"Zhang’s biggest hope for the fallout from the scraping spree is that it might draw the attention of policymakers looking beyond questions of copyright, which is just one piece of a complicated puzzle." 4/
"Lantern is just getting off the ground, and it’s the kind of imperfect workaround inspired by a regulatory vacuum. But Zhang and Heft are aiming to give artists a little more control and a sense of awareness about how content gets hoovered up across the web" 3/
The new tool, @lanternproj, allows artists to create a fingerprint for their images and regularly scans new publicly posted AI image datasets, so if their work appears in one, they get a notification. Plus, since it's open-source, anyone can inspect and contribute to the code. 2/
In an unexpected turn of events, I’m now working with our first scraper, Heft, on a new tool to help artists find out where their works have been scraped. Cara’s story in Wired by @youwouldntpost: https://t.co/cn8IYaft93 1/