David Holz

As more companies realize it costs quite a bit to create generative AI content, we may be coming to the end of free, open source AI models. One of the biggest companies that once proclaimed open source from the rooftops to all that would hear is quickly trying to sell a bigger, badder, more deep fake-capable AI model to any person with deep pockets (AKA businesses) willing to pay for it.Maybe AI-Written Scripts are a Bad Idea?On Thursday, Stability AI announced a new version of its open source software called Stable…

Where does the fun stop and the societal harm begin? Artificial intelligence companies behind image and text generators seem to be grappling with that question in real-time, as their products gain traction across the internet. Simultaneously, the same companies are also running up against some very standard internet issues—like users angling to take advantage of free trial offers.Making the Facebook Papers PublicPopular AI image generator, Midjourney, halted its free trial access this week, as first reported by the…

Illustration: DiscordDiscord isn’t new to artificial intelligence, but it’s certainly making a statement about its commitment to it in its latest blog post. The company has declared its chat app the “place for AI with friends.” Indeed, if you want to bring a seemingly-sentient AI chatbot into a conversation with your favorite online pals, you can—it’s part of a public experiment launching next week.Discord laid out its vision for the future of its AI in its chat app, which already offers AI-infused moderation and the…