Category: Culture
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Reddit’s ‘Celebrity Number Six’ Win Was Almost a Catastrophe—Thanks to AI
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This week, Reddit solved the long-running Celebrity Number Six mystery, but it almost got derailed thanks to accusations that the missing piece was made with AI.
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James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Has Already Been Immortalized With AI
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James Earl Jones died Monday at the age of 93. But long before he did, he gave Lucasfilm permission to recreate his iconic Darth Vader voice for shows like Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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New AI Model Can Simulate ‘Super Mario Bros.’ After Watching Gameplay Footage
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Despite its limitations, the makers of MarioVGG think AI video could one day replace game engines.
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NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose
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Last weekend several authors cut ties with National Novel Writing Month after the nonprofit issued a statement seemingly greenlighting the use of AI in writing.
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He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He’s Doing the Real Thing
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Mike Rianda’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a sci-fi comedy about a family fighting back against Silicon Valley tech. As animators gear up to battle Hollywood studios, it’s becoming a fable.
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Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI
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The union representing the voice and motion-capture actors who work in video games authorized the strike after talks with gaming companies stalled over the use of AI.
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AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry
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A WIRED investigation finds that major players like Activision Blizzard, which recently laid off scores of workers, are using generative AI for game development.
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For the Director of Wicked, There’s No Place Like Silicon Valley
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Six years after Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M. Chu prepares to release his adaptation of one of Broadway’s biggest musicals. From a table at his family’s famous Chinese restaurant, he opens up about his childhood among the titans of tech—and why filmmakers shouldn’t be afraid of AI.
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His Galaxy Wolf Art Kept Getting Ripped Off. So He Sued—and Bought a Home
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When his galaxy wolf illustration was stolen by countless online stores, artist Jonas Jödicke decided to fight back.
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The New ‘Ethical’ AI Music Generator Can’t Write a Halfway Decent Song
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Song generators are in hot water over alleged copyright infringement, but the AI tool Jen was trained on licensed material. We asked pro musicians to test it, and the results were uninspiring.