The week in Generative AI news is heavy on copyright protection and I sense there’s more backlash on the way as industries get to grip with the true value and purpose of artificial intelligence. It’s not all angst though because AI is being used in tracking wildlife in order to prevent biodiversity depletion.

Judge Finds AI-Created-Art Isn’t Copyrightable

Open AI Tools Effective in Content Moderation

New York Times Bans Content from Training AI Models

AP Develop Guidelines for Use of AI in Newsrooms

AI Identifies Dozens of Wildlife Species

Photo Agencies Demand AI Copyright Protection in Open Letter

Universal Music Group and Youtube Collaborate for Emerging AI Initiative

How AI is Transforming Portrait Photography Studios

James Dean Stars in New Film with the Help of AI

Parity for Women in Movies Has Stalled

Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a Ph.D. Researcher in artificial intelligence and visual arts media — specifically grief tech, digital afterlife, AI, death and mourning practices, AI and photography, biometrics, security, and policy, and an author, writer, artist photographer, and filmmaker. Listen to the Podcast — The Digital Afterlife of Grief.