Sacramento, we have a problem. New California legislation to "save journalism" and support local news does neither. Free Press Action reports:
This report shows that the California Journalism Preservation Act would result in a massive giveaway to large and profitable media outlets like Fox News.
In other news, the Journal of Pediatrics recently had a fascinating study looking at tons of other research on increasing mental health challenges with kids and found that... a huge factor is probably THE LACK OF SPACES FOR KIDS TO BE KIDS. www.techdirt.com/2023/10/26/n...
We’ve been covering, at great length, the moral panic around the claims that social media is what’s making kids depressed. The problem with this narrative is that there’s basically no real evide...
NEW: More than 100 parents of transgender kids have penned an open letter urging lawmakers and advocacy groups to abandon the dangerous and misguided Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and instead support alternative measures to address the harm of Big Tech. www.transparentsletter.com
Please listen to us. Our kids' lives are at stake.
An Open Letter from Artists Using Generative AI: creativecommons.org/2023/09/07/a... Whatever your feelings on generative AI, I hope you'll engage with the work and sentiments of artists like those featured here. They're too often erased in the debate.
As part of Creative Commons’ ongoing community consultation on generative AI, CC has engaged with a wide variety of stakeholders, including artists and content creators, about how to help make gener...
📢NEW PAPER! Where @davidthewid, @sarahbmyers & I unpack what Open Source AI even is. We find that the terms ‘open’ & ‘open source’ are often more marketing than technical descriptor, and that even the most 'open' systems don't alone democratize AI 1/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
From Paul Keller: https://openfuture.eu/blog/ai-the-commons-and-the-limits-of-copyright/ If the worry is that large entities that benefit from shared resources should contribute back to the sustainability of those resources, there are ways to address that (ends in "ax" and starts with "t")
Well, since you hearted, two links as food-4-thought From me: https://techpolicy.press/generative-ai-and-copyright-policy-from-the-creator-users-perspective/ At the least, think that makes the equities more complex. The second link is probably going to be more pertinent to where you're at...
Apparently I am "unreasonable " but I'll take this conversation offline ;-)