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Given what you intend to charge you use AI art? Pass. MixnmatchSafe: WoTC is bleeding money so hard that they must use AI shlop instead of paying actual artists, eh? CrimZon_Gaming: Huh… AI art What a shock that is. And plenty of others which have since been deleted Because, yes, you know where this is going, don't you?[...]

The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and possibly the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Francesco Mattina, withdrawn Francesco Mattina, withdrawn Brave[...]

It wasn't an uncommon claim at the time and he was cancelled a bit for it Marvel Comics also dropped using him, though DC and Dynamite didn't seem that bothered Well, this weekend, that went up a notch as the likes of Adi Granov and Scott Williams accused him of using AI in his recently[...]

It started with rumblings from folks who thought the Voice Mode on OpenAI's new ChatGPT model sounded a little too much like actress Scarlett Johansson From there, the topic got blown up by Saturday Night Live co-head writers and "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost & Michael Che during their infamous "Joke Swap" during the Season[...]

  Did Saturday Night Live co-head writers and "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost & Michael Che's "Joke Swap" get the attention of OpenAI? During the SNL season 49 finale this weekend, Jost and Che continued their tradition of writing jokes meant to make the other one look painfully bad – and feel even worse With each[...]

While the Apple CEO was thinking in tech terms, a lot of folks who use the very things that were destroyed saw the commercial as a cynical metaphor for efforts to "automate art" – devaluing the importance of the artist in that process. Screencaps: Apple; Samsung Well, Samsung clearly smelled blood in the water because the company[...]

Welcome back, folks! Once again, My Chemical Romance kicks things off with "Sing" (BCTV DD's unofficial "official" theme song) – welcome back to the BCTV Daily Dispatch! Here's where we look back at what we've been doing for the past 24 hours that you might've missed or want to check out again We're talking about everything[...]

But also with a cover that pretty much everyone looking at it suspects is AI generated Which has been criticised for stealing the work of actual artists to generate a mishmash purporting to be something new. Where Will The Animals Sleep? Songs For Kids & Other Living Things Comic book artists among many have made their feelings[...]

DC Comics' decision to pull and replace certain covers over AI content concerns continues to top traffic on Bleeding Cool yesterday Where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead[...]

DC Comics' decision to pull and replace certain covers over AI content concerns topped traffic on Bleeding Cool yesterday Where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up[...]

As part of a previous article looking at concerns about the use of AI in recent comic books, the cover artist Jingxiong Guo, or Daxiong, was accused by some people on social media of doing such for recently announced Shazam, Wonder Woman and Power Girl covers. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border:[...]

They invited a new generation of animators to create music videos for any of the album's ten songs, with judges Nick Mason, Kyle Alba, Gerald Scarfe, Sarah Smith, Daisy Jacobs, Harry Pearce, Terry Gilliam, Alan Yentob, and Anton Corbijn. "Given that it was the 50th anniversary of the album, and with the band's history of working[...]

Sure, we had the not-so-surprising good news that Steven Moffat was returning to pen an episode (maybe more?), and let's not forget those trailers – proving that RTD definitely knows how to spend Disney's money Speaking of Disney… yeah, that whole thing where Disney+ is getting the prime return time over BBC viewers still isn't[...]

DC Comics' editorial struggles with whether or not DC Comics artists are using AI topped yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool, where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign[...]

DC Comics editorial struggles with whether or not DC Comics artists are using AI topped yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool, where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign[...]

Lots of people are against the use of AI in comic book artwork creation Some for diluting the role of artists, some for the work stealing using pirated versions of art from specific creators, and there are lawsuits against the main AI art-generating companies as a result But from a corporate company approach, there is[...]

Close to three weeks after the SAG-AFTRA National Board approved a tentative agreement on a three-year contract for television and feature film animation with the AMPTP, members of the union voted overwhelmingly to ratify the 2023 Television Animation Agreement and the 2023 Basic Cable Animation Agreement (approved by a vote of 95.52% to 4.48%). "The foundation of this[...]

And… well, you can guess what's coming. One of the winners, Luis Ruiz, using the name robot9000 on Instagram, is a regular AI prompt writer and regularly posts pictures created using AI, including Gunslinger Spawn, to which he credits MidJourney as well as art programmes Procreate, Midjourney, Photoshop, and Maya Despite this, the images that were created[...]

Slow Horses series director James Hawes has stated that a TV series completely made by generative AI is only three to five years away As reported by Deadline, Hawes had been speaking with legal teams at SAG-AFTRA and the WGA and undertook a poll with fellow directors and VFX workers after the BBC canceled its[...]

Despite the recent popularity of the spinoff sequel audio series Slayers, Disney has refused to let a second series go ahead, which implies the studio might still be trying to develop a new version of the series or something along those lines. We decided to try a little experiment to see just how far along AI[...]

While the narrative has shifted over the years, technology has advanced through leaps and bounds to the point where AI can produce scripts, replicate likenesses and sounds, and even create original content It became a sticking point during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes of 2023 One of the strike captains was Star Trek: Picard star[...]

With My Chemical Romance kicking things off with "Sing" (BCTV DD's unofficial "official" theme song), we welcome you back to the BCTV Daily Dispatch! Here's where we look back at what we've been doing for the past 24 hours that you might've missed or might want to check out again We're talking about everything from news[...]

Several franchises from Terminator, Marvel, DC, The Twilight Zone Doctor Who, and many others have attempted to answer that question about synthetic lifeforms gaining sentience and if they can co-exist with humanity It's certainly been one of the most recurring ideas in Star Trek, with its best examples in Lt Commander Data (Brent Spiner) and[...]

While there's still some debate over how much SAG-AFTRA actually gained in its new three-year deal with the studios, the problems with protecting individuals from having their very likenesses used in some truly disgusting ways aren't going away – and they're going to get a whole lot worse by the time a new contract negotiation[...]

As the daughter of George Carlin, Kelly Carlin is always on guard when it comes to protecting his legacy, like how Shannon Lee does the same for her legendary father, Bruce Lee – earning the younger Carlin praise from his fans As several comedians have been influenced by George's work, one company Dudesy, a comedy[...]

It was inevitable how far down the rabbit hole artificial intelligence has gone, not to mention one of the biggest sticking points of the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the role of AI in creative media from writing and performing Dudesy, a comedy AI that hosts a podcast and a YouTube show with Mad TV[...]

A class-action copyright lawsuit was first filed almost a year ago in the Northern District of California, targeted at Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for their use of AI generative imagery Now, a list of 16,000 artists has been included as part of an amendment and the submission of 455-pages of supplementary evidence filed last year[...]

But there are a number of both new and remaining issues that need to be addressed – and some of those issues were addressed with a panel of top entertainment industry executives & producers in a piece by the Los Angeles Times earlier today One of those taking part was Sam Register, president, Warner Bros[...]

During the weeks leading up to what would end up being a vote to ratify the tentative agreement that the union had reached with the AMPTP, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and other members of the negotiating team found themselves defending what the union had gained in terms of issues pertaining to[...]

That news came our way courtesy of SAG-AFTRA General Counsel Jeffrey Bennett, who also took to social media over the weekend to push back on points regarding AI & consent that were raised by Matthew Modine, Justine Bateman, and others as reasons for them not voting in favor of the agreement "Consent may never be[...]