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Despicable Me 4 Super Bowl Commercial Mocks Artificial Intelligence-Generated Art

November 1, 2023

The Super Bowl is prime time for the most creative ads. Today, one that has gone viral on social media is a 30-second ad by...

The Super Bowl is prime time for the most creative ads. Today, one that has gone viral on social media is a 30-second ad by Illumination, the studio behind blockbuster franchise animation Despicable Me. Why so? The ad — which is a teaser trailer for the fourth instalment of the franchise, Despicable Me 4 — appears to be a mockery of AI and the ‘art’ it generates. Despicable Me 4 Teaser The ad begins with the prompt “comic royalty” being entered into a blank text space, with the narration: “Artificial intelligence is changing the way we see the world —...

Culture

People display inherent prejudice against AI in the realm of the arts

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October 12, 2023

Nope, it’s not just you. AI-generated music and art was negatively perceived by participants in a study because it poses a “profound ontological threat” to...

Nope, it’s not just you. AI-generated music and art was negatively perceived by participants in a study because it poses a “profound ontological threat” to our humanity, according to a study by the University of British Columbia (UBC). Researchers at UBC conducted four studies in which university students and people not at university evaluated two different forms of art, and shared their thoughts on which one they preferred more, and which one they didn’t. Here are two of the more important experiments from the paper. Study 1: Music In the first study 206 university students were given two pieces of...

Culture

The Pro-AI Activist Movement is Expanding and Advocating

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October 8, 2023

AI art, film and photography, to put it lightly, aren’t welcome in creative circles. Actors in Hollywood are fighting against major studios using their likeness...

AI art, film and photography, to put it lightly, aren’t welcome in creative circles. Actors in Hollywood are fighting against major studios using their likeness as “digital replicas”. Gamers who discover that their favourite game had used AI log onto the interwebs to voice their dissatisfaction. It seems that the general attitude towards AI in the arts, at least on the internet, is that of contempt. Artists say that AI-generated content lacks authenticity, steals from human-made art without their consent and robs creatives of their jobs. There’s science to back up this behaviour. Research in August shows that we as...

Culture

Creating Viral AI Ads: A Step-by-Step Guide

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September 20, 2023

Last week, a creator named ‘demonflyingfox’ uploaded a YouTube video of Harry Potter by Balenciaga. The entire video was generated with AI, and was so...

Last week, a creator named ‘demonflyingfox’ uploaded a YouTube video of Harry Potter by Balenciaga. The entire video was generated with AI, and was so convincing that some social media users thought it was an actual ad from Balenciaga itself. If you were wondering how complex it is to create such a sophisticated video, wonder no further: you can actually create similar ‘AI ads’ yourself. It’s not a short process, but it’s not too complicated. A YouTube account named PromptJungle graciously shared a step-by-step tutorial on how to create your own luxury brand campaign. Here’s how to do it. How...

Art

Artificial Intelligence is capable of breaking 99% of invisible watermarks in artwork

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September 13, 2023

Invisible watermarks that protect an artist’s work are removable using generative AI models, according to a study by researchers from the Universities of California, Santa...

Invisible watermarks that protect an artist’s work are removable using generative AI models, according to a study by researchers from the Universities of California, Santa Barbara and Carnegie Mellon. The study launched what’s known as a series of “regeneration attacks” powered by AI to test the strength of invisible watermarks in several artworks. Such attacks refer to various methods that aim to “degrade or remove invisible watermarks in images”. In the study, they included: Brightness or contrast adjustment: Changing the parameters of an image’s brightness or contrast to make the watermark harder to detect; JPEG compression: Compressing an image to...

Finance

How to Use LimeWire’s New AI Art Generator

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September 3, 2023

Remember LimeWire? Before Spotify, Apple Music, or Tidal, the platform was how kids my generation shared music, film, and television content with each other. LimeWire...

Remember LimeWire? Before Spotify, Apple Music, or Tidal, the platform was how kids my generation shared music, film, and television content with each other. LimeWire was just one of several “file-sharing” sites like Napster and *cough* PirateBay, and record label executives detested those platforms. They absolutely disliked how ‘Ne_Yo_So_Sick.mp3’ was able to be so seamlessly transferred from one user to another without them raking in the royalties. Alas, after a flurry of copyright lawsuits, as well as the emergence of mainstream music-streaming sites that we know of today, LimeWire caved. In 2011, the company agreed to pay a mammoth US$105...

Art

Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival to Showcase AI-Enhanced Images

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August 27, 2023

The Head On Photo Festival (“Head On”) in Sydney, dubbed ‘the biggest night in Australian photography’, has selected a series of AI-assisted images as part...

The Head On Photo Festival (“Head On”) in Sydney, dubbed ‘the biggest night in Australian photography’, has selected a series of AI-assisted images as part of Head On’s exhibition lineup. Four AI-generated images will be up for display, three of which depict human subjects interacting against real-world backdrops. One of them shows two men in Russian military uniforms kissing in a town square with some passers-by watching in the background. Another shows a girl in a dress in a field of flowers, smiling at a camera placed from a low angle. Images by Toma Gerzha, courtesy of Head On Photo...

Culture

AI creates unintentionally ethnically ambiguous character similar to Homer Simpson

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August 23, 2023

Can AI art generators be ‘accidentally’ racist? Seems like they sure can. A gamer nicknamed Jacques Tamagotchi recently used an unspecified AI art generator, and...

Can AI art generators be ‘accidentally’ racist? Seems like they sure can. A gamer nicknamed Jacques Tamagotchi recently used an unspecified AI art generator, and asked it to produce a meme of Homer Simpson. This is no ordinary meme, though. To add a bit more flavour, Mr. Tamagotchi entered the prompt: “guy with swords pointed at him meme except they’re pointing the swords at Homer Simpson”. Some context for those who are not extremely online: the ‘guy with swords pointed at him’ meme most likely refers to this widely-used image on social media. The meme originates from the Disney animated...

Culture

Experience These Unforgettable Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence Encounters

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August 22, 2023

The Melbourne Fringe Festival is back. From October 3rd to 22nd, epic theatre, cabaret, circus, dance and art will be on display across different venues...

The Melbourne Fringe Festival is back. From October 3rd to 22nd, epic theatre, cabaret, circus, dance and art will be on display across different venues in Melbourne and duh – you’re invited. Future technology has been all the rage this year, so, the Melbourne Fringe will be showcasing a selection of exhibitions and stage performances that revolve around AI and virtual reality (VR). Here are four of the must-try future tech experiences at the Melbourne Fringe. Pop this at the top of your Melbourne Fringe itinerary. In what could be a world first, attendees will have the opportunity to witness...

Business

Unveiling the Runway Motion Brush: The Future of AI Video Generation

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August 17, 2023

Professional video makers and even people who mess around with AI just got their brains blown by a new feature in Runway that was teased...

Professional video makers and even people who mess around with AI just got their brains blown by a new feature in Runway that was teased this week. Runway is a platform that uses AI to help creative types to enhance their images. The new tool, called Runway Motion Brush, is still under development, but it has already been used to create some impressive results. Runway Motion Brush The buzz around the new tool is one of anticipation and excitement. Runway’s Motion Brush allows users to add controlled motion to their still images and videos. It works by using a combination...