As of now, Florida and Kansas have passed bills that align with KOSA.
So many people have held back on speaking out against KOSA or signing petitions because "it probably won't pass." But we have proof that it very well can and will.
So what can we do right now?
The same thing we've been doing: bring awareness and protest.
Here are a few websites you can visit to sign petitions:
The internet is flooded with AI-generated photos and they're getting harder to spot.
Most of the time AI is used for click-farming, but lately images have been used in fake news stories and product scams.
Most important: THINK CRITICALLY. AI will eventually get too good to make obvious mistakes. Being media literate means checking not just if an image is real, but if the source is trustworthy.
If you're not sure, don't share! You might be spreading misinformation.
Okay so you know how on The Krusty Krab there are flags on the front
Right, so I remembered the other day that there is a Maritime Flag Language for sailors, and each flag has a different meaning, but when put together, they spell out a word. I have decided to figure out what it says.
Mkay so here’s the thing this center flag
does not exist so I can only assume that they are trying to mimic the first flag on the list? Also, the 4th one appears to be upside-down.
But what it says (if you assume it’s the first one) is Romeo-India-Alpha-Uniform-Kilo or RIAUK which, from detailed internet research, only seems to be a 43-year-old woman on a dating website I’ve never heard of. Since that is not a word, I am going to investigate into the ICS (International Code of Signal) flag meanings using Wikipedia.
So according to Wiki, it says
(Kay so Romeo doesn’t have an ICS meaning so we are off to a great start)- “I am altering my course”
“I have a diver down; keep well clear at slow speed“
“You are running into danger”
“I wish to communicate with you”
So what we can gather from this is that the creators/artist for the classic series Spongebob Squarepants have absolutely no idea what the Maritime Flag Language is.
Your $12 could get someone in Sudan an emergency kit, Your $20 can get the clinics Equipment and your $50 can help keep the clinics running. Support Medglobal today!!!
I'm sorry for being so sappy, but I wanted to show you guys something.
When I first donated to PCRF in December 2023, it was barely 10% close to its goal. Now in March 2024, they're also 100%. Everyone of you has helped support a better future for Gaza.
They're so close to their goal. Please donate or share this post so that they can get to their goal🇵🇸
Opting out wont be enough (How to protect your art from Midjourney and OpenAI)
Tumblr may trust OpenAI and Midjourney to honour their end of the opt out agreement, but their past and continued violations of user consent make it clear that they can't be trusted.
I have replaced all the art I posted on Tumblr with versions I filtered through the Glaze Projects Software, and I recommend all of you reading do the same.
Both Glaze and Nightshade are on their website https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/
Both are important for making images difficult for AI algorithms to read. The result may leave visible artefacts on the image, but it is the only way for the protection to work in a way that cant be mitigated by copy pasting or screen grabbing an image.
Now while Glaze and Nightshade would be enough to protect an individuals art, it would require many users to do the same for GenAI companies to truly face the consequences of breaking user consent agreements. So I highly encourage not just you to do this, but to spread an re-blog this message to let as many other users as possible know to do the same. We can fight GenAI if we do it together!
Also consider following the Glaze Project on Twitter https://twitter.com/TheGlazeProject for future developments in protection against art theft.
Don't know if this is a new setting or if I just missed it before. On your Wordpress account, go to Settings - Privacy and enable this option. No idea if this will be honored, but it's theoretical protection from this recent news.
It doesn't seem like Tumblr has added anything new to their privacy as of posting this. Keep your eyes out in case it's quietly rolled out.