The CA Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports & Tourism Committee and the CA Assembly Privacy & Consumer Protection Committee will be holding a joint informational hearing on our issue tomorrow - it took us more than a year to get this hearing. Hopefully you can tune in!!! You can WATCH the webcast hearing at the link below. A copy of the meeting agenda can also be found there.
We have Professor Ben Y. Zhao, Neubauer Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago (at both the open and close). There is a segment on music (and allies from the Human Artistry Campaign & Universal Music Group will be on that panel). There is a segment on artists in film & television (featuring Concept Designer & Artist, Andrew Leung), and there is a closing segment featuring (Prof. Zhao again, and featuring Concept Artists & Illustrator for video games Tiana Oreglia.)
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THE USAGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (10am-1pm) PST
1021 O Street, Room 1100, Sacramento, CA
Joint Informational Hearing: Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee and Arts, Entertainments, Sports, and Tourism Committee
WATCH THE WEBCAST:
{The link to watch will go live Tuesday morning, and can be found here:}
https://apcp.assembly.ca.gov/hearings/2023-24-informationaloversight-hearings
HEARING PANELISTS:
{Panel 1: Academic Overview of the Industry’s Advances and Usage of Technology}
-Dr. Ben Shao, Neubauer Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago
{Panel 2: AI’s Impact On Music Production}
-Dr. Moiya McTier, Senior Advisor, Human Artistry Campaign
-Chris Horton, Senior VP of Strategic Technology, Universal Music Group
-Patrick Sabatini, Senior VP of Legal and Business Affairs, Warner Music Group
{Panel 3: AI’s Impact On Film and Television Production}
-Jason George, Actor and Board Member, SAG-AFTRA
-Drew Leung, Concept Designer and Artist, Local 800 Art Directors Guild
{Panel 4: Artists’ Perspective on AI and Entertainment}
-Tiana Oreglia, Concept Artist
-Dr. Ben Zhao, Neubauer Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago
On behalf of the artists & creators who will be in attendance, we want to extend our thanks and gratitude to both Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports & Tourism Chair, Mike Gipson; and Assembly Privacy & Consumer Protection Committee Chair, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan for holding Tuesday's hearing, and Speaker Rivas for helping to make this happen!!! Thank you to the legislative staff for all of your assistance, and to the legislature for allowing artists to be part of the regulatory conversation in CA!!!
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One final note …
As of today, we are at 27,146 signatures! Today’s blast, is one reason why people should sign our petition, to get the news as it happens, when it happens. We will continue sending only relevant updates to those who’ve signed our petition when it's happening. We don’t spam you, we just send out updates on advancements around the issue - not endless fundraising garbage.
So - once again - can each of you signed, get just 10 of your friends to sign our petition too?
We have a quick custom link you can text or e-mail to your friends:
https://www.change.org/WhiteHouse_TalkToHumanArtists
It’s absolutely incredible the love and support you have shown for one another so far and we are well on our way to our next milestone of 35,000 signatures! If you haven’t already, and even if you have PLEASE SHARE OUR PETITION!
Yes, it will help us get more signatures, but it will also help us be able to get the word out quickly (like we did today) as developments on this rapidly changing issue emerge.
Thank you again for your support!
#ConceptArtAssociation #SupportHumanArtists #CreateDontScrape #Solidarity
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