"This week in the ➡️ #Metaverse" #37
June 26, 2023
"This week in the ➡️ #Metaverse" #37
After a healthy pause for reflection, we are back with your weekly roundup of what’s happening in the digital land(scape). Metaverse ethics, governance and interesting trends from crypto, AI, gaming and regulation.
👁️🗨️What's going on:
Why Ghosts the Generative AI Revolution?
Apple unveiled the Vision Pro headset and a number of AI-powered features but largely ignored generative AI applications embraced by Google and Microsoft.
More on => TheVerge.com and Medium
Cory Doctorow on using science fiction as a weapon against the metaverse: ‘We are not free, and we don’t know it’. Which reminds me of something I like to repeat ad-nauseam about the “capitalistic version” of the metaverse, where “we will be as free as we can afford to pay”
More on =>ElPais.es
Lamina1 launches its “Metaverse-as-a-service” whitepaper.
More on => lamina1.com
Remebering “More Than Just a Game” the premier conference for video game lawyers, took place in April in London. Under the theme “The Constitution of the Metaverse” , panels explored different relevant intersections of the metaverse, constitutional law and intellectual property. Shout-out to the amazing women at the conference, pictured in this photo!
More on => mtjg.co.uk
🤖I Am Not A Robot: AI news
“Existential risk” is the new go-to in the AI lexicon of trendchasers. Fears that artificial intelligence might wipe us out have fueled the rise of groups like Pause AI.
Between the hype and the fear, the truth lays in critical thinking: who benefits from the “AI Pause” “Ban” etc, now?
Always a good reminder to follow voices that have been speaking about the ethical implications of AI for a long time, and risking their careers and reputation to sound the alarm early and be the canaries in the AI goldmine,
Good reminder to follow the work of Dr. Joy Buolamwini, Margaret Mitchell, Timnit Gebru, Meredith Withttaker, Cathy O’Neil and so many more keeping up the good fight!
Liam Gallagher endorses "lost" Oasis album, “The Lost Tapes” created by the UK-based band Breezer with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). The "alternate reality" album, uploaded to YouTube under the name AISIS, features eight tracks written in the style of Oasis from 1995 to 1997. It features Breezer's original songs written throughout 2021, with the original singer's voice replaced by AI-generated Gallagher vocals.
More on =>cybernews.com/
On the other hand, Drake says an AI-generated cover of him rapping Ice Spice's 'Munch' is the 'final straw' as fake songs go viral on TikTok.
More on => insider.com
Drones navigate unseen environments with liquid neural networks.
MIT researchers exhibit a new advancement in autonomous drone navigation, using brain-inspired liquid neural networks that excel in out-of-distribution scenarios. The paper “Robust flight navigation out of distribution with liquid neural networks” can be read here.
More on => mit.edu
And speaking of birds, turning off your lights could save millions of birds each year from deadly building collisions. Artificial lights wash out the stars that guide bird migrations, luring them into a maze of treacherous obstacles and highlighting the need to preserve the dark night sky.
More on => smithsonianmag.com
Stability AI announces new open-source large language model
More on => theverge.com
OpenAI’s CEO Says the Age of Giant AI Models Is Already Over
More on => wired.com
🤦The WTF award of the week goes to…
AI plagiarism detectors flag the US constitution as AI generated content by ChatGPT. According to the detection software, the IS constitution is 92.26% AI generated.
More on => stealthoptional.com
🎮Gaming news
“Microsoft acquired Bethesda after hearing Starfield would be exclusive to PlayStation” Microsoft saw Sony paying Bethesda to keep games off Xbox and decided to do something drastic about it.
More on => TheVerge.com
“Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator says 'we're not a game [...] what we're doing is accurate aviation activities”
More on => pcgamer.com
💸CryptoLand:
Yuga Labs Gets Partial Win in Bored Apes NFT Trademark Case.
More on => bloomberglaw.com
🧠Neurotech:
DIY Neurotech: Making BCI Accessible New open-source hardware thrusts brain-signal processing into a maker’s world.
More on => spectrum.ieee.org
😬Meme corner:
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