• Don't Mess With The "Black Widow" - Scarlett Johansson Goes After "AI"

    From 62hx.1708@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 22 21:32:21 2024
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    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/22/scarlett-johansson-ai-california-00159351

    How Scarlett Johansson could shape California’s AI debate

    California’s lawmakers and labor groups have been raising
    alarms about the replication of entertainers’ voices and
    likenesses, a stance that’s pitted them against Hollywood
    studios and Silicon Valley.

    . . .

    A recent AI model was imitating her voice without
    permission and for purposes she would not get paid
    for. She is not the only Hollywood type to be getting
    ripped-off this way - but she IS very well known.

    An absolute blizzard of lawsuits and legislative
    initiatives and PR campaigns against "AI" makers is
    going to be the only useful approach now. Otherwise
    the relevance of "real people" in the entertainment
    industry is just OVER. The "AI"s can do you - image
    voice motions and backgrounds - for a buck ninety-five
    these days.

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