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This week’s AI edit is all about ~celebs~ who are harnessing AI or becoming AI beings.

So grab your coffee, sit back, and plug in.

📈📉AI & Big Data Tokens

Key Takeaway: Library Credit (LBRY) is a decentralized platform launched in late 2018, aimed at revolutionizing digital content distribution and access. It operates on a distributed network protocol, enabling content creators to charge consumers directly without censorship or intermediaries. It ensures publishers receive their earnings in their preferred method, either in the native token (LBC) or through third-party processors.

🌑Full Moons - Drake, McCartney, and other Celebs…

AI Drake For GRAMMYs?

Ghostwriter, the anonymous creator behind the viral AI Drake song “Heart On My Sleeve”, has released a fresh new track featuring AI-generated voices of Travis Scott and 21 Savage.

• Titled "Whiplash" and posted on TikTok, Ghostwriter's message hints at the future of music, where artists can use AI to create songs effortlessly.

• Ghostwriter raises copyright questions but offers royalties to Travis Scott and 21 Savage if they permit the song's release.

If this really happens, does this mean everyone gets to create and profit off of artists’ voices? Will there even be real songs moving forward? 

The creator also submitted their AI-generated Drake song for Grammy consideration, despite potential challenges in meeting distribution standards.

This highlights AI's evolving role in the music industry and its legal and creative implications.

Would You Date An AI Celebrity?

Generative AI developers are transforming the dating landscape with AI chatbots, particularly on platforms like Forever Companion.

• These chatbots feature avatars of celebrities and influencers, including Twitch and Snapchat stars and adult film actors, offering a variety of personalities and experiences for a fee, starting at $1 per minute.

• Users can engage in conversations, voice responses, and even phone calls. Yes, there are ‘NSFW’ versions as well. Anyone else getting Black Mirror deja vu?

This trend blurs the lines between technology and companionship, raising questions about artificial intimacy and privacy concerns. Developers emphasize that chatbot conversations remain private but caution users not to share sensitive information.

Is this a useful tool or just another experimental death spiral in tackling the loneliness epidemic? 

Beyond virtual dating, AI's role in simulating relationships, even for children, is gaining attention, sparking discussions about its potential impact on human connections in an increasingly digital world.

The Bands All Here (Sort Of…)

Legendary musician Sir Paul McCartney has collaborated with an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to create a new Beatles-inspired song titled “Just Fun.”

• McCartney worked with AI startup Anthropic, which analyzed over two dozen Beatles songs to mimic their style.

• He fine-tuned the track through interactions with the AI, blending AI-crafted instrumental backing with his own lyrics.

Although not an official Beatles single, McCartney praised the AI's ability to replicate the band's style and expressed interest in further exploring AI in music composition, marking a fascinating example of AI's impact on creative processes and musical innovation.

🔭The Scope

This sort of feels like the era where sci-fi movies come to life. With the real-life “H.E.R.” barging into the already cluster-funked dating world, whether these new changes are a boon or a bane is yet to be seen. And let’s not get started on AI music - the potential to bring back the dead sounds great, but loses all value in the long run, should an artist choose to go that route.

🌓Half Moons

- The United States Copyright Office (USCO) has refused to grant copyright to AI-generated artworks, with a recent court ruling upholding this decision, citing the absence of a "guiding human hand" in the AI-generated artwork's creation.

• However, legal experts argue that the Copyright Act of 1976 is flexible enough to accommodate AI-generated content if controlled by humans,

- Pigeon Shrine, a UK-based film studio, is revolutionizing movie production by employing an AI-driven "post-first" approach that starts with AI-generated visual effects (VFX), followed by live-action filming, reducing overwork for VFX artists and creating a fairer, more efficient workflow.

- OpenAI has launched a Canva plugin for ChatGPT, streamlining the process of creating visuals like logos and banners, offering an easy-to-use approach to digital design.

🔭The Scope

From music, to dating, to films, to art - AI is slowly seeping into all forms of creative pursuits. The USCO decision ensures that a ‘guided human hand’ is to always be present for AI Art to gain any value. What AI really excels at though, is the power to visualize and work backward from an end product. This is exactly what indie filmmakers Pigeon Shrine are capitalizing on!

⚪ Total Eclipse

Do robots fart? Who knows. But Bored Humans created an AI model trained on human flatulence so we can see what it would be like if they did!

💫Shooting Star

This week’s shooting star is CHARLESAI

This piece is titled ‘Preserved Nature’, and represents a small mountain range inside a museum. Through this piece, CHARLESAI depicts how nature is currently suffering because of human activity. In the future, will Nature be so ravaged by pollution and deforestation that the only way to enjoy it would be through a preserved slice, in an indoor museum?

🌚Dark Side of the Meme