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For your artistic side.

🤖 Pink Floyd’s AI Competition Uproar

Pink Floyd sparked controversy by awarding a prize to an AI-generated music video.

The creator, Damián Gaume, trained his own model and used it to craft a trippy video for the classic song "Any Colour You Like". While some fans applauded the experimental approach, many criticized the use of AI as a betrayal of art.

People are calling it a #BetrayalOfArt and the band's Twitter feed is a war zone. Photography contests have already grappled with the AI question, but this video fiasco might take the cake. Pink Floyd’s YouTube comments section is a straight-up dumpster fire.

This isn’t the first time AI has ruffled feathers in creative contests, with photography competitions facing similar backlash. As AI technology advances, the debate over its role in art and authenticity continues to divide.

PRODUCTION MASTERY
The commercial aspects of creativity.

🎥 Standing Out As a Filmmaker In The Most Saturated Market Of All Time

The filmmaker's landscape is more crowded than ever. In a genre glutted with indie hopefuls, filmmakers are realizing that a standout film alone won’t cut it.

The scene is booming with 1M+ creators churning out films left and right. Sundance saw 17K+ submissions last year, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg with 100K+ new films hitting the market, but only a handful made noise.

Standing out requires more than a great debut—it demands consistency, a unique voice, and self-promotion chops. Gatekeepers are losing their iron grip as creators turn to social media and other channels to cultivate audiences. It's a hustle, but one that could lead to sustainable success.

If you’re the next indie Spielberg, your audience should know it before the festivals do.

CREATOR ECONOMY
Navigating the digital creative world.

🎥 YouTube Warns OpenAI

YouTube warns OpenAI that using YouTube videos to train its AI, Sora, would violate the platform's terms of service.

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan clarifies that while some content can be scraped from YouTube, extracting video footage and transcripts is a breach of the ToS.

OpenAI's CTO, Mira Murati, previously stated that Sora was trained on "publicly available" and licensed data, which could include YouTube videos.

This comes amidst an ongoing legal battle between Getty Images and Stability AI over the use of copyrighted photos in AI training.

🔥 Press Worthy

📽️ VISUAL CREATORS

Kodak's classic photo chemicals are making a comeback in Europe. Film photographers rejoice!

Older digital cameras reveal hidden gems in photographers' archives, proving megapixels aren't everything.

📈 PRODUCTION MASTERY

Photobucket may license its 13B+ image database to tech firms after changing its terms to allow for it.

Chaos rolls “Project Arena”, cutting VFX artists’ virtual shoot prep from hours to 10 mins—straight from Maya/Houdini to LED walls.

🎭 CREATOR ECONOMY

Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon all struck a deal with Shutterstock to train their AI, paying between $25M-$50M. Another day, another data buy.

Sony steals Swiss market share crown from Canon, thanks to their versatile E-mount lenses and Kodak makes a comeback.

📚 Learn & Grow

📽️ VISUAL CREATORS

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📈 PRODUCTION MASTERY

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🎭 CREATOR ECONOMY

• How To Get Unstuck With Generative AI in Your Content and Marketing

• YouTube Enables Creators to Curate Products, Build Virtual Store