Human Artistry Campaign
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Advocating for responsible AI use that empowers & supports human creativity. humanartistrycampaign.com
Stealing art is one thing, but stealing a generation’s confidence in their own abilities is unbelievable
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Stealing art is one thing, but stealing a generation’s confidence in their own abilities is unbelievable
Why do we need this? This isn't innovation. It's evil slop.
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People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized
People are using OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate videos of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking being brutalized in ghoulish ways.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Why do we need this? This isn't innovation. It's evil slop.
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Genuine question - what are OpenAI’s Sora and other video generation tools good for?
I am honestly trying to understand what is so important that it’s worth the cost. If you have examples, I would be interested to hear them.
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I am honestly trying to understand what is so important that it’s worth the cost. If you have examples, I would be interested to hear them.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized
People are using OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate videos of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking being brutalized in ghoulish ways.
futurism.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Genuine question - what are OpenAI’s Sora and other video generation tools good for?
I am honestly trying to understand what is so important that it’s worth the cost. If you have examples, I would be interested to hear them.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
I am honestly trying to understand what is so important that it’s worth the cost. If you have examples, I would be interested to hear them.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Spotted on the G train on one of those dystopian AI friend ads
September 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Spotted on the G train on one of those dystopian AI friend ads
"This settlement sends a clear message to the Big Tech companies splashing generative A.I. over every app and page and program: You are not above the law."
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Opinion | I Sued Anthropic, and the Unthinkable Happened
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September 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"This settlement sends a clear message to the Big Tech companies splashing generative A.I. over every app and page and program: You are not above the law."
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Human Artistry Campaign Statement on Historic $1.5 Billion Settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic
September 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Human Artistry Campaign Statement on Historic $1.5 Billion Settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic
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"In a landmark settlement, Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to a group of authors and publishers after a judge ruled it had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books."
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
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September 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"In a landmark settlement, Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to a group of authors and publishers after a judge ruled it had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books."
'''This is the largest IP theft in human history. That’s not hyperbole. We are seeing tens of millions of works being infringed daily.'" -- How AI Firms Are Stealing Music @billboard.com
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‘The Largest IP Theft in Human History’: Breaking Down The Years-Long Investigation Into How AI Firms Are Stealing Music
How AI firms like OpenAI and Meta steal music by scraping copyrighted works to train generative artificial intelligence systems, according to ICMP.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
'''This is the largest IP theft in human history. That’s not hyperbole. We are seeing tens of millions of works being infringed daily.'" -- How AI Firms Are Stealing Music @billboard.com
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“There have to be rules of the road, so that regular people aren't roadkill for these big companies making money off viral videos.” @klobuchar.senate.gov
Deepfakes don’t discriminate. Athletes, artists, leaders, and everyday people are all targets. It’s time for safeguards. bit.ly/45KQZBX
Deepfakes don’t discriminate. Athletes, artists, leaders, and everyday people are all targets. It’s time for safeguards. bit.ly/45KQZBX
Sen. Amy Klobuchar renews push for legislation to crack down on AI deepfakes
This comes after a fake video went viral on social media in recent weeks manipulating Klobuchar's voice into making inappropriate comments.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“There have to be rules of the road, so that regular people aren't roadkill for these big companies making money off viral videos.” @klobuchar.senate.gov
Deepfakes don’t discriminate. Athletes, artists, leaders, and everyday people are all targets. It’s time for safeguards. bit.ly/45KQZBX
Deepfakes don’t discriminate. Athletes, artists, leaders, and everyday people are all targets. It’s time for safeguards. bit.ly/45KQZBX
"With A.I., the technology has gotten ahead of the law, and we can’t let it go any further without rules of the road." @klobuchar.senate.gov
Congress must act now to protect Americans from deepfakes.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/amy-klobuchar-deepfakes.html?smid=bs-share
Congress must act now to protect Americans from deepfakes.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/amy-klobuchar-deepfakes.html?smid=bs-share
Opinion | Amy Klobuchar: What I Didn’t Say About Sydney Sweeney
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August 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"With A.I., the technology has gotten ahead of the law, and we can’t let it go any further without rules of the road." @klobuchar.senate.gov
Congress must act now to protect Americans from deepfakes.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/amy-klobuchar-deepfakes.html?smid=bs-share
Congress must act now to protect Americans from deepfakes.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/amy-klobuchar-deepfakes.html?smid=bs-share
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Great piece by Copyright Clearance Center CEO Tracey Armstrong: “What good are AI-generated summaries of today’s news if there are no journalists to report it?… Stealing American creativity only weakens AI by starving it of quality inputs in the long term.”
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Copyright Licensing Powers Responsible AI – DC Journal - InsideSources
Generative artificial intelligence has three basic (and seemingly insatiable) needs: energy, chips and training content. We are all familiar with how AI
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August 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Great piece by Copyright Clearance Center CEO Tracey Armstrong: “What good are AI-generated summaries of today’s news if there are no journalists to report it?… Stealing American creativity only weakens AI by starving it of quality inputs in the long term.”
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Following the US Senate's 99-1 vote on the Blackburn/Cantwell amendment to strike a proposed 10-year ban on state regulation of AI, the Human Artistry Campaign issued the following statement:
July 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Following the US Senate's 99-1 vote on the Blackburn/Cantwell amendment to strike a proposed 10-year ban on state regulation of AI, the Human Artistry Campaign issued the following statement:
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In today's newsletter, @hannahstoryb.bsky.social wrote about the heat dome trapping much of the country, the AI industry turning up the heat, and how undeterred voters in New York City showed what can still be accomplished within the harsh parameters of our unequal, fast-warming world.
Chatbot, Are We Cooked?
It’s too damn hot, and Big Tech is turning up the heat.
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June 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In today's newsletter, @hannahstoryb.bsky.social wrote about the heat dome trapping much of the country, the AI industry turning up the heat, and how undeterred voters in New York City showed what can still be accomplished within the harsh parameters of our unequal, fast-warming world.
“A global survey found that only one in four respondents believe AI companies should be allowed to train their models on any publicly available text or images. The majority favour more restrictive approaches, including the requirement for explicit permission from content creators.” bit.ly/3ZNOWuG
Most AI researchers reject free use of public data to train AI models - Impact of Social Sciences
Cian O’Donovan finds most AI researchers oppose companies using public data for AI training, as creatives protest and tensions grow between policy, industry and public expectations.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“A global survey found that only one in four respondents believe AI companies should be allowed to train their models on any publicly available text or images. The majority favour more restrictive approaches, including the requirement for explicit permission from content creators.” bit.ly/3ZNOWuG
Animation workers' unions call on lawmakers "to fight for culture and art and the value it provides" and to pass legislation to protect workers whose livihoods are at risk from widespread, irresponsible gen AI use www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
International Coalition Of Worker Unions Declares Emergency Over AI Use In Animation
Over two dozen entertainment unions in Europe and North America are calling for action to prevent artificial intelligence from taking over the animation industry.
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June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Animation workers' unions call on lawmakers "to fight for culture and art and the value it provides" and to pass legislation to protect workers whose livihoods are at risk from widespread, irresponsible gen AI use www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
Country icon Martina McBride testified before Congress in support of the NO FAKES Act, which would protect us all from nonconsensual AI deepfakes & voice clones. Join us & tell your reps to support NO FAKES! p2a.co/fCscPAf
June 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Country icon Martina McBride testified before Congress in support of the NO FAKES Act, which would protect us all from nonconsensual AI deepfakes & voice clones. Join us & tell your reps to support NO FAKES! p2a.co/fCscPAf
"I'd love to be like a pure punk rock artist and be like, art isn't about the money. But what really happens if you don't pay artists is not a punk rock thing. What happens is all the biggest corporate giants just own & control everything." www.axios.com/2025/06/04/j...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: "Not a punk rock thing" to use artists' work to train AI for free
"What really happens if you don't pay artists is not a punk rock thing," the actor said.
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June 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"I'd love to be like a pure punk rock artist and be like, art isn't about the money. But what really happens if you don't pay artists is not a punk rock thing. What happens is all the biggest corporate giants just own & control everything." www.axios.com/2025/06/04/j...
In his acceptance speech for Billboard's Creators’ Champion Award in London, megastar @eltonofficial had a clear message for the UK government and its polarizing AI bill:
“We will not back down and we will not go away quietly. This is just the beginning.” www.billboard.com/pro/elton-jo...
“We will not back down and we will not go away quietly. This is just the beginning.” www.billboard.com/pro/elton-jo...
Elton John Warns U.K. Government ‘We Will Not Back Down’ Over AI Bill at Billboard’s Global Power Players Event: Read His Full Speech
Elton John spoke at Billboard's Global Power Player event in London and called upon the British government to scrap its controversial AI bill.
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June 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In his acceptance speech for Billboard's Creators’ Champion Award in London, megastar @eltonofficial had a clear message for the UK government and its polarizing AI bill:
“We will not back down and we will not go away quietly. This is just the beginning.” www.billboard.com/pro/elton-jo...
“We will not back down and we will not go away quietly. This is just the beginning.” www.billboard.com/pro/elton-jo...
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Meta has almost $78 billion cash on hand. One could, idk, pay to license things. Just a thought.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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May 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Meta has almost $78 billion cash on hand. One could, idk, pay to license things. Just a thought.
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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May 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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So…about AI’s energy use…
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
Report: Creating a 5-second AI video is like running a microwave for an hour
That's a long time in the microwave.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So…about AI’s energy use…
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
The bipartisan NO FAKES Act would establish a right to your own voice & likeness, protecting against nonconsensual AI-generated deepfakes & voice clones. Join nearly 400 artists & tell your representative to support NO FAKES! p2a.co/fCscPAf
May 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The bipartisan NO FAKES Act would establish a right to your own voice & likeness, protecting against nonconsensual AI-generated deepfakes & voice clones. Join nearly 400 artists & tell your representative to support NO FAKES! p2a.co/fCscPAf
"It doesn't make any sense, this ruling of opting out - where essentially it's like saying, 'you can burgle my house unless I ask you not to'." news.sky.com/story/giles-...
Giles Martin on AI plans: 'It's like saying you can burgle my house unless I ask you not to'
Under plans being debated by government, an exemption to copyright would be created for training artificial intelligence (AI), so tech firms would not need a licence to use copyrighted material - putt...
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May 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"It doesn't make any sense, this ruling of opting out - where essentially it's like saying, 'you can burgle my house unless I ask you not to'." news.sky.com/story/giles-...
Dua Lipa & Elton John are a few of the many high-profile creatives who have signed a new letter to the U.K. Prime Minister, imploring that he protect the work of creatives instead of submitting to greedy and invasive AI companies www.billboard.com/pro/uk-gover...
U.K. Government’s AI Plans Dealt Fresh Blow in Move Backed by Elton John, Dua Lipa and Others
The U.K. government's plans to allow artificial intelligence firms to use copyrighted work, including music, have been dealt another setback.
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May 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Dua Lipa & Elton John are a few of the many high-profile creatives who have signed a new letter to the U.K. Prime Minister, imploring that he protect the work of creatives instead of submitting to greedy and invasive AI companies www.billboard.com/pro/uk-gover...