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AI-generated song by ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ goes viral: the power of AI in music
I stumbled upon this article about a new song from Drake and The Weeknd, titled ‘Heart on my Sleeve’. This new track has been trending for the past week, which I can confirm since I have heard this song multiple times on social media. However, much to my surprise, this song is completely made by…
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Digital Manipulations of Actors Presentation
Here’s the slides of my (Sam’s) presentation on deepfakes and actors with the videos (hopefully) all in working order. Just enable content in Power Point to watch the youtube videos.
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Spring 2023 Class 13
Slides & video below
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Formula One: Balancing Safety & Entertainment
I came across this article highlighting recent issues with Formula One red flag decisions. This article goes more in-depth with the three red flag calls, how they impacted the race and the merits of the decisions. At particular issue is the second red flag. When it happened, Verstappen was the race leader with an 8…
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Celebrity “Faces Off” Against Deep Fake AI App Over Right of Publicity
As we’ve discussed in class, generative AI (GAI) applications have raised many copyright issues, including the right to publicity. A class action lawsuit has been filed against NeoCortext, Inc. for allegedly violating the California Right of Publicity statute by using celebrity images in its deep-fake app, Reface, without permission.
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Arkansas Enacts Legislation Restricting Social Media Accounts for Minors
A few weeks ago I shared an article about Utah enacting legislation restricting minors’ usage of the internet. It appears that Arkansas has followed suit, which raises the question of how many more states and subsequently countries will pursue this sort of legislation. Will it be effective? Summary: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the…
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Video Game Industry feeling the “Crunch”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/03/24/crunch-laws/ Hi everyone, I thought I would bring this article to everyone’s attention. It discusses how U.S. labour laws have many exemptions that contributed to the frequent experiences of time crunch in the industry (e.g., needing to work an extra 20hr on top of a standard 40hr work week). The author raises several key developments…
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ChatGPT: Not only reliable for bibliographies and outlines!
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/19/ai-makes-plagiarism-harder-to-detect-argue-academics-in-paper-written-by-chatbot Good morning everyone! In class, we’ve frequently discussed the potential uses of ChatGPT in academia and reasoned that it is not reliable enough to write complex papers at a high academic level. This is why I wanted to bring this article to everyone’s attention. Synopsis: “An academic paper entitled Chatting and Cheating: Ensuring Academic Integrity in…
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Implications of AI: Barrier to Educational Equality?
I came across this interesting article that talks about the implications of AI in education that aren’t just about cheating, but also educational equality. AI presents a threat to equity in education with some people having access to AI tools like ChatGPT, but some others don’t. How is it fair that one student could spend…
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Spring 2023 Class 12
Slides & video below…
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