Wil Rees

If anyone is in the mood to read something imaginative and fun while we are all locked inside for a while waiting for this plague to end: amazon.com/dp/B00GGQP444

OpenAI, long indifferent to intellectual property, now howls that China has swiped their code. For years, they quietly trained their models on others’ work—books, blogs, forums, news—without consent, then preached that individual rights must yield to their grander vision. When confronted over the theft, Sam Altman has said that individual rights need to give way to the greater good. That they’re building God. That the social contract is changing and people need to accept that. But now that China’s doing unto them what they’ve done to others, OpenAI is shocked and outraged. And no one cares. In fact, we’re gleeful. Welcome to the Find Out phase.

While the @UKLabour government considers upending the law to allow AI companies to train on people’s creative work without a license, our statement opposing unlicensed training just hit 38,000 signatures. Still open ➡️ aitrainingstatement.org

Wait so DeepSeek took from Open Ai without credit, consent or compensation???? W i l d! Now where have I heard this problem before 🤔 🤔🤔😒 ft.com/content/a0dfed…

Make no mistake, GenAi companies will try and dismantle all protections that creatives have over their work in the US too. They KNOW they cant win lawsuits because they broke the law. But they can try and change the laws. Folks, prepare yourselves to fight this tooth and nail.

@peterkyle @10DowningStreet @bbclaurak This is so disgusting. GenAi only functions off the stolen works of creatives. A fight that is being waged in the courts everywhere. And all of you said with your whole chest “ WE LOVE STEALING FROM OUR CREATIVES” Pathetic lot all of you.

I want to talk to you about AI and our climate. Increased AI use could lead to: - doubling data center electricity demand by 2026 - increased carbon emissions - water supply shortages - electronic waste We are already facing a climate crisis. We can't let AI make it worse.

@SenMarkey 1000% Also, GenAi is built off the works of artists, taken by tech companies without our consent, credit nor compensation, and worse off, it competes in our own job markets! GenAi also threatens the jobs of so sectors. It’s terrible and unethical tech for climate AND society!

Concerning to hear major companies utilizing unethical GenAi models which are all currently under litigation due to potential copyright infringement amongst other violations. May companies who replace talented artists for unethical models face consequences for their recklessness

HUGE Thank you to @kortizart #SupportHumanArtists #CreateDontScrape #NoAI #AIntArt

Thank you @IATSE for calling GenAI out for what it is, replacement technology! #UnionStrong #Solidarity 💪🏻 #hollywood13 #CreateDontScrape #NoAI

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This calm yet informative video from storyboard artist Zack Larez, breaks down the issue of Generative AI, the problems the current pending contract IATSE has, and potential ramifications. Easy 30 minute primer on the issue at hand. Check it out 🙌 youtu.be/-nao16e6KeU?si…

This deal needs to be rejected or the future of the art department will be forfeited. We need help from @IATSE @ADG800 @WGAWest @animationguild thewrap.com/iatse-contract…

@BungieHelp This has to be the worst launch day I’ve ever experienced, ever! I can’t leave orbit, can’t land at the tower or even play the campaign! I don’t think paying a $100 was worth the price for looking at a pretty screensaver of the Traveler’s glowing b*tthole!

We are continuing to investigate the root cause of issues resulting in a high volume of error codes, including CURRANT, CABBAGE, and WEASEL. Another update will be provided in 2 hours.

@qusaimufti @BungieHelp 😂😂😂😂🤣

@BungieHelp Thats you trying to solve the issues

Humanity’s last great achievement will be to end all future human achievements. #AI #Apocalypse

@BungieHelp However to be fair it looks gorgeous, a tip of the hat to the Art Dept 👍❤️

@BungieHelp This legendary campaign is absolutely the most tedious, boring, arduous, frustrating experience I’ve ever had soloing anything in D1 or 2. Started out fun but descended into utter tedium. Thinking long and hard about giving up and deleting this garbage from my PlayStation.

Due to an issue, we have temporarily disabled the Reaper and Dynamo armor mods.