Hey everyone,

some major AI copyright updates for you this week!

Here’s what we’ll learn about today:

• Judges rule that AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted! 🧑‍⚖️

• Meet BeFake, the new AI-backed social media! 📸

• AI helps achieve a scientific breakthrough in tracking wildlife 🦁 

Reading time: 4 minutes

Highlight 1: Judges rule that AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted!

A US District Court Judge has ruled that AI-generated artwork cannot be copyrighted due to the absence of human authorship, a decision made in response to a lawsuit involving Stephen Thaler and the US Copyright Office's denial of copyright for his AI-generated image. 🖼️ The bits:

• Thaler attempted to obtain a copyright by listing himself as the artwork's creator and the owner of the Creativity Machine algorithm used to generate AI images. 🤖

• The judge acknowledged the evolving landscape of AI-generated art and the potential for challenging questions regarding the level of human input needed for copyright.

• Stephen Thaler intends to appeal the case, and the US Copyright Office supports the court's decision.

• The ruling adds to the growing legal cases involving AI and copyright, including lawsuits against OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI related to AI models and data scraping. 🖥️

These legal battles surrounding AI-generated content and copyright compel us to confront the intricate relationship between human ingenuity and machine automation, inciting us to envision a future where the lines of ownership, creativity, and technological progress intertwine in unexpected ways.

Find the detailed article from The Verge here and find the detailed memorandum opinion here.

Highlight 2: Why be real when you can be fake? Meet BeFake, the new AI-backed social media!

Kristen Garcia Dumont's newly launched social media app, BeFake, is revolutionizing self-expression through AI-powered visuals, allowing users to transform ordinary photos into imaginative augmented scenes using text prompts. 🪄The bits:

• Former CEO of Machine Zone, Kristen Garcia Dumont, introduces the social media app BeFake, enabling users to create captivating AI-enhanced visuals.

• Developed by Dumont's startup Alias Technologies, BeFake lets users transform candid photos with text prompts into imaginative augmented scenes.

• BeFake promotes creative self-expression beyond physical constraints, encouraging users to explore their identity through fantasy.

• The app's user-friendly interface makes it easy to turn imagination into visual content, departing from the trend of portraying raw reality in conventional social media.

• Dumont envisions normalized social interactions involving AI bots and aims to foster casual engagement between humans and AI.

• After two years of development, BeFake is available on iOS and Android with both free and subscription-based features. 📱

• Kristen Garcia Dumont leverages her gaming industry experience to cultivate a community of content creators, democratizing AI technology and fostering a new type of human-AI connection.

As technology continues to redefine the boundaries of self-expression, the case of BeFake beckons us to ponder the fusion of AI and imagination, prompting a reflection on the balance between authenticity and the allure of fantasy in our digital identities.

Read the detailed article here.

Highlight 3: AI helps achieve a breakthrough in tracking wildlife!

Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in wildlife monitoring by employing AI-controlled cameras and microphones to identify and track various species across Britain's landscapes, addressing the nation's biodiversity concerns. 🦓Here are the bits:

• The AI-equipped monitors have been tested at three sites, capturing sounds and images for species identification and movement tracking without human observers.🎥

• The technology successfully identified dozens of bird species by their songs and recognized animals like foxes, deer, hedgehogs, and bats through AI analysis.

• Network Rail owns the test sites alongside rail lines in London, providing access to relatively wild land crucial for the project.

• The project demonstrated AI's potential for large-scale wildlife monitoring, offering insights into species distribution and responses to climate change. 🌍

• The technology is especially important for safeguarding biodiversity as the country faces environmental changes, with machine learning capable of analyzing vast amounts of audio and visual data for effective results.

The successful integration of AI into wildlife monitoring not only revolutionizes conservation efforts but also provokes contemplation on the harmonious coexistence of technology and nature in safeguarding biodiversity for generations to come.

Here’s the whole article from The Guardian for your pleasure!

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AI Art of the Week:

These week's images are from @shejiroad⁶⁶ ቼ ዽ ጿ ኈ one of the creators in the Ai Bits Discord 👇

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