Art.Ificial April 4: Fireside Chat with Google Labs!

Issue #6

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Art Ificial
April 04, 2024

Student Artwork Spotlight

Experience the heartfelt AI-generated video "Dear Mom" by USC Media, Arts, and Practice students Johans (@before___long) and Katie Luo (@katieluo). This touching creation imagines and captures the essence of a daughter’s love if she met her mom when she was 20 in the present day.

Creative tools used: Runway, After Effects, Ableton, and Premiere Pro

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Upcoming Events

Art.Ificial is partnering with Google Labs, SparkSC, SEP, and LavaLabs for a discussion with executives from Google Labs, a division within Google exploring creative AI. Following the conversation, teams from LavaLab and SEP will be demoing products they’ve created. Food and light snacks will be provided. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with Google representatives, explore innovative AI tools, and join the conversation about the future of creativity. Sign up quick as it is first come first serve.

Runway AI Film Festival

Art.Ificial is excited to partner with RunwayML to give away a limited number of free student tickets for the second annual AI Film Festival! AIFF is a celebration of the art and artists embracing new and emerging AI techniques for filmmaking. Works showcased offer a glimpse at a new creative era. One made possible when today’s brightest creative minds are empowered with the tools of tomorrow.

When: Wednesday, May 1st

Venue: The Orpheum Theater

Time: Doors open at 5:30pm, show begins at 6:30pm

AI in Entertainment and Gaming Event

Join Jon Wolheim and the Department of Business Communication for an insightful conversation on Artificial Intelligence, Gaming and Entertainment! This session will be a highly-interactive, humorous evening of understanding generative AI, creating custom GPT’s, and creating career alchemy for new creators in the games and entertainment space. Jon received his MBA from USC Marshall and studied artificIal intelligence and entrepreneurialism at MIT and Stanford. Jon has provided senior global leadership to teams at Apple and Amazon and was part of the team that took SoundHound AI (SOUN) public in 2022. No RSVP required.

Date: Monday, April 8th 
Time: 6pm to 8pm 
Location: JFF LL 105 

News of the Future, Today

Hollywood celebs are scared of deepfakes. This talent agency will use AI to fight them

WME is partnering with Seattle-based AI and image recognition company Loti to stop unauthorized digital use of images from WME clients, including deepfakes.

George Carlin’s Estate Settles Lawsuit Against Podcasters Over AI Special

The dispute stemmed from an hourlong special featuring an AI-generated Carlin that was created by Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen. The legal action was among the first complaints to be filed over the unauthorized use of a celebrity's voice using AI tools.

AI companies are courting Hollywood. Do they come in peace?

Hollywood talent agencies and producers have met with AI companies, including ChatGPT maker OpenAI, to learn about how their technologies could be used in entertainment.

Dethklok's Brendon Small Shares Opinion on AI in Entertainment: 'If You're Not Telling a Human Story, Then What's the Point of Anything?'

'You always need a person sitting there and sorting stuff out and getting your logic together and telling the story because nobody else knows.'

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