Elliott Bledsoe

@elliottbledsoe
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I am the grumpy cat of arts marketing! 😼
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ATM doing stuff w/ BlakDance + others.
President of @wm_au and Co-lead of @creativecommonsaustralia.
@elliottbledsoe on most things.
#ArtsMarketing #Copyright #Tech
On Turrbal/Jagera land
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It's unusual to see a real estate website focus on arts and cultural infrastructure in regional centres. Sure, it is ultimately about property prices, but it does provide a good overview of recent and current regional art gallery redevelopments.

#RegionalAustralia #RegionalArts #VisualArts
https://www.domain.com.au/news/regional-renaissance-how-art-galleries-are-driving-property-booms-in-country-towns-1491221/

Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook

Co-founders of Moltbook, a platform for artificial intelligence agents, will join tech giant’s AI research unit

The Guardian
Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook

Co-founders of Moltbook, a platform for artificial intelligence agents, will join tech giant’s AI research unit

The Guardian

The UK music collecting society is pursuing Steam, PlayStation has been toying with dynamic pricing and Crikey breakdown Palantir Technologies' Australian Defence contract.

And: Katy Perry lost a trade mark battle with an Australian fashion designer, La Trobe University appointed an AI Pro Vice-Chancellor and the Oversight Board wants Meta to do more to identify AI content.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-25/
#music #MusicRoyalties #Steam #PlayStation #DynamicPricing #AIandMilitaryUses #TradeMarks

WTF now?! #25 – Thursday 5–Wednesday 11 March 2026

This week: app stores, AI acquisitions and antitrust cases, oh my! Plus a peak at Palantir’s military contract, Katy Perry lost a trade mark dispute and La Trobe appointed an AI provost.

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Well that round-up was HUGE! App stores, AI acquisitions and antitrust cases, oh my!

Google is making big worldwide changes to Google Play, Live Nation has settled with the US Department of Justice and AI companies are buying up other AI companies at gusto.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-25/
#AppStores #AI #GooglePlay #music

WTF now?! #25 – Thursday 5–Wednesday 11 March 2026

This week: app stores, AI acquisitions and antitrust cases, oh my! Plus a peak at Palantir’s military contract, Katy Perry lost a trade mark dispute and La Trobe appointed an AI provost.

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This week's WTF now?! round-up is the biggest yet. It covers the significant acqusitions of AI companies recently, the settlement offer in the US Live Nation antitrust case and the Australian Defence contract with Palantir.

Plus changes to Google Play store, music royalties, trade mark, video game pricing and more.

And it includes references to Katy Perry and Ben Affleck. Something for everyone!

#AI #antitrust #music #TradeMark #AppStores #KatyPerry #BenAffleck

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Since early 2026 there have been more than eight AI acquisitions by Anthropic, OpenAI, Canva, Accenture, MyFitnessPal and more. I've pulled together some of the notable ones.

#AI #BigTech #TechAcquisitions
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/big-tech-ai-acquisitions/

Big Tech on AI spending spree in 2026

Q1 2026 was acquisition crazy in AI! Accenture, Anthropic, Canva, Mistral AI, MyFitnessPal, OpenAI and more have been buying up other AI players.

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Nothing brings Americans together more than AI threats from China. The USA vs China AI narrative boiled over again with the recent release of Seedance 2.0. I take a look at the America first AI dream and the unified nationalistic AI front in America.

#AI #Seedance #DeepSeek #BigTech #BigContent #Hollywood
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/us-ai-nationalism-and-chinese-ai/

Whether DeepSeek or Seedance, what is behind US criticism of Chinese AI? And why it matters

Nothing brings Americans together more than AI threats from China.

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The Information Technology Industry Council calls out US Secretary ‌of Defense Pete Hegseth for designating Anthropic a 'supply chain risk'.
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/big-tech-group-tells-pentagons-hegseth-they-are-concerned-about-declaring-2026-03-04/
#AI #Anthropic