Studio Ghibli criticize ChatGPT for stealing their artwork style

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Just a quick heads-up: Ghibli trend has taken over the internet and it doesn’t look nice for ChatGPT as Hayao Miyazaki criticize Sam Altman creation.

What’s inside today’s newsletter:

• 🌐 Tech Pulse:

• 📁 Unfold AI Tricks: Automate Summarizing Text Using AI in Google Docs

• 5 New Tools on the Block

• 🔎 Spotlight: Studio Ghibli criticize ChatGPT for stealing their artwork style

• 🤝 Who is getting funded?

• ✅ To-dos

🌐 Tech Pulse

• ChatGPT’s improved image generation is now available for free.

• OpenAI just raised another $40 billion round led by SoftBank.

• iOS 18.4 is out now with Apple Intelligence-powered priority notifications.

• Amazon’s new AI agent can do your shopping.

• ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts.

• Temporal lands $146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion.

• Perplexity CEO denies having financial issues, says no IPO before 2028.

• Elon Musk says xAI acquired X.
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📁 Unfold AI Tricks

Overview: Need to quickly summarize text in Google Docs without copying it into another AI tool? Using Google Apps Script, you can automatically generate text summaries directly inside your documents using Google’s built-in AI-powered natural language processing.

Duration: 15-30 minutes

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Set Up Your Google Doc: Create a Google Doc with a section of text you’d like summarized.

Write the Script: Go to Extensions > Apps Script and enter this code to create an automatic text summarizer:

function summarizeText() {
  var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
  var body = doc.getBody();
  var text = body.getText();

  // Make a request to Google's NLP API
  var apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"; // Replace with your Google Cloud API key
  var url = "https://language.googleapis.com/v1/documents:analyzeEntities?key=" + apiKey;
  
  var payload = {
    "document": {
      "type": "PLAIN_TEXT",
      "content": text
    },
    "encodingType": "UTF8"
  };
  
  var options = {
    "method": "post",
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "payload": JSON.stringify(payload)
  };
  
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options);
  var result = JSON.parse(response.getContentText());
  
  var summary = result.entities.map(e => e.name).join(", ");
  
  body.appendParagraph("\n\n**Summary:** " + summary);
}

Automate: Set a trigger to summarize new text automatically when your document is updated.

Customize: You can modify the script to highlight specific keywords or even perform sentiment analysis on the text.

Pro Tip: Combine this with Google Sheets by creating a batch summarizer that processes multiple texts and exports the summaries into Google Sheets for easy reference!

🔧 New Tools on the Block

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🔎 Spotlight: Studio Ghibli criticize ChatGPT for stealing their artwork style

Summary: ChatGPT's new image generation capabilities to create art in the style of Studio Ghibli, a renowned Japanese animation studio. The emergence of these AI-generated images on social media sparked excitement among users who enjoyed transforming their photos into whimsical Ghibli-esque scenes. However, this phenomenon has also ignited ethical debates, with some criticizing it as a disrespectful imitation and potential violation of the studio's artistic integrity, especially considering past negative remarks from Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki regarding AI art. The piece ultimately raises questions about the nature of AI-generated art and whether it constitutes true creation or merely a sophisticated form of remixing, suggesting a parallel to music remixing where artists' permission is typically required.

Here’s why it matters:

• It raises significant ethical and copyright concerns regarding AI's ability to mimic established artistic styles, potentially devaluing the original creators' decades of work and effort, as highlighted by criticisms of AI art and Hayao Miyazaki's past statements.

• It fuels the ongoing debate about the nature of AI-generated art – whether it is genuine creation or simply advanced remixing – and its implications for the future of artistic expression and the recognition of human artistry.

Source: Cybernews, Business Insider

 🤝 Who is getting funded?

• Construct Capital raises $300M fund for defense and manufacturing tech (TechCrunch).

• Alphabet’s AI drug discovery platform Isomorphic Labs raises $600M from Thrive (TechCrunch).

• Spark, Mayfield, and Kleiner Perkins pour another $75M into AI data center chipmaker Retym (TechCrunch).

 😂 Tech Memes

✅ To-dos

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