funnymonkey9h ago

There is no such thing as AI art.

And the folks running AI companies are some of the worst people on the planet.

And YouTube is a parasite.

https://rudevulture.com/ai-company-clones-musicians-voice-then-copyright-strikes-her-own-songs/

AI Company Clones Musician’s Voice, Then Copyright-Strikes Her Own Songs

Folk musician Murphy Campbell found herself at the center of a major ordeal when an entity called Timeless Sounds IR uploaded AI-generated imitations of her music to every major music platform, then used her recordings to strip her of her own income. According to sources, the scheme worked like this: someone fed YouTube videos of ... Read more

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Show threadPetra van Cronenburg9h ago

@funnymonkey Unfortunately, this can happen everywhere, not only with youtube.

We already have fake #podcasts. And #scraping podcasts by AI can happen everywhere, It doesn't matter whether they are hosted on platforms or on your own server.

We do need tough regulations and laws.

#artTheft #voice #music #copyright

Show threadfunnymonkey

@NatureMC laws and enforcement, and a deep rooted disgust toward the orgs and people that make these types of abuses possible.

There needs to be a steep social cost to this as well.

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Show threadPetra van Cronenburg8h ago

@funnymonkey Yes. At the moment it's the best like she did: to activate fans to openly protest at the slop's account while naming the company. And so she actually managed to get someone from YouTube to ring her up, even though no humans ever moderate there.

It's wild west for artists. I already took down important photos of my website because too many AI scraping bot attacks got my website regularly down.