Matthew Taber
@matthewtaber.bsky.social
Matthew Taber | Healthcare Consultant & Advocate | #AISafety Policy Developer | #DirectPrimaryCare | | #HealthPolicy | #ElvisAct | | Background Actor 🎬 |
RIP Dolly, you were magical.🙏 Dolly Parton performs "Jolene" with Pink, Annie Lennox, Pat Benatar, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Rob Halford, Simon Le Bon and Dave Stewart at The 37th Rock & Roll of Fame Induction Ceremony (November 5th, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles).
Dolly Parton - Jolene (Live at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022)
YouTube video by A. L. Media
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@markruffalo.bsky.social Listening in on the Paramount merger press conference. News: Merger is delayed til up to June 2027! Great work to all!! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻🎸😎 #BlockTheMerger
Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months (Gift Article)
The company agreed to a proposed freeze until June 2027, unless a judge issues a ruling before then on a lawsuit blocking the deal.
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💥Audiophiles! 💥 🎙️Listen in to early mystery radio drama. 🎧Hear the original audio as those who listened from their living rooms in the early days of radio. Himan Brown was a true pioneer, beginning his career at just 16 years of age. #HimanBrown #CUNYTV #RadioDramaNetwork #cbsradiomysterytheater
Radio Drama Network@radiodramanetwork.bsky.social · 4mo ago💥Podcast OUT Now June 4th! 💥 Ep 1 "The Old Ones are Hard to Kill" 🎧 Himan Brown's Radio Mystery Theater | Original Archive from CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Radio Drama Network & CUNYTV bring you the original audio from 1974 Tune in!💥 #HimanBrown #CUNYTV #RadioDramaNetwork #cbsradiomysterytheater
Please sign : AB-412, The AI Copyright Transparency Act offers us the opportunity to lead by example as it empowers artists and creators to exercise their rights as copyright owners. #aisafety #AB412
Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!
Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...
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Incredible performance by David Byrne on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Dance, Stephen, Dance!
If you love radio mystery! This is your next podcast! Himan Brown was the original pioneer of Radio Mystery Theater! With Orson Wells, Bob Hope and countless others on his original live broadcasts, this is where it all began. Please subscribe on #YouTube www.youtube.com/@radiodraman...
Radio Drama Network@radiodramanetwork.bsky.social · 4mo agoNEW #Podcast Series Launching June 4th!💥 @cunytv.bsky.social and #RadioDrama Network bring you "If You Please... Himan Brown's #RadioMystery Theater" 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️ Two 13 episode seasons beginning June 4th wherever you find your favorite #podcasts. 📻 Over 10k scripts in Brown's #CUNYTV archives!
“The AI revolution has begun, and I need to learn as much as I possibly can about AI and share it with all of you. Also, FYI: the jobs women hold are 3x more likely to be automated by AI, yet women are using AI at a rate 25% lower than men on average. We don’t want to be left behind.”
Reese Witherspoon Doubles Down on Telling Women to Learn AI: Jobs We Hold Are ‘Three Times More Likely to Be Automated By AI’
Reese Witherspoon is again advising her followers that there's no time like the present to start learning about and using artificial intelligence.
variety.com
Italy has become the first in the world to legally recognize that caring for a domestic animal can justify an authorized absence, in some cases, a paid one.
Italy Implements a New Labor Leave that Allows Workers to Care for Sick Pets - Italy
Italy has implemented a new labor policy that allows employees to request leave to care for their sick pets. In specific cases, the leave will be paid.
europesays.com
“What we found pretty consistently was irregardless (sic) of the wind direction, there was always a downwind warming that we could measure,” Sailor said. “And it was on the order of several degrees Fahrenheit.”
Arizona data centers warming neighboring communities by ‘several degrees’
A few degrees of warming could elevate health risks.
azfamily.com
“Lawsuits are piling up against Elon Musk’s company after its Grok AI image generator enabled mass production of deepfake porn based on images of non-consenting women and children.”
Baltimore is first U.S. city to sue over Grok deepfake porn as legal pressure mounts on Musk's xAI
Following international regulatory probes, lawsuits are piling up in the U.S. against Elon Musk's xAI and its Grok chatbot.
cnbc.com
“A study led by MIT researchers found that agentic AI developers seldom publish detailed information about how these tools were tested for safety.”
AI Agents Are Getting Better. Their Safety Disclosures Aren't
A study led by MIT researchers found that agentic AI developers seldom publish detailed information about how these tools were tested for safety.
cnet.com
Artists on Bluesky, inc., Karla Ortiz, called out the policy as harmful to human creatives. Backlash spread quickly, with threats to boycott the event. The reversal is viewed as a victory for artists amid broader debates on AI in the industry. www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
Time to ask for removal from the App Store “Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.”
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
wired.com
PLEASE demand APPLE remove. It produces CSAM. Apple has removed others with CSAM. Demand #apple remove from #AppStore. We shareholders demand it! www.wired.com/story/x-grok... #CNBC @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social @cnn-news.bsky.social #Grok #technology #socialmedia
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
wired.com
California Senate Judiciary still has not scheduled official hearing on AB 412. Official hearing needs to take place in order to move bill forward. Please ask @senatorumberg.bsky.social to schedule a hearing #copyright #AB412 #California #artist #actors
“It’s already getting more difficult for university students to get jobs…”
🆘 We have begun crowd-funding to get us to the next hearing which will be placed on the calendar sometime prior to January 23rd. 🆘 We have lots of work to do and we are up against billion dollar companies. 🆘 We will need at least 250 people at that next hearing. 🆘 Please consider a donation.
Donate to Guardrails for a Safe AI Future, organized by Protect Digital Identity
Our Future is at Risk Unethical AI has stolen years of human work without co… Protect Digital Identity needs your support for Guardrails for a Safe AI Future
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WGA and SAG-AFTRA say they will closely monitor the conditions of the $1 billion licensing deal and plan to meet further with the studio.
Unions Raise Flag on Disney-OpenAI Deal's Infringement Concerns: 'Built Its Business Off Our Backs'
WGA and SAG-AFTRA say they will closely monitor the conditions of the $1 billion licensing deal and plan to meet further with the studio
thewrap.com
@governor.ca.gov @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov The new Executive Order blocking state AI laws is a direct violation of California’s authority to protect innovation, privacy, and jobs. Please take action and file suit to defend our state’s right to regulate AI responsibly. #CA #AISafety #StatesRights
Trump signs executive order seeking to block states from regulating AI companies
Congressional efforts to regulate AI at the federal level this year have fallen short.
nbcnews.com
🚨URGENT🚨 ** If you live in the U.S. and want to have laws that regulate A.I. please read this, submit an online comment ASAP, and share! **
Join us Dec 8 @stanforduniversity.bsky.social to stand up for #AB412 and protect #Copyright! Creators’ rights are under attack by AI stealing their work. We need strong rules NOW! Don’t let tech giants erase our future. ✊ #SaveCreators #AIRegulation #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHcU...
CA-AB412 Matters
YouTube video by Project Digital Identity
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“Critics of OpenAI’s multibillion dollar corporate restructuring want to bring the matter to California voters, launching two different ballot initiatives as well as a campaign website that calls on billionaires like Elon Musk to pitch in on halting the business expansion.”
‘Calling all billionaires’: OpenAI critics urge Musk, Zuckerberg to fund ballot effort
The ChatGPT maker faces at least two different California ballot initiatives, targeting its multibillion-dollar corporate restructuring.
politico.com
We need you! Join us @stanforduniversity.bsky.social on December 8th. #actor #musician #artist #Stanford #author #AISafety
Protect Digital Identity@protectdid.bsky.social · 10mo ago🆘 !! THEY’RE MOBILIZING !! 🆘 🆘 !!THIS IS NOT A DRILL !! 🆘 AI COMPANIES ARE COMING TO STANFORD Sign-up at March2Testify.org FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR THEFT LEGAL DEC 8TH @ 10AM WE NEED YOU THERE DECEMBER 8TH STANFORD UNIVERSITY OUR FUTURE IS DECIDED IN 7 DAYS. #CAAB412 #march2testify #copyright
🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 People needed! Sign up at march2testify.org to stand up in person for Your Rights as an artist, creator for your Copyright December 8th at Stanford U 9am We have one chance to get this right. #protectdigitalidentity #March2Testify #EsaiMorales 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘
🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 Boots on the Ground! Sign up at March2Testify.org to stand up in person for Your Rights as an artist, creator for your Copyright December 8th at Stanford U 9am We have one chance to get this right. 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 #CAAB412 #March2Testify @xojodilong.bsky.social
🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 People needed! Sign up at March2Testify.org to stand up in person for Your Rights as an artist, creator for your Copyright December 8th at Stanford U 9am We have one chance to get this right. @protectdigitalidentity #protectdigitalidentity 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘
🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 Sign up at March2Testify.org to stand up in person for Your Rights as an artist, creator on December 8th at Stanford U 9am We have one chance to get this right. 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘
Protect Digital Identities | Support Digital Identity Rights Legislation
Your Digital Identity Is YOURS. Support AI legislation to protect against deepfakes and identity theft.
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NAVA@navavoices.org · 10mo agoVoice Actors, artists and ALL creators, we need your voices in person again in support of AB412! We now have a special legislative hearing in the heart of Silicon Valley to keep moving the ball forward for this bill. We need you to SHOW UP! We need EVERYONE there. RSVP: bit.ly/44lRMsX
