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San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event

"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"

This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted

'Warhammer' maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process

• A small number of senior managers have experimented with GenAI tools — none are that excited about the technology

• The company plans to hire more human creatives

AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"

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This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I can’t believe I missed it

Calvin's mom says "Life could be worse, Calvin" by a Liberal Party logo, Calvin says, "Life could be a lot better, too!" under an NDP logo, Calvin's dad says, "Life being worse builds character!" under a Conservative Party logo

The forever-correct way to translate Canadian parties to other countries without using their politics for reference

Who did this? 😂

He stands for nothing good. You must vote for sanity this election, not the return of plastic straws. Never Poilievre

This Passover I’m thinking hard about the holiday’s history of resistance to tyrannical leaders, and the imperative for Jewish people to stand with all oppressed peoples of the world.

lol

And those penguins aren't going to get away with it anymore.

Of course they are. Adobe is the absolute worst for this.

Illustration of Bambi jumping off a rock into the lake below to escape from the forest fire. The colors are purple, black, and red.

Bambi but the forest fire scene

Jack Daniel’s maker scraps DEI policies after threat of ‘anti-woke’ boycott The maker of Jack Daniel’s whisky said it will pull back on its DEI initiatives, buckling to pressure on social media as an “anti-woke” activist said he was preparing to launch a boycott. Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. — with a market capitalization of $21.37 billion — is the latest company to scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion program, following Harley-Davidson, Tractor Supply and John Deere.

Jack Daniel's maker says Canada pulling US alcohol off shelves 'worse than tariff' March 5 (Reuters) - Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman's (BFb.N), opens new tab CEO Lawson Whiting said on Wednesday Canadian provinces taking American liquor off store shelves was "worse than a tariff" and a "disproportionate response" to levies imposed by the Trump administration. Several Canadian provinces have taken U.S. liquor off store shelves as part of retaliatory measures against President Donald Trump's tariffs.

The shot -------> the chaser

Everyone: we don't want this
Tech Cos: Everyone wants AI
Everyone: we don't want this
Tech Cos: Here, have more of it
Everyone: We don't want this
Tech Cos: It's faster, more powerful, we have lots of it
Everyone: We don't want this
Tech Cos (finally, hopefully): I think maybe people don't want this

Invincible 🤣

A reminder that all writing advice come with the caveat that YMMV. Learning to write is really hacking your brain into delivering the most words reliably in the shortest amount of time with the highest amount of quality. And since each of our brains works differently, not all advice will fit you.

This dude is a Nazi freak. So pathetic

Somtimes a Nazi Salute is a Nazi Salute

Hollywood Reporter out here with more journalistic courage than virtually every other journalism outlet.

I'm usually loathe to lean on 1984 as a reference for current events but there's also a WHOLE LOT of people in the media just straight up trying to tell you that you didn't actually see a Nazi salute.

I'm spending the rest of the day writing a fanfic about Vine and TikTok boinking each other in every single way.

dreaming of work

I'm in this and I don't like it.

Heritage Minister says the owner of X is engaging in foreign interference and says Facebook’s far-right friendly moderation policies are “extremely dangerous” to democracy

And yet… No one is talking about meaningful regulation of either of these out-of-control platforms 🤷‍♂️

Our species is irredeemable and should be destroyed.

only company with any balls

Elon Musk is being accused of cheating at video games by allegedly using loopholes and hiring users to play for him

(via VICE)

Instagram is now randomly showing users AI-generated images of themselves

“Used Meta AI to edit a selfie, now Instagram is using my face on ads targeted at me"

(via 404 Media)