Intro
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Matt
Summary
DeviantArt artists find their art will be used to train AI by default
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/deviantart-upsets-artists-with-its-new-ai-art-generator-dreamup/
- DeviantArt artists find their art will be used to train AI by default
- DeviantArt announced DreamUp
- An AI powered text-to-art image generator powered by stable diffusion.
- DeviantArt allowed artists to opt out of their art being used to train this AI, but defaulted everyone to opt-in.
- DeviantArt now allows an noia flag to opt out of third party image datasets
- After backlash, DeviantArt will mark all images “noai” by default
- Separately, you can fill out a form to opt out of DreamUp
- Full disclosure: I, Historian Matt, have art on DeviantArt and have both checked the “noai” flag and filled out the form to opt out of DreamUp
FTX collapses
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/ftx-on-brink-of-collapse-after-liquidity-crunch-at-crypto-exchange/
https://youtu.be/MWfuDeO9thk
https://youtu.be/GtXm1U96nOA
- FTX was the second largest cryptocurrency exchange
- Experienced a liquidity crisis
- This lead to insolvency
- Binance initially offered to buy FTX
- BlockFi is also insolvent as a result of the FTX collapse.
- Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) found to be using customer deposits for trading
- FTX hacked for $400+ million
Dave
Giant pissbaby fires engineer for correcting him about a technical aspect of the company the giant pissbaby foolishly purchased
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/14/23458247/elon-musk-fires-engineer-correcting-twitter
Lawyers for Elizabeth Holmes essentially paint her as a child in their memo to the court requesting zero jail time.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/14/23455228/elizabeth-holmes-why-shouldnt-go-prison-theranos-court
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