Andrew Hepworth @andershep

freelance artist cara.app/andyhepworth Scotland Joined September 2009

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex

a month ago

It is impossible to miss the fact that the AI backlash grows stronger every day. As teenagers die, young people find it harder to find jobs, creatives lose work & royalties, slop fills the airwaves, students cheat, we lose the ability to tell what's real, execs cut headcount,…

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart

2 months ago

Here’s the VP of Google Labs providing yet more evidence that tech giants are pushing tech that is trained off the work of artists—without artists consent— to then harm the same markets of the artists they so gleefully exploited. It’s a disgusting and vicious cycle.

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Ewan Morrison @MrEwanMorrison

2 months ago

History shows that technological genies are very often put back in the bottle when they prove to be destructive, dangerous or show no return on investment. My new article in Unherd. unherd.com/2025/08/how-to…

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Eugenio Tisselli @motorhueso

2 months ago

"AI is coming for everyone" sounds like threat. If you need to threaten academics in order to make them dependent on AI, maybe the technology isn't as amazing as you make it sound.

AshutoshShrivastava @ai_for_success

2 months ago

"AI is coming for everyone" sounds like threat. If you need to threaten academics in order to make them dependent on AI, maybe the technology isn't as amazing as you make it sound.

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Copyright Alliance @Unite4Copyright

2 months ago

“Training on copyrighted works w/out a license has become standard practice across the #AI industry,” says CEO of Fairly Trained & former AI exec @ednewtonrex. Watch Ed’s Ted Talk to learn why this approach is not sustainable and what can be done!ted.com/talks/ed_newto…

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Kevin Rodgers @KLRodgers4

5 months ago

So sales this month have been down. To be expected, but I was feeling a little bummed about it. Then we got our 19th straight 5⭐️ review. It hit me that no matter how many books we've sold, people are enjoying the heck out of it and that is MUCH more important. #SpreadingJoy

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart

5 months ago

And immediately after we get something good, this shit happens. Because the tech lords truly want our works for free and want us to be glad when we hand it over. Insanity. cbsnews.com/news/trump-fir…

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex

5 months ago

Lots more to say on this, but the US Copyright Office’s report on generative AI training is superb. It rejects the idea that all gen AI training is fair use, and it makes it clear that licensing training data is the way forward. Plus it destroys a bunch of AI booster mantras…

Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @LuizaJarovsky

5 months ago

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BURKOV @burkov

5 months ago

Now that's real talk. Exactly my point since this madness started: you cannot train a model from a creator's works to then generate copies that put the creator out of business. If you are saying it's alright and you must not stand in the way of progress, fuck your progress and…

Chomba Bupe @ChombaBupe

5 months ago

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Andrew Hepworth @andershep

5 months ago

We are live on Gamefound! gamefound.com/en/projects/be…

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex

5 months ago

Peter Kyle, secretary of state for science, innovation & tech, is still misleading people on UK copyright law. The UK’s copyright landscape has no lack of clarity; rights holders already have control (licensing training data for commercial gen AI is required by law). It looks a…

Peter Kyle @peterkyle

5 months ago

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Conpulsion @Conpulsion

6 months ago

3 DAYS UNTIL CONPULSION 2025 Talks - Workshops - TTRPGs - LARPs - & More Check out our talks and displays happening : conpulsion.org/programme/talk… Pleasance, Edinburgh Booking link in bio

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Dave Cook @davescook

6 months ago

9000 followers and this site’s stupid algorithm has nuked this so just over 100 people saw it… Signal boosting to see if it helps 😅 all RTs welcome. Thanks, friends 🙏

Dave Cook @davescook

6 months ago

9000 followers and this site’s stupid algorithm has nuked this so just over 100 people saw it… Signal boosting to see if it helps 😅 all RTs welcome. Thanks, friends 🙏

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Thomas Hewitt Jones @thewittjones

6 months ago

This was my feeling about AI swiping creative work 2 years ago. I still mean every word of it.

Thomas Hewitt Jones @thewittjones

3 years ago

This was my feeling about AI swiping creative work 2 years ago. I still mean every word of it.

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Where We Going, We Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @RPHutch1975

6 months ago

I'm not sure how we missed the passing of Robert McGinnis on the 10th of March this year but I'd like to take a moment to say rest in peace to an absolute legend who was still painting at 91. Rest in peace, sir. Thank you for all that beauty. #robertmcginnis

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Reid Southen @Rahll

6 months ago

So AI companies aren't even pushing "opt-out" as a solution anymore, they just want your data and life's work for free, but you don't get paid, and you can't say no. Who in their right mind thinks this is okay? It's insanity.

Karla Ortiz @kortizart

6 months ago

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Boze the Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze

6 months ago

a lot of people obviously haven't seen Spirited Away, in which a monster driven by greed consumes people and steals their voices, doing perfect imitations of those it's devoured, and it's hard to think of a better metaphor for generative AI.

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76

6 months ago

Absolutely brilliant letter.

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Anime Updates @animeupdates__

6 months ago

Studio Ghibli distributor 'GKids' on AI Art "In a time when technology tries to replicate humanity, we are thrilled that audiences value a theatrical experience that respects and celebrates Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s masterpiece in all its cinematic hand-drawn glory"