📣 In this issue:
Creating disasters with Google Pixel 9, Lionsgate drops marketing consultant, Meta and Spotify CEOs criticize EU AI regulation, Ancient god of the forest, It's Alive, the rise of AI music, and undead hero action figure prompt.
📰 News-To-Know
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Creating disasters with Google Pixel 9
Google's new AI-powered "Reimagine" tool, introduced with the Pixel 9 series, allows users to alter images with simple text prompts, creating highly realistic and sometimes disturbing results, like adding car wrecks, corpses, and disasters to photos. While Google has implemented some safeguards, the article highlights that these are weak and can be easily bypassed with creative wording, raising concerns about the potential for misuse. The ease with which these convincing alterations can be made and shared, coupled with the lack of robust identification tools, presents significant challenges in preventing the spread of misleading content online.
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Lionsgate Drops Marketing Consultant
According to Variety, Lionsgate has severed ties with marketing consultant Eddie Egan after the release of a "Megalopolis" trailer that featured AI-generated, fake quotes from well-known film critics. The misleading quotes, which falsely criticized Francis Ford Coppola’s earlier work, were unintentionally included due to a failure in vetting and fact-checking the AI-generated content. The trailer, intended to highlight that even Coppola's revered films faced criticism, was quickly pulled once the fabrication was discovered.
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Meta and Spotify CEOs criticize AI regulation in the EU
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek have criticized EU privacy regulations on AI, claiming they hinder innovation and restrict access to advanced AI technologies in Europe. Meta argues that the inability to train AI models on public data from Facebook and Instagram due to unclear regulations will leave Europeans without the latest AI products and open-source technology. Similarly, Spotify highlights the potential benefits of open-source AI for the music industry, advocating for a simpler regulatory framework to support innovation. Both companies express frustration with EU regulations, particularly compared to their more favorable stance on regulations targeting Apple's App Store monopoly.
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🎨 Inspiration
Prompt: Undead Hero Action Figures
Action figures have a rich history dating back to the 1960s. The term was coined by Hasbro in 1964 when they marketed G.I. Joe to boys, while competitors referred to similar offerings as "boy's dolls". These poseable character models, made primarily of plastic, were often based on figures from films, comic books, military, video games, or television programs. Initially targeted at boys, action figures have since gained widespread acceptance as collector's items for adults.
Midjourney Prompt
an undead [Batman] action figure, menacing horror character, ultra detailed, plain black background --ar 2:3
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