Hello! I am currently preparing Red Knight #9 for a Kickstarter launch, working on a horror/mystery one shot called A Ghost Leak, and a prequel novel for Red Knight about The Union Of Superheroes.
I know some of followers are also creatives. What are you working on this month?
Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social on 60 Minutes
"Artist Molly Crabapple says AI art generators are scraping art from the web without artists’ consent. She calls it “the greatest art heist in history.” cbsn.ws/476QfIC%22
What happens when you speak for a bit too long at a city council meeting in opposition to a data center being built in your town? In Claremore, Oklahoma, a man was arrested and charged with trespassing.
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/man-opposing...
I wanted to provide a thread here of some of the things I've been involved with in the fight against unethical generative AI for easy reference, starting with my work with @GaryMarcus.bsky.social. Our article shows irrefutable evidence of blatant plagiarism 🧵
spectrum.ieee.org/midjourney-c...
Post from twitter on our @clarkesworld account from 11:48AM on Feb 20, 2023. "Submissions are currently closed. It shouldn't be hard to guess why."
Today is the 3rd slopiversary of us having to temporarily close submissions. The problem of "AI"-generated submissions hasn't gone away and is still a huge waste of our time. House policy remains the same: #noAI stories, translation, art, or anything else.
Red Knight #7-9 Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow arc
@justincristelli.bsky.social
Just got my copy so good!!
#comics #indiepublishers #coolcomics #artistsuportarists
UPDATE! Rewards for Red Knight #8 have been shipped! Supporters should be seeing their packages soon!
Let’s freaking gooooooo 💪
Cloudflare is making it easier for publishers and content creators of all sizes to prevent their content from being scraped for AI training by managing robots.txt on their behalf. blog.cloudflare.com/control-cont...
RIP Jim Shooter
Good day as any to delete Facebook, Instagram, and/or Threads if you have not already
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
I know the fights not over, but I haven't felt this optimistic in what feels like a long time .
I’m only ten minutes into this and the examples played are giving me a migraine and making my teeth hurt. How can anyone watch AI slop nonsense willingly? It’s so unappealing across the board. Ew.
youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc?...
Google confirms it's using YouTube videos to train its AI tools — including Veo 3
• Says it's just a 'subset' — but even 1% of 20B videos is over 200M
• Only creators and media companies with specific agreements are exempt — everyone else’s videos can be used to train AI
(via CNBC)
Red Knight #1-7 are on sale in physical and digital versions over at www.manospublishing.com
There's only TWO DAYS LEFT to back Red Knight #8! Back us now to see how our heroes survive the cliffhanger from the last issue!
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Red Knight #8 is coming! Will our heroes save Norfolk? Find out in the most action packed issue yet! Back the Kickstarter here:
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Not great
Not everyone will like your stuff and that’s okay.
The community are your colleagues and professional family, not your competition.
If you don’t want someone to steal and/or scrape your writing, don’t do it to someone’s art or voice.
Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis.
It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
The Kickstarter campaign for Red Knight #8 is at 46% of goal! Last issue ended on a cliffhanger leaving Red Knight and Martha Brown falling to their doom as massive superhero battle begins on the streets of Norfolk! #selfpromosaturday
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Here's the new addition to the Red Knight Universe card set! Fireball! Get her card as a reward or add-on over on the Red Knight #8 campaign!
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New Yorker cartoon of a giant monster destroying a city, flames, people fleeing, and one man points to the monster and says "Quick! Somebody get Chuck Schumer to write a strongly worded letter." Cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein
Chuck Schumer makes it to the New Yorker cartoon section. And not in a good way. Chuck, this is your legacy unless you seriously step up.
@schumer.senate.gov
