Behold "Glaze", a software tool that subtly alters the pixels in a piece of art online ...
... in a way that isn't detectable by the human eye ...
... but renders the image useless for training a visual AI. The AI can't detect the artists' style, and thus can't mimic it and copy it.
It's item #1 in my weekly "Linkfest" newsletter here : https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-6-gps-on-the-moon-8-bit-jane-austen-and/
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