Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?
The Verge
AI video startup Pippa aims to ethically compensate artists for their styles, but faces challenges due to its reliance on web-scraped models.Summary
AI video startups like Pippa are attempting to reshape the industry by directly paying artists whenever users generate content in their style. While founders Hogan Shrum and Sean Wright hope this economic model will heal friction between artists and tech companies, Pippa still relies partly on models trained on internet-scraped data. Furthermore, convincing artists to participate remains difficult due to community backlash and apprehension, highlighting the complex hurdles facing "ethical" generative AI platforms.
(Source：The Verge)