The scary truth about AI copyright is nobody knows what will happen next

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“I see people on both sides of this extremely confident in their positions, but the reality is nobody knows,” Baio, who’s been following the generative AI scene closely, told The Verge. “And anyone who says they know confidently how this will play out in court is wrong.”

https://www.theverge.com/23444685/generative-ai-copyright-infringement-legal-fair-use-training-data

Binance, Crypto.com execs tell investors to ‘ask me anything’ following the fall of FTX – The Verge

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Both Binance and Crypto.com hosted live question-and-answer sessions on Monday morning in an attempt to reassure investors that the cryptocurrency exchanges won’t meet the same fate as FTX, which suffered a sudden and catastrophic collapse last week.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/14/23457819/binance-crypto-dot-com-investors-ama-ftx-flops

Design platform Canva launches text-to-image AI feature

Canva’s text-to-image tool is the latest example of the technology hitting mainstream apps. Image: Canva

The feature is only the latest example of text-to-image AI tools reaching ever larger audiences. The launch of Stable Diffusion in particular has accelerated access to these systems, as its open-source implementation allows companies to integrate it into their own products for free. Text-to-image is quickly becoming a staple in creative platforms, and just last month, Microsoft launched its own text-to-image tool, Microsoft Designer, (powered by OpenAI’s DALL-E system) as part of its Office suite.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23450965/canva-text-to-image-ai-tool-free-users

Now Wordle has an editor in charge of picking the next answer

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“Wordle will now have its own dedicated editor to help make the hit guessing game word puzzles, The New York Times announced on Monday. Tracy Bennett will be the editor, and the game will have a word list curated by the NYT and “be programmed and tested” like its crosswords and the Spelling Bee game.”

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/7/23445167/wordle-the-new-york-times-editor-tracy-bennett

Google is shutting down Stadia

Google is refunding all Stadia purchases — hardware, software, and DLC. Members of the Stadia team will be “carrying this work forward” in other departments at Google.

… Stadia has been facing rumors of its demise practically from the start. Google has a habit of killing projects only a few years after they launch, and Stadia, a cloud gaming service from a company with few ties in the gaming industry, seemed like a prime candidate for an early demise.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378713/google-stadia-shutting-down-game-streaming-january-2023

Designers worry Adobe won’t let Figma flourish

The world of creative technology was rocked last week by news that industry giant Adobe had acquired Figma, makers of a hugely popular suite of UI and UX design tools, for a whopping $20 billion. The response from designers was immediate — and for the most part, extremely negative.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/21/23363188/adobe-destroy-figma-designers-ux-ui-creative-cloud