Artificial Intelligence
ISE 2024 breaks attendance record with AI art, star wars director and immesrive projections
The 20-year anniversary of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) went down as the largest and most well-attended event in its history. The 2024 edition featured the most extensive content program to date with Artificial intelligence (AI) being one of the major talking points. Besides participating leading brands like Google, Samsung, Bang & Olufsen, LG, and many more, the fair also included three keynote sessions featuring Oscar-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Star Wars: New Jedi Order) and digital artists Jeroen van der Most and Sofia Crespo, while the renowned light arts festival Llum BCN took over Barcelona.
The 2024 edition delivered the largest content program yet as the regular ISE conferences were augmented with the inaugural European/Latin American AV Summit – the first of its kind to explore the synergies between the two regions – and a rich Free-to-Attend program that included the ever popular Tech Talks. AVIXA and CEDIA, co-owners of ISE, contributed industry expertise and focus on market growth and community connection with AVIXA TV and in-person sessions at AVIXA Xchange LIVE, while CEDIA emphasized advocacy, connection, and education, addressing workforce challenges and promoting the value of working with integrators.
The creative industries are fighting back against UK government proposals to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission.
The latest protest is a silent album co-written by more than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, and follows a statement signed by 48,000 creatives including Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus in which they warned of a “major, unjust threat” to artists’ livelihoods.
Artificial Intelligence
Kate Bush, New Order, & Damon Albarn Among 1,000 UK Artists Protesting Government’s AI Stance With A Silent Album
Last week, the UK government proposed a new policy that would allow tech companies to use copyrighted works to train their artificial intelligence algorithms. Under the proposal, artists and companies could opt out of having their material used for AI, but it would otherwise give the companies unfettered access to people’s creative work without having to license anything. The proposal has incited widespread anger in the UK’s arts communities, and now a team of 1,000 British musicians has released a silent protest album called Is This What We Want?
Writers, publishers, musicians, photographers, movie producers and newspapers have rejected the Labour government’s plan to create a copyright exemption to help artificial intelligence companies train their algorithms.
In a joint statement, bodies representing thousands of creatives dismissed the proposal made by ministers on Tuesday that would allow companies such as Open AI, Google and Meta to train their AI systems on published works unless their owners actively opt out.
