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AI startup Pippa offers revenue share to artists amid ethical concerns

Pippa, a new AI startup, is attempting to address ethical concerns in generative AI by implementing a revenue-sharing system for artists whose work is used to train their models. Co-founders Hogan Shrum and Sean Wright aim to differentiate Pippa from competitors by directly compensating artists, likening their model to early music streaming services that eventually found fair payment structures. Despite these efforts, Pippa faces challenges in attracting artists due to the small per-generation payouts and the ongoing debate about AI training data. AI

IMPACT Presents a potential model for ethical AI content generation, though challenges remain in artist compensation and adoption.

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AI startup Pippa offers revenue share to artists amid ethical concerns

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. The Verge — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Charles Pulliam-Moore ·

    Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?

    Illustrators have spent years sounding the alarm about generative artificial intelligence startups training their models on artists' work without permission. They've pointed out how the practice is tantamount to theft, and in response, many gen AI boosters have argued that it's n…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI? AI startup Pippa is trying to entice artists with a revenue share system. https://www. theverge.com/ai-

    Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI? AI startup Pippa is trying to entice artists with a revenue share system. https://www. theverge.com/ai-artificial-int elligence/974018/pippa-seedance-artist-royalties # TopNews # News # Pippa # AI # Wright

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI? Illustrators have spent years sounding the alarm about generative artificial intelligence startups tr

    📰 Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI? Illustrators have spent years sounding the alarm about generative artificial intelligence startups training their models on artists' work without permission. They've pointed out how the practice is... 📰 Source: The Verge …

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI? Illustrators have spent years sounding the alarm about generative artificial intelligence startups trai

    Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI? Illustrators have spent years sounding the alarm about generative artificial intelligence startups training their models on artists' work without permission. They've pointed out how the practice is tantamount to theft, … ht…