2023-11-29
I hate to say I told ya so but I know this Unity deal with Weta was not going to end well. This sucks for the talented teams at Weta & Unity - https://www.fxguide.com/... - Unity has constantly shown missteps in starting divisions and tools and never delivering on them. #unity
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Unity plans to cut 265 jobs, or 3.8% of its workforce, and end its services deal with VFX company Wētā FX to focus on its core business in a “company reset”
UPDATE: Scroll down for a statement from WētāFX: — Reuters is reporting that Unity Software …
2023-11-16
And this is a tightly contested issue at a lot of the AI companies trying to take the stance of training their data under fair use. It's a very thin line doing the wrong thing with copyright holders IP. Bravo Ed for taking a stance.
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Stability AI VP of Audio Ed Newton-Rex resigns, saying he disagrees with the company's view that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is fair use
Ed Newton-Rex has quit his role at Stability AI. In an exclusive op-ed, he shares why.