Today in Generative Media

More takes on ScarJo/OpenAI; Meta AI uses news, makes deals; News Corp. & OpenAI

• The Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI dispute is straight out of ‘Her’ (Washington Post)

• Scarlett Johansson’s AI Legal Threat Sets Stage for Actors’ Battle With Tech Giants (Hollywood Reporter)

• Meta walked away from news. Now the company’s using it for AI content. (Washington Post)

• Meta is considering new paid deals with media publishers for AI training data (Business Insider)

• News Corp. Decides to Take the Money From OpenAI in Major Licensing Deal (Hollywood Reporter)

• Google Taps AI to Show Shoppers How Clothes Fit Different Bodies (Wired)

• Marketers are using AI faces and voices to make social-media ads, and some influencers worry it could hurt their careers (Business Insider)

• Emory University awarded two students $10,000 for their AI study tool, then suspended them (Engadget)

• Charlie Q's Midjourney 6 Sref Codes.

• The TED AI Show (podcast)

• Generative AI for 2D Character Animation (project page)

• GarmentDreamer: 3DGS Guided Garment Synthesis with Diverse Geometry and Texture Details (project page)

• The [California] Senate passed our AI safety & innovation bill, SB 1047. (X)

• Video-to-video with the new lip sync feature on DomoAI (X)

• Here's the perfect --sref for my fellow Sci-Fi nerds (X)

• Leonardo character reference 🔥 (X)

• typing "1000km to [word]" is a surefire way to get the awful google AI to say something incredibly funny (X)