In this week’s news feed: Cyber pirates?
Generated by Joe Newman with Midjourney. Prompt: “eyepatch, pirate ship and flag in the background, cyber pirate of the Caribbean Jack Sparrow, Microsoft's AI training software co-pilot visualized stealing computer code from the internet in the style of a pixar cartoon, 3d render, hyper detailed, volumetric shadows, dynamic lighting, 8k”
Our twice-a-week curated news roundup launches on Monday morning. We spotlight a potential class-action lawsuit that accuses Microsoft and its collaborators of pirating billions of lines of code that were publicly available on the internet. At the core of the case is Microsoft’s Copilot technology that uses AI training to analyze data from the internet, which, in turn, helps it generate its own computer code. This case could have far-reaching impacts on the technology behind AI-generated art. Be sure to subscribe to our Substack newsletter to get the full news roundup delivered to your inbox on Mondays and Fridays.
The lead art on our newsletter was generated with Mid Journey. Here are some of the images and prompts in the progression:
“pirate flag in the background, cyber pirate of the Caribbean wearing an eyepatch, Microsoft's AI training software co-pilot visualized stealing computer code from the internet in the style of a pixar cartoon, 3d render, hyper detailed, volumetric shadows, dynamic lighting, 8k”
“cyber pirate, Microsoft's AI training software co-pilot visualized stealing computer code from the internet in the style of a pixar cartoon, 3d render, hyper detailed, volumetric shadows, dynamic lighting, 8k”
“Microsoft's AI training software co-pilot visualized as a cyber pirate stealing computer code from the internet in the style of a pixar cartoon, 3d render, hyper detailed, volumetric shadows, dynamic lighting, 8k”
