Steven Zapata

Drawings.

[Karla Ortiz @kortizart]

1/7 Recent unsealed documents from Bartz v Anthropic showed this internal essay “An Economic Model for Compensating Data Producers” by Anthropic’s CEO in 2021.

Anthropic knew of the importance and cost of our works. They then willfully decided to steal it.
Lets break this down👇

[Steven Zapata @StevenZapata]

Venom and Carnage in marker #sketchbook

[Steven Zapata @StevenZapata]

How I draw when I just don’t care.

[Steven Zapata @StevenZapata]

@DaveRapoza So sorry Dave. She lived to a ripe old age and you must have gave her a great life.

[Miles Johnston @MilesJohnston]

My first ever published art book! https://t.co/SiIadhwfuK (1/2)

[Karla Ortiz @kortizart]

THIS VIDEO IS EVERYTHING!!!! Watch asap, and If you’re in Burbank this August 10 show UP, and stand in solidarity with Animation Workers!

Let’s give them all the support so they can get ACTUAL protections against GenAi and so much more!

Let’s GOOO!

[Brian Merchant @bcmerchant]

This story blew up—almost overwhelmingly so. Wrote about why outrage goes beyond “it’s bad when profiteering execs fire ppl to cut costs” and into something more: AI co’s are trying to automate the arts—the human things that make human life worth living.

https://t.co/d2BhDTGpQk

[Brian Merchant @bcmerchant]

AI is already killing jobs in video games. My investigation for @Wired reveals that major studios are already using AI for concept art and asset generation, foisting AI trainings on games workers and that AI is playing a role in the mass layoffs that have roiled the field.

[Karla Ortiz @kortizart]

1/ @IATSE’s vote ratified.

I dont blame people for voting the way they did. They’ve been starved for 2 years by the Studios to make them desperate enough to say yes to a deal that, despite what leadership may say, has a glaring lack of protections on GenAi. Everyone I spoke to-

[Karla Ortiz @kortizart]

/ I grew up in a IATSE family. I am from a #UnionStrong home. So It breaks my heart to see IATSE’s leadership pushed towards an iceberg called Generative AI, by trying to pass a contract that allows Studios to FORCE workers to use unethical Generative AI models. Lets talk-

[Zachary Berger @artofzachary]

I'm a proud @IATSE union member, but the AI proposals from the recent Tentative Basic Agreement Summary have me feeling like IATSE is completely abandoning members like me whose jobs are exceptionally at risk from AI automation. A breakdown of why in the following thread 1/

[Karla Ortiz @kortizart]

1/4 People scoff at the art community coming together to hire just 1 lobbyist.

The sad fact is that it is an EXTREMELY effective tactic, as it’s one of the few ways to put your influence lawmakers. We gotta fight back everywhere. If able please donate:

https://t.co/0x1QTZ8KIr

[Karla Ortiz @kortizart]

1/ Apple “Intelligence” is here and 0 questions of “where does the data come from?” to be seen in press.

APPLE is trying to shove a huge privacy risk and tech that screams scraped off the internet without consent to the public. So here’s a list of potential data sources 🧵

[Karla Ortiz @kortizart]

1/ The Concept Art Association (CAA) is doing an exciting auction to raise much needed funds so it can continue advocating for artists, our rights and livelihoods in the age of GenAI!
https://t.co/2HGX9so8OI

Let's also talk about how effective CAA was in 2023!
Huge ass thread👇

[Benjamin (leaving for 🦋@benjami.no) @stealcase]

Appropos of absolutely nothing:
Have you heard about the Concept Art Association? They're a US grassroots org that's talking with senators & congress to protect Artists and Creators from unfair AI business practices and abuse.

They need donations! 👇🏻
#CreateDontScrape

[Benjamin (leaving for 🦋@benjami.no) @stealcase]

Their Gofundme last year was successful, but they need renewed funding this year!

We all believe AI is currently lead by abusive companies, so I'm putting money where my mouth is and donating 1000$ because I believe in the cause.
https://t.co/wr0bRUXkNe

[The Glaze Project, at UChicago @TheGlazeProject]

Today is the day. Nightshade v1.0 is ready. Performance tuning is done, UI fixes are done.

You can download Nightshade v1.0 from
https://t.co/knwLJSRrRh

Please read the what-is page and also the User's Guide on how to run Nightshade. It is a bit more involved than Glaze

[Karla Ortiz @kortizart]

Folks, NIGHTSHADE is finally OUT!

Between Glaze and Nightshade go protect what's yours! I'm using Nightshade and then Glaze to protect my work until the Nightshade/Glaze combo is out, hope y'all do so as well!

Good news to end the day with!

[neil turkewitz @neilturkewitz]

“Today lawmakers from both sides of the aisle agreed that OpenAI & others should pay media outlets for using their work in AI projects. “It’s not only morally right,” said ⁦@SenBlumenthal⁩ “It’s legally required.”
—⁦@Knibbs⁩ https://t.co/pLbNL8jiJH

[Dave Rapoza @DaveRapoza]

watch here - https://t.co/EGpQjT7ig0