Today in Generative Media

Midjourney blocks Biden & Trump images; OpenAI & EU papers make a deal

• AI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Biden and Trump as election looms (PBS)

• OpenAI Inks Deals With European Publishers Le Monde, Prisa (Bloomberg)

• Blockchain tech could be the answer to uncovering deepfakes and validating content (TechCrunch)

• AI expert says Princess Kate photo scandal shows our "sense of shared reality" being eroded (CBS News)

• RAIN-GS: Relaxing Accurate Initialization Constraint for 3D Gaussian Splatting (project page)

• Follow-Your-Click: Open-domain Regional Image Animation via Short Prompts (project page)

• Tips For Consistent Characters – Controlling Character Weight (X)

• Consistency Across Styles with Midjourney (X)

• Want to see your "model" or yourself with different color hair, eyes, clothing... you pick! (X)

• Interesting: there are NO official plans to make Sora a product yet (at least not anytime soon), so it’s only in R&D now. (X)

• "Where does the training data come from?" (X)