The past year brought a wave of AI news that had major impact on the creative industry. In this roundup episode, it’s me on the mic, giving you my roundup of the biggest news events of 2024 and how they impacted our creative world. Plus, my grains of thought on how these topics will evolve.

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AI vs. News and Media

* Who's suing AI and who's signing: Publisher deals vs. lawsuits with generative AI companies [Press Gazette]

* The new Person of the Year chatbot explained [Time Magazine]

AI vs. Film

* What is Sora for? Commentary by Alex Kantrowitz [The Wrap]

* What if AI is actually good for Hollywood? [New York Times Magazine]

AI vs. Music

* Viral 'BBL Drizzy' AI Drake diss track company gets sued [CNN]

* 'BBL Drizzy' foretold the future of AI music [Wired]

AI vs. Climate

* AI wants more data. More chips. More real estate. More power. More water. More everything [Bloomberg Markets]

* Will AI save the planet? Why the evidence is flawed [The Conversation]

AI vs. the United States of America

* How Trump's new 'AI czar' David Sacks went from MAGA critic to true believer [NBC News]

* 1 in 6 congresswomen targeted by AI-generated sexually explicit deepfakes [Gizmodo]

AI vs. Reality

* Why doesn't Facebook just ban AI slop like Shrimp Jesus? [Business Insider]

* 'Brain rot': Oxford word of the year 2024 reflects 'trivial' use of social media [The Guardian]

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