Crowdsourcing History: The Sign Preservation Initiative

We start this week with a series of articles from Emanuel about a crackdown in the AI industry. After the break, Sam tells us about the ‘Save Our Signs’ campaign which hopes to preserve the history of national parks. In the subscribers-only section, Jason rants about how AI will not save the media industry. 

YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-fo7O8B_mk

• 404 Media Los Angeles event details (free for subscribers; $10 otherwise)
• a16z-Backed AI Site Civitai Is Mostly Porn, Despite Claiming Otherwise
• Hugging Face Is Hosting 5,000 Nonconsensual AI Models of Real People
• Payment Processors Are Pushing AI Porn Off Its Biggest Platforms
• 'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It
• The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work

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