AI companies stole artists’ work to train their models, and now AI image generators present an existential threat to the future of their profession. I spoke to @kortizart.bsky.social about her organizing against generative AI and what needs to be done to rein it in.

How artists are fighting generative AI

An interview with Karla Ortiz on how AI image generators are upending the careers of artists

“Algorithmic Disgorgement” is a neat term I learned that means “BURN THE MOTHERFUCKER DOWN”

"Disruption" === What legal grey area will allow us to make the most money while exploiting people?

Aren't there poison pill programs that can fuck up data that these things scrape?