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Legendary Actor And Athlete Carl Weathers Dies At Age 76
2.2.2024
Carl Weathers, the legendary Black actor who portrayed Apollo Creed in the Rocky films and starred in dozens of other movies and TV shows like Predator, The Mandalorian, and Toy Story 4, died on Thursday, February 1 at the age of 76. According to Deadline, his family released a statement confirming...
Rapper Ice-T Reveals Why Popular Def Jam Fighting Game Is MIA
8.1.2024
In the early aughts, EA dropped an unexpected fighting game that dominated the lives of every gamer I knew, including mine and my cousin’s. This partnership with the hip-hop record label Def Jam spawned three iconic brawling games, but the series has been MIA since 2007. Now, rapper Ice-T...
New York MoMA now has tokenized artworks in its permanent collection
15.11.2023
The museum’s acquisition of two NFTs marked its first on-chain and AI holdings
YouTube says creators must disclose gen AI use or face suspension
15.11.2023
YouTube’s updated community guidelines include new disclosure requirements for AI-generated content, its new standards for “sensitive topics,” and the removal of deep fakes
SAG-AFTRA strike ends as AI deal reached, Hollywood still torn
13.11.2023
The 118-day Hollywood actors’ union strike came to an end with an agreement on AI usage, though not everyone in the industry sees it as the right move
Grimes collaboration with music platform makes 200+ AI songs available for creators
6.11.2023
Grimes’ manager Daouda Leonard and music platform Slip.stream explain the importance of artists owning their data and controlling their rights to stay ahead in their approach to AI
US judge deals blow to artists in copyright suit over AI generated art
31.10.2023
A judge mostly sided with Midjourney, DeviantArt and Stability AI’s bid to dismiss the artists’ class action lawsuit that accused the firms of copyright infringement
UK risks regulating NFTs the wrong way, says Mintable CEO
30.10.2023
“It’s not just a piece of artwork”: Mintable CEO Zach Burks argues that the United Kingdom government still hasn’t caught up on what NFTs are becoming
Universal Music Group sues Anthropic AI over copyright infringement
19.10.2023
Universal Music Group, Concord Publishing and ABKCO Music & Records alleged that Anthropic “unlawfully” copied and disseminated “vast amounts of copyrighted works” from the publishers
Universal Music Group enters partnership to protect artists' rights against AI violations
18.10.2023
The new partnership between Universal Music Group and BandLab Technologies focuses on ethical AI usage to protect artist and songwriter rights
British MPs urge action on NFT copyright infringement, crypto fan tokens
11.10.2023
A U.K. parliamentary committee called for a crack down on sports fan tokens and recommended the government issue a code of conduct for NFT platforms
Meet the guerilla artist who staged a crypto ‘rug pull’ in front of the SEC
10.10.2023
Artist Nelson Saiers’ “Rug Pull” highlighted the victims of crypto rug pulls and perceived SEC inaction in safeguarding investors
AI music sending traditional industry into 'panic', says new AI music platform CEO
15.9.2023
Can Ansay the founder of AI streaming and marketplace platform Musixy.ai, says AI-generated music is revolutionary and brings efficiency and lowers costs to productions
Californian lawmaker proposes legislation to protect actors from AI clones
14.9.2023
Californian Assembly Member Ash Kalra labeled the bill as a “common sense requirement” to help protect the work of actors, artists and entertainers
Grammy CEO clarifies AI Drake song ineligible for award over copyright issues
13.9.2023
The Record Academy executive clearly stated that the track is “not eligible” and cited that the vocals were not legally obtained nor were they clear by the label or artist
AI-generated Drake song up for Grammy nomination
7.9.2023
A hit track made from an AI-generated vocal track of the rapper Drake has been submitted to the Recording Academy for Grammy nomination in two categories
Justin Bieber hit track becomes NFT for royalty-sharing
6.9.2023
Justin Bieber’s hit song from 2015 “Company” has been turned into an NFT by another from which fans could earn royalties from future streams of the track
Hollywood studios offer new proposal for AI and data transparency to curb strike
23.8.2023
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers released a memo of their offer to striking writers and actors with proposed guidelines for AI usage and data transparency
Sotheby’s blockchain Gen Art program shows tech taking a back seat to art
25.7.2023
Sotheby’s new generative art program will record all of its sales exclusively on the Ethereum blockchain
Slow Food: Kenny Schachter reflects on blockchain art’s past, present and future
19.6.2023
NFTs might never boom at quite the same pitch they once did. With his first solo show in 25 years, Kenny Schachter sought to demonstrate how that’s a good thing