/3

And Backrooms is going back to cinemas, Netflix is going all in on AI to generate personalised homepages and the ACCC is taking action against Amazon over Prime Video ads.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-41/

#WTFnow #films #cinema #Backrooms #A24 #Netflix #Amazon #PrimeVideo

2/3

3️⃣ Rising production costs and cost-of-living pressures means it’s curtains for multiple Australian musicals while other productions look to KeyComp to cut their orchestra headcount.

There are also updates on the US social media addiction cases, the AI-powered cyber security threats and Paramount’s bid to buy Warner Bros.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-41/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #CateBlanchett #HumanContentRegistry #PersonalityRights

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/3

1️⃣ The copyright and AI debate continues to escalate with an open letter declaring ‘Australia's creators are not a tech subsidy.’

2️⃣ Cate Blanchett’s nonprofit has released the Human Consent Registry and traffic light technical tools to signal if AI can legally use someone’s likeness.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-41/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #CateBlanchett #HumanContentRegistry #PersonalityRights

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/3

1️⃣ The copyright and AI debate continues to escalate with an open letter declaring ‘Australia's creators are not a tech subsidy.’

2️⃣ Cate Blanchett’s nonprofit has released the Human Consent Registry and traffic light technical tools to signal if AI can legally use someone’s likeness.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-41/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #CateBlanchett #HumanContentRegistry #PersonalityRights

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/3

1️⃣ The copyright and AI debate continues to escalate with an open letter declaring ‘Australia's creators are not a tech subsidy.’

2️⃣ Cate Blanchett’s nonprofit has released the Human Consent Registry and traffic light technical tools to signal if AI can legally use someone’s likeness.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-41/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #CateBlanchett #HumanContentRegistry #PersonalityRights

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/3

1️⃣ The copyright and AI debate continues to escalate with an open letter declaring ‘Australia's creators are not a tech subsidy.’

2️⃣ Cate Blanchett’s nonprofit has released the Human Consent Registry and traffic light technical tools to signal if AI can legally use someone’s likeness.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-41/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #CateBlanchett #HumanContentRegistry #PersonalityRights

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/3

1️⃣ The copyright and AI debate continues to escalate with an open letter declaring ‘Australia's creators are not a tech subsidy.’

2️⃣ Cate Blanchett’s nonprofit has released the Human Consent Registry and traffic light technical tools to signal if AI can legally use someone’s likeness.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-41/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #CateBlanchett #HumanContentRegistry #PersonalityRights

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/3

1️⃣ The copyright and AI debate continues to escalate with an open letter declaring ‘Australia's creators are not a tech subsidy.’

2️⃣ Cate Blanchett’s nonprofit has released the Human Consent Registry and traffic light technical tools to signal if AI can legally use someone’s likeness.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: #WTFnow #AI #copyright #CateBlanchett #HumanContentRegistry #PersonalityRights

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/3

1️⃣ The copyright and AI debate continues to escalate with an open letter declaring ‘Australia's creators are not a tech subsidy.’

2️⃣ Cate Blanchett’s nonprofit has released the Human Consent Registry and traffic light technical tools to signal if AI can legally use someone’s likeness.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: #WTFnow #AI #copyright #CateBlanchett #HumanContentRegistry #PersonalityRights

2/3

3️⃣ The arts may think they aren’t a target for cyber attacks but numerous incidents over the last five years say otherwise. How will the arts and GLAM respond to the Five Eyes warning?

4️⃣ The EU has signed the ‘Europe for Culture, Culture for Europe’ joint declaration committing to place ‘culture at the heart of the European project’.

5️⃣ Lachlan Murdoch’s Fox Corporation will acquire set-top box maker Roku.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-40/

#WTFnow #CyberSecurity

Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/3

1️⃣ Senator Pocock has accused the government of secretly considering a text and data (TDM) mining exception despite multiple statements from government saying a TDM exception is not on the table.

2️⃣ The Five Eyes cyber security agencies have made a joint warning that most businesses and organisations are not ready for a wave of AI-accelerated cyber risks.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-40/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #TDM

2/2

Also, recent horror movie successes bringing stories from YouTube to cinemas bypassed the traditional Hollywood production pipeline.

And there are updates on the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, the removal of Trump’s name from the Kennedy Centre and the Californian social media addiction case.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: http://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-39/

#WTFnow #HorrorMovies #Backrooms #Obsession #Paramount #WarnerBros #KennedyCentre #SocialMedia #SocialMediaAddiction

Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/2

AI regulation and infrastructure battlegrounds continue be drawn up with the possible shift of the US Register of Copyrights to a presidential appointment and the Australian Assistant Minister for Digital Economy warning Australia needs to not make the same mistake with data centres it did with gas.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-39/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #DataCentres

Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/2

AI regulation and infrastructure battlegrounds continue be drawn up with the possible shift of the US Register of Copyrights to a presidential appointment and the Australian Assistant Minister for Digital Economy warning Australia needs to not make the same mistake with data centres it did with gas.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-39/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #DataCentres

Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/2

AI regulation and infrastructure battlegrounds continue be drawn up with the possible shift of the US Register of Copyrights to a presidential appointment and the Australian Assistant Minister for Digital Economy warning Australia needs to not make the same mistake with data centres it did with gas.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-39/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #DataCentres

Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/2

AI regulation and infrastructure battlegrounds continue be drawn up with the possible shift of the US Register of Copyrights to a presidential appointment and the Australian Assistant Minister for Digital Economy warning Australia needs to not make the same mistake with data centres it did with gas.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-39/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #DataCentres

Here’s WTF happened this week:

1/2

AI regulation and infrastructure battlegrounds continue be drawn up with the possible shift of the US Register of Copyrights to a presidential appointment and the Australian Assistant Minister for Digital Economy warning Australia needs to not make the same mistake with data centres it did with gas.

➡️ Read the full round-up online: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-39/

#WTFnow #AI #copyright #DataCentres

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Midyear already?! Every week so far I have published a round-up of WTF is happening now in AI, the arts, technology, marketing, copyright and open knowledge. If you want to know WTF is up with those topics too then subscribe. 😺

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Midyear already?! Every week so far I have published a round-up of WTF is happening now in AI, the arts, technology, marketing, copyright and open knowledge. If you want to know WTF is up with those topics too then subscribe. 😺

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Midyear already?! Every week so far I have published a round-up of WTF is happening now in AI, the arts, technology, marketing, copyright and open knowledge. If you want to know WTF is up with those topics too then subscribe. 😺

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#WTFnow #AI #AIregulation #AIsafety #Arts #ArtsAndCulture #tech #technology #copyright #CopyrightReform #OpenKnowledge #FreeCulture #CreativeCommons elliottbledsoe.wtf

Midyear already?! Every week so far I have published a round-up of WTF is happening now in AI, the arts, technology, marketing, copyright and open knowledge. If you want to know WTF is up with those topics too then subscribe. 😺

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New Zealand is pursuing copyright changes to meet free trade agreement obligations and other reform ideas. The Paramount–Warner Bros. merger is facing more challenges. Also Apple has attributed new child safety features to Australia's social media age ban (well, partly!) and Screen Queensland has paused this year’s Brisbane International Film Festival.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #copyright #CopyrightReform #Paramount #WarnerBros #MediaMergers #Apple #ChildSafety #ScreenQueensland

New Zealand is pursuing copyright changes to meet free trade agreement obligations and other reform ideas. The Paramount–Warner Bros. merger is facing more challenges. Also Apple has attributed new child safety features to Australia's social media age ban (well, partly!) and Screen Queensland has paused this year’s Brisbane International Film Festival.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #copyright #CopyrightReform #Paramount #WarnerBros #MediaMergers #Apple #ChildSafety #ScreenQueensland

New Zealand is pursuing copyright changes to meet free trade agreement obligations and other reform ideas. The Paramount–Warner Bros. merger is facing more challenges. Also Apple has attributed new child safety features to Australia's social media age ban (well, partly!) and Screen Queensland has paused this year’s Brisbane International Film Festival.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #copyright #CopyrightReform #Paramount #WarnerBros #MediaMergers #Apple #ChildSafety #ScreenQueensland

New Zealand is pursuing copyright changes to meet free trade agreement obligations and other reform ideas. The Paramount–Warner Bros. merger is facing more challenges. Also Apple has attributed new child safety features to Australia's social media age ban (well, partly!) and Screen Queensland has paused this year’s Brisbane International Film Festival.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #copyright #CopyrightReform #Paramount #WarnerBros #MediaMergers #Apple #ChildSafety #ScreenQueensland

New Zealand is pursuing copyright changes to meet free trade agreement obligations and other reform ideas. The Paramount–Warner Bros. merger is facing more challenges. Also Apple has attributed new child safety features to Australia's social media age ban (well, partly!) and Screen Queensland has paused this year’s Brisbane International Film Festival.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #copyright #CopyrightReform #Paramount #WarnerBros #MediaMergers #Apple #ChildSafety #ScreenQueensland

Here's WTF happened this week:

Anthropic and OpenAI have both taken steps towards IPOs. Canada's AI for All strategy and Australia's AI regulatory response have found themselves under pressure. Also, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) issued The Paris Commitment to human creativity.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #AIRegulation #AISafety #TheParisCommitment

Here's WTF happened this week:

Anthropic and OpenAI have both taken steps towards IPOs. Canada's AI for All strategy and Australia's AI regulatory response have found themselves under pressure. Also, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) issued The Paris Commitment to human creativity.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #AIRegulation #AISafety #TheParisCommitment

Here's WTF happened this week:

Anthropic and OpenAI have both taken steps towards IPOs. Canada's AI for All strategy and Australia's AI regulatory response have found themselves under pressure. Also, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) issued The Paris Commitment to human creativity.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #AIRegulation #AISafety #TheParisCommitment

Here's WTF happened this week:

Anthropic and OpenAI have both taken steps towards IPOs. Canada's AI for All strategy and Australia's AI regulatory response have found themselves under pressure. Also, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) issued The Paris Commitment to human creativity.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #AIRegulation #AISafety #TheParisCommitment

Here's WTF happened this week:

Anthropic and OpenAI have both taken steps towards IPOs. Canada's AI for All strategy and Australia's AI regulatory response have found themselves under pressure. Also, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) issued The Paris Commitment to human creativity.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-38/

#WTFnow #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #AIRegulation #AISafety #TheParisCommitment

Also: A Financial Review opinion piece says Michelle Rowlands needs to find a solution to the copyright and AI problem or risk losing AI investment, Amazon Web Services outages tied to AI have been blamed on humans, Accenture is tying promotions to AI usage and Wikipedia has blacklisted archive.today because it executed a DDoS attack against a blogger.

#WTFnow #CopyrightAndAI #Wikipedia @wikipedia
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-23/

Also: A Financial Review opinion piece says Michelle Rowlands needs to find a solution to the copyright and AI problem or risk losing AI investment, Amazon Web Services outages tied to AI have been blamed on humans, Accenture is tying promotions to AI usage and Wikipedia has blacklisted archive.today because it executed a DDoS attack against a blogger.

#WTFnow #CopyrightAndAI #Wikipedia @wikipedia
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-23/

Two recent reports show that diversity in the arts is improving, Creative Commons is looking at openness in context and The Music is experimenting with AI using their music journalism.

#WTFnow #CreativeCommons #Music #MusicJournalism @creativecommons
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-23/

Two recent reports show that diversity in the arts is improving, Creative Commons is looking at openness in context and The Music is experimenting with AI using their music journalism.

#WTFnow #CreativeCommons #Music #MusicJournalism @creativecommons
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-23/

WTF happened this week?:

An AI agent went rogue and turned vindictive against a human who rejected its code suggestions and sloppy reporting of the matter reinforces why journalistic ethics are so important in an AI era.

#WTFnow #AIagents #OpenSource
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-23/

WTF happened this week?:

An AI agent went rogue and turned vindictive against a human who rejected its code suggestions and sloppy reporting of the matter reinforces why journalistic ethics are so important in an AI era.

#WTFnow #AIagents #OpenSource
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-23/