Deana Igelsrud
@digelsrud.bsky.social
Leg/Pol Advocate, Concept Art Association. Working to protect human artists/creators from predatory extraction of their IP, which then is used as data fuel for unregulated genAI. My statements here are my own, and should not be attributed to anyone else.
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Deana Igelsrud
@digelsrud.bsky.social
· Apr 10
🚨CALL TO ACTION 🚨
Please go follow @bauerkahan.bsky.social
She”s the author of #AB412 (the AI Copyright Transparency Act bill).
Please follow her and tell her how you are impacted and thank her for AB-412.
Also, tell all your friends to do the same.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN CA FOR THIS.
Please go follow @bauerkahan.bsky.social
She”s the author of #AB412 (the AI Copyright Transparency Act bill).
Please follow her and tell her how you are impacted and thank her for AB-412.
Also, tell all your friends to do the same.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN CA FOR THIS.
SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY!
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY!
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY!
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
Join us here:
March2Testify.org
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify #CAAB412
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
Join us here:
March2Testify.org
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify #CAAB412
December 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY!
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
Join us here:
March2Testify.org
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify #CAAB412
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
Join us here:
March2Testify.org
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify #CAAB412
SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY!
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify
CA AB412 Matters | March2Testify
YouTube video by Project Digital Identity
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY!
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify
THIS IS AN ALL-HANDS-ON-DECK MOMENT!!! SHOW UP!!! SPEAK OUT ON 12/08/2025 !!!
#CreateDontScrape #SuppprtHumanArtists
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SuppprtHumanArtists
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
THIS IS AN ALL-HANDS-ON-DECK MOMENT!!! SHOW UP!!! SPEAK OUT ON 12/08/2025 !!!
#CreateDontScrape #SuppprtHumanArtists
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SuppprtHumanArtists
RSVP here:
bit.ly/44lRMsX
1 of 2… A little more than a year ago I had the pleasure of being on a panel w/Karla, Ben, Jon, Reid & Mia to talk about the fight against GenAI. #LightBox just posted the video their channel, check it out here… #TheFutureIsHuman #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
youtu.be/O6MywwVoCCc?...
youtu.be/O6MywwVoCCc?...
Glaze 2 Nightshade: Protecting Art Against GenAI
YouTube video by LightBox Expo
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
1 of 2… A little more than a year ago I had the pleasure of being on a panel w/Karla, Ben, Jon, Reid & Mia to talk about the fight against GenAI. #LightBox just posted the video their channel, check it out here… #TheFutureIsHuman #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
youtu.be/O6MywwVoCCc?...
youtu.be/O6MywwVoCCc?...
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
California Writers we need you! AI companies won’t tell us what books they trained on.
AB-412 would change that.
Bay Area authors: show up at Stanford Dec. 8 @ 10am and tell lawmakers why transparency matters.
#AuthorsGuild #AB412
AB-412 would change that.
Bay Area authors: show up at Stanford Dec. 8 @ 10am and tell lawmakers why transparency matters.
#AuthorsGuild #AB412
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
California Writers we need you! AI companies won’t tell us what books they trained on.
AB-412 would change that.
Bay Area authors: show up at Stanford Dec. 8 @ 10am and tell lawmakers why transparency matters.
#AuthorsGuild #AB412
AB-412 would change that.
Bay Area authors: show up at Stanford Dec. 8 @ 10am and tell lawmakers why transparency matters.
#AuthorsGuild #AB412
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
The @authorsguild.org reminds Bay Area authors: WE NEED YOU.
A special hearing on the AI Copyright Transparency Act (AB-412) is Dec. 8 at Stanford.
Show up. Be counted. Tell lawmakers how AI impacts your writing life.
📍 Stanford University, Paul Brest Hall, 10am
✍️ 15-sec public comments!
#AB412
A special hearing on the AI Copyright Transparency Act (AB-412) is Dec. 8 at Stanford.
Show up. Be counted. Tell lawmakers how AI impacts your writing life.
📍 Stanford University, Paul Brest Hall, 10am
✍️ 15-sec public comments!
#AB412
authorsguild.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The @authorsguild.org reminds Bay Area authors: WE NEED YOU.
A special hearing on the AI Copyright Transparency Act (AB-412) is Dec. 8 at Stanford.
Show up. Be counted. Tell lawmakers how AI impacts your writing life.
📍 Stanford University, Paul Brest Hall, 10am
✍️ 15-sec public comments!
#AB412
A special hearing on the AI Copyright Transparency Act (AB-412) is Dec. 8 at Stanford.
Show up. Be counted. Tell lawmakers how AI impacts your writing life.
📍 Stanford University, Paul Brest Hall, 10am
✍️ 15-sec public comments!
#AB412
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
The hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley and we need you to SHOW UP!
#AB412 received overwhelming support. Because countless groups & individuals spoke up, we now have a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
RSVP today: bit.ly/44lRMsX
#AB412 received overwhelming support. Because countless groups & individuals spoke up, we now have a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
RSVP today: bit.ly/44lRMsX
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley and we need you to SHOW UP!
#AB412 received overwhelming support. Because countless groups & individuals spoke up, we now have a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
RSVP today: bit.ly/44lRMsX
#AB412 received overwhelming support. Because countless groups & individuals spoke up, we now have a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
RSVP today: bit.ly/44lRMsX
That’s right @kortizart.bsky.social ! We need ALL HANDS ON DECK for this! Artists & Creators - let your voices be heard on 12/08/25!!!
1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
That’s right @kortizart.bsky.social ! We need ALL HANDS ON DECK for this! Artists & Creators - let your voices be heard on 12/08/25!!!
#AB412 received overwhelming support. Bcuz countless orgs & individuals spoke up, we secured a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP!
RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP!
RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
#AB412 received overwhelming support. Bcuz countless orgs & individuals spoke up, we secured a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP!
RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP!
RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412 received overwhelming support. Because countless orgs & individuals spoke up, we secured a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP! We need EVERYONE there #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP! We need EVERYONE there #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#AB412 received overwhelming support. Because countless orgs & individuals spoke up, we secured a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP! We need EVERYONE there #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP! We need EVERYONE there #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
Mark your calendars THIS FRIDAY (10/24) 2:30pm at Lightbox. Myself, Karla Ortiz, & Ben Zhao will be discussing new tools/updates re: combating GenAI legislatively, as well as in court & new tools.
We’re making progress. Banding together we can & are combating theft of creative works from so many.
We’re making progress. Banding together we can & are combating theft of creative works from so many.
October 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Mark your calendars THIS FRIDAY (10/24) 2:30pm at Lightbox. Myself, Karla Ortiz, & Ben Zhao will be discussing new tools/updates re: combating GenAI legislatively, as well as in court & new tools.
We’re making progress. Banding together we can & are combating theft of creative works from so many.
We’re making progress. Banding together we can & are combating theft of creative works from so many.
Thank you @jackohman.bsky.social for the excellent column in the SF Chronicle about this!
#SupportHumanArtists #NoAI
#AB412
Also, don’t forget to sign our petition in support of @bauerkahan.bsky.social’s
AI Copyright Transparency Act (link to follow).
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#SupportHumanArtists #NoAI
#AB412
Also, don’t forget to sign our petition in support of @bauerkahan.bsky.social’s
AI Copyright Transparency Act (link to follow).
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I’m a political cartoonist. AI is making a mockery of my profession
OPINION: "The internet is now crawling with AI-generated political cartoons that mimic the work of my colleagues," writes Jack Ohman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist.
www.sfchronicle.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Thank you @jackohman.bsky.social for the excellent column in the SF Chronicle about this!
#SupportHumanArtists #NoAI
#AB412
Also, don’t forget to sign our petition in support of @bauerkahan.bsky.social’s
AI Copyright Transparency Act (link to follow).
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#SupportHumanArtists #NoAI
#AB412
Also, don’t forget to sign our petition in support of @bauerkahan.bsky.social’s
AI Copyright Transparency Act (link to follow).
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: A bit of historical context for the past week's news that, gee, "AI" isn't all it's cracked up to be
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
w/@alexhanna.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
w/@alexhanna.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
“AI” skepticism went mainstream this week
After years of non-stop hype and bloviation, a flood of recent news stories suggest the tide may be turning on “AI”. Headlines this week announced AI is a...
buttondown.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: A bit of historical context for the past week's news that, gee, "AI" isn't all it's cracked up to be
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
w/@alexhanna.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
w/@alexhanna.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
Why people are still using Zoom’s AI that they can then sell to data vendors, is totally beyond me. Do people STILL not read the Terms of Service for these things???
If you have to use Zoom - seriously DO NOT use their AI …
If you have to use Zoom - seriously DO NOT use their AI …
Incredible new privacy risk: Redditor recounts doing a job interview over Zoom with an AI notetaker on the call (Fathom). After the applicant left the call, the interviewers stayed on to discuss/bash her. She then got their post-call remarks in the AI summary. www.reddit.com/r/interviews...
I was accidentally sent the interviewers’ feedback of me after I logged off our Zoom call!
www.reddit.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Why people are still using Zoom’s AI that they can then sell to data vendors, is totally beyond me. Do people STILL not read the Terms of Service for these things???
If you have to use Zoom - seriously DO NOT use their AI …
If you have to use Zoom - seriously DO NOT use their AI …
They should call this what it really is - putting a corporate spy into your kids bedroom. No thanks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/a...
They’re Stuffed Animals. They’re Also A.I. Chatbots.
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
They should call this what it really is - putting a corporate spy into your kids bedroom. No thanks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/a...
Bravo Daniel Kwan - yes, it is ABSOLUTELY going to take all of us holding hands and working together!
#SupportHumanArtists
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
#SupportHumanArtists
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Daniel Kwan Has a Plan to Tackle AI’s Hollywood Takeover and It Requires “Unprecedented” Action
The Oscar-winning filmmaker of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ delivered a passionate plea for the future of Hollywood during a conversation with Jaron Lanier presented by Berggruen Institute’s St...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Bravo Daniel Kwan - yes, it is ABSOLUTELY going to take all of us holding hands and working together!
#SupportHumanArtists
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
#SupportHumanArtists
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
August 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
1/7 This is Showrunner AI, a startup that just a few weeks ago got Amazon funding to become the “Netflix of AI” as reported by Forbes, Business Insider, NBC News and so on.
Frustratingly, no news outlets asked or researched the data used by Showrunner. Well after some digging here’s it is👇
Frustratingly, no news outlets asked or researched the data used by Showrunner. Well after some digging here’s it is👇
The Showrunner AI people say it's NOT just a tool, it's a competitor, and that pencils don't stand up and write by themselves.
This is what artists have been saying, but used as pro-AI marketing. It's the quiet part out loud, and quite frankly, probably good evidence in court.
This is what artists have been saying, but used as pro-AI marketing. It's the quiet part out loud, and quite frankly, probably good evidence in court.
August 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
1/7 This is Showrunner AI, a startup that just a few weeks ago got Amazon funding to become the “Netflix of AI” as reported by Forbes, Business Insider, NBC News and so on.
Frustratingly, no news outlets asked or researched the data used by Showrunner. Well after some digging here’s it is👇
Frustratingly, no news outlets asked or researched the data used by Showrunner. Well after some digging here’s it is👇
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
That's right, singers! The Network Television Code has increased payments for singers that multi-track or sweeten three times or more in a session. Now you just need to VOTE to lock in this gain! Get more info at sagaftra.org/netcode2025.
August 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
That's right, singers! The Network Television Code has increased payments for singers that multi-track or sweeten three times or more in a session. Now you just need to VOTE to lock in this gain! Get more info at sagaftra.org/netcode2025.
Attention Artists - if you have the ability to put a robots.txt block on your website - you absolutely should!
More people need to do this, but unfortunately not everyone has the ability to do it. Here’s an excellent study from UCSD (it’s a very quick, MUST READ) !!!
More people need to do this, but unfortunately not everyone has the ability to do it. Here’s an excellent study from UCSD (it’s a very quick, MUST READ) !!!
A lot of my friends are visual artists and they're struggling/are concerned about protecting their work from #genAI.
This is a good overview of the things they can/cannot do in this area.
@digelsrud.bsky.social
This is a good overview of the things they can/cannot do in this area.
@digelsrud.bsky.social
How can visual artists protect their work from non-consensual reuse by #genAI tools? It's complicated: today.ucsd.edu/story/how-ca...
#generativeAI #AIcrawlers #AI #visualarts #visualartists
@ucsandiego.bsky.social @uofchicago.bsky.social
#generativeAI #AIcrawlers #AI #visualarts #visualartists
@ucsandiego.bsky.social @uofchicago.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Attention Artists - if you have the ability to put a robots.txt block on your website - you absolutely should!
More people need to do this, but unfortunately not everyone has the ability to do it. Here’s an excellent study from UCSD (it’s a very quick, MUST READ) !!!
More people need to do this, but unfortunately not everyone has the ability to do it. Here’s an excellent study from UCSD (it’s a very quick, MUST READ) !!!
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
Reposted by Deana Igelsrud
