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VERY depressing seeing so many board game publishers and kickstarters fall down this hole. if you can't afford an artist you can't afford to make a game, if you don't have time to make art you dont have time to make your game.
Fantastic video by Pam Walls on the increasing use of AI in board games, and the need (more than ever) to support artists, illustrators and graphic designers in the industry.
youtu.be/Ci5pOjyJknI?...
youtu.be/Ci5pOjyJknI?...
We need to talk about AI slop in board games
YouTube video by Pam Walls Game Design
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
VERY depressing seeing so many board game publishers and kickstarters fall down this hole. if you can't afford an artist you can't afford to make a game, if you don't have time to make art you dont have time to make your game.
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David Baldacci breaks down the problem creatives have with generative AI extremely well.
youtu.be/0fPUWSv2JCI?...
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'No More Copyright Protection For Anyone': Author David Baldacci Rips Big Tech Over AI Copyright
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
David Baldacci breaks down the problem creatives have with generative AI extremely well.
youtu.be/0fPUWSv2JCI?...
youtu.be/0fPUWSv2JCI?...
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In the Disney lawsuit, 10 pages are dedicated to citing the work we did. In pursuit of this evidence, Midjourney banned me 3 times and updated their ToS. The first ban encouraged me to dig a lot deeper, so I'd like to congratulate CEO David Holz on his massive unforced error.
🔥 It's happening! Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney and they cited mine and Gary Marcus' work exposing their infringement in their filing. LET'S GO! 🔥
June 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In the Disney lawsuit, 10 pages are dedicated to citing the work we did. In pursuit of this evidence, Midjourney banned me 3 times and updated their ToS. The first ban encouraged me to dig a lot deeper, so I'd like to congratulate CEO David Holz on his massive unforced error.
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Thursday July 3rd
The Charlatans
Embrace &
The Coral
Live at Castlefield Bowl
Tickets right here: www.seetickets.com/tour/the-cha...
The Charlatans
Embrace &
The Coral
Live at Castlefield Bowl
Tickets right here: www.seetickets.com/tour/the-cha...
June 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thursday July 3rd
The Charlatans
Embrace &
The Coral
Live at Castlefield Bowl
Tickets right here: www.seetickets.com/tour/the-cha...
The Charlatans
Embrace &
The Coral
Live at Castlefield Bowl
Tickets right here: www.seetickets.com/tour/the-cha...
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Update: While the 10yr ban on State Ai regulations progresses through the House, 140 organizations join the call to reject this proposal!
Add your voice to these organizations today by calling your representatives and tell them to reject this proposal!
thehill.com/policy/techn...
Add your voice to these organizations today by calling your representatives and tell them to reject this proposal!
thehill.com/policy/techn...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Update: While the 10yr ban on State Ai regulations progresses through the House, 140 organizations join the call to reject this proposal!
Add your voice to these organizations today by calling your representatives and tell them to reject this proposal!
thehill.com/policy/techn...
Add your voice to these organizations today by calling your representatives and tell them to reject this proposal!
thehill.com/policy/techn...
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Aerial surveillance footage obtained by the Southern Environmental Law Center found Musk's xAI is using 35 methane gas generators to power a ‘Colossus’ supercomputer facility, for its flagship Grok. That's 20 more generators than the 15 xAI filed permits for, and 35 more than it was approved to use.
Elon Musk’s xAI powering its facility in Memphis with ‘illegal’ generators
Advocacy group says the firm has doubled the number of methane gas burning turbines it’s using without permits
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Aerial surveillance footage obtained by the Southern Environmental Law Center found Musk's xAI is using 35 methane gas generators to power a ‘Colossus’ supercomputer facility, for its flagship Grok. That's 20 more generators than the 15 xAI filed permits for, and 35 more than it was approved to use.
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On the other site, Studio Ghibli-style AI output is going viral and allow me to just say it is profoundly depressing to see that stuff being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to him.
March 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
On the other site, Studio Ghibli-style AI output is going viral and allow me to just say it is profoundly depressing to see that stuff being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to him.
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An important read:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
And if you’re an author, academic, or anyone who has written an article, an essay or a book, check out this link to see if you can find your work:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
And if you’re an author, academic, or anyone who has written an article, an essay or a book, check out this link to see if you can find your work:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
An important read:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
And if you’re an author, academic, or anyone who has written an article, an essay or a book, check out this link to see if you can find your work:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
And if you’re an author, academic, or anyone who has written an article, an essay or a book, check out this link to see if you can find your work:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Who remembers Star Fleet
March 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Who remembers Star Fleet
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Studio Hoiho is on the hunt for a 3D Environment Artist to create stunning tropical alien worlds for their adventure game!
🌴 Remote, Contract
🎨 PS2/GameCube era style
🕹️ Unreal Engine & Blender skills a +
⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️
workwithindies.com/careers/stud...
🌴 Remote, Contract
🎨 PS2/GameCube era style
🕹️ Unreal Engine & Blender skills a +
⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️
workwithindies.com/careers/stud...
March 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Studio Hoiho is on the hunt for a 3D Environment Artist to create stunning tropical alien worlds for their adventure game!
🌴 Remote, Contract
🎨 PS2/GameCube era style
🕹️ Unreal Engine & Blender skills a +
⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️
workwithindies.com/careers/stud...
🌴 Remote, Contract
🎨 PS2/GameCube era style
🕹️ Unreal Engine & Blender skills a +
⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️
workwithindies.com/careers/stud...
Toxic Town on Netflix is story about my Town Corby a steel town, where I was born and grew up.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
What Happens in Toxic Town? Inside the Inspiring Story
Aimee Lou Wood and Jodie Whittaker meet the real mothers who fought for justice with everything they had.
www.netflix.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Toxic Town on Netflix is story about my Town Corby a steel town, where I was born and grew up.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
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Trump officials fired more than 300 staffers at the National Nuclear Security Administration, not realizing that the agency is tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile. #oops www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trump officials fired more than 300 staffers at the National Nuclear Security Administration, not realizing that the agency is tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile. #oops www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
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🔴CALLING ALL ARTISTS🔴
Christie's NYC is planning an AI art auction expected to bring in over $600,000 to creators who've used models trained on copyrighted material from non-consenting artists.
If you object to this, please sign and share this open letter.
openletter.earth/cancel-the-c...
Christie's NYC is planning an AI art auction expected to bring in over $600,000 to creators who've used models trained on copyrighted material from non-consenting artists.
If you object to this, please sign and share this open letter.
openletter.earth/cancel-the-c...
February 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
🔴CALLING ALL ARTISTS🔴
Christie's NYC is planning an AI art auction expected to bring in over $600,000 to creators who've used models trained on copyrighted material from non-consenting artists.
If you object to this, please sign and share this open letter.
openletter.earth/cancel-the-c...
Christie's NYC is planning an AI art auction expected to bring in over $600,000 to creators who've used models trained on copyrighted material from non-consenting artists.
If you object to this, please sign and share this open letter.
openletter.earth/cancel-the-c...
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Some thoughts from me here.
www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/...
www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/...
January 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Some thoughts from me here.
www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/...
www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/...
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Reposted by Mark McGivern
1/4 Btw, the timing on this is TELLING.
The UK had a Feb 25th deadline to gather questionnaires concerning the policy.
That Labor party said “screw people’s takes lets do it anyway“ reeks of desperation. Imo they got too much heat and knew it wasn’t viable. So they rushed it in.
The UK had a Feb 25th deadline to gather questionnaires concerning the policy.
That Labor party said “screw people’s takes lets do it anyway“ reeks of desperation. Imo they got too much heat and knew it wasn’t viable. So they rushed it in.
Wait, so the UK goverment lied to its people, claiming it will take things into consideration, then ignoring their own February 25th deadline, it simply decided to go ahead and accepted one of the most devastating and destructive shifts to IP law globally? Am I correct in that?
The UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan, published today, proposes legalising the mass theft of IP by AI companies. And the government has already accepted its recommendations, revealing the ongoing consultation on AI & copyright as a sham.
More thoughts here fairtraining.substack.com/p/the-ai-opp...
More thoughts here fairtraining.substack.com/p/the-ai-opp...
January 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
1/4 Btw, the timing on this is TELLING.
The UK had a Feb 25th deadline to gather questionnaires concerning the policy.
That Labor party said “screw people’s takes lets do it anyway“ reeks of desperation. Imo they got too much heat and knew it wasn’t viable. So they rushed it in.
The UK had a Feb 25th deadline to gather questionnaires concerning the policy.
That Labor party said “screw people’s takes lets do it anyway“ reeks of desperation. Imo they got too much heat and knew it wasn’t viable. So they rushed it in.
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This is a novella.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
The War Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Are Fighting Isn’t the One You Think It Is
A lonely extremist of dogmatic antisocial views has falsely sold himself for decades as a principled capitalist. His biographer explains why Musk’s mask came off—and why Zuckerberg is following suit.
sethabramson.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is a novella.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
But if you read it you’ll understand everything you need to know about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing right now. I’m a biographer of the first two men, and have chronicled here exactly how and why the third is following their lead.
Again—a long read.
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Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
January 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
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Holy shit this filing update is wild! It states that:
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims | TechCrunch
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.
techcrunch.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Holy shit this filing update is wild! It states that:
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
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Only one of my Ultimate Dinosaur Collections left. Six dinosaur-themed books and a set of prints for a special prices. When it’s gone, it’s gone.
January 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Only one of my Ultimate Dinosaur Collections left. Six dinosaur-themed books and a set of prints for a special prices. When it’s gone, it’s gone.
It’s snowing, yey
January 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It’s snowing, yey
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Reposted by Mark McGivern
Morning Blueys x Coffee?
January 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Morning Blueys x Coffee?