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How to police Hollywood from swiping original creative work with AI

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Imagine stumbling upon a video of yourself doing something you’ve never done or saying something you’ve never said. Scary, right? That’s the unsettling reality many face with the surge of deepfakes, and celebrities are the prime targets.

In an era swarming with unauthorized AI-generated content, one startup is stepping up to help celebs keep control of their own images, voices and performance data. Metaphysic, already recognized for its convincing deepfake videos, has launched a new tool, Metaphysic Pro.

This innovative feature allows individual performers to create an AI likeness and personally register their copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office.

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Generative AI can create realistic looking video. (CyberGuy.com)

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The emerging conflicts of AI in creative industries

As AI technology seeps into every aspect of our lives, new conflicts within every creative industry are emerging. Intellectual property owners can now create without creators, sparking widespread disputes and concerns (think of an AI-generated song featuring Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan).

This dilemma is most notably seen in Hollywood, where writers have demanded greater protections and compensation for using their material and likenesses – one of the primary demands achieved that tentatively ended the current WGA strike.

Metaphysic’s new platform could potentially offer a secure, transparent environment for coordination between performers, IP holders and filmmakers to create AI content. Consent and compensation stand at its core, as emphasized by CEO Thomas Graham.

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Metaphysic is intended for creators who want to keep their personal data safe. (CyberGuy.com)

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A-list attention

The startup’s platform is already garnering attention from notable names. Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer and Paris Hilton are reportedly among the early users of Metaphysic Pro. This tool enables celebrities to upload images or sign up for full face and body scans, keeping control of the traits required to train an AI model on their likeness and voice.

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Metaphysic is offering solutions for creators

While there’s a lot of confusion over how copyright laws apply to AI-generated content, Metaphysic is stepping up to offer real solutions for creators who want to keep their personal data safe. But it’s not all smooth sailing.

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Who actually owns AI-created content?

The big question is who actually owns AI-created content? Is it the AI, the person who made the AI, or nobody at all? This mess creates a whole heap of opportunities for unauthorized use.

And when it’s your personal data on the line, that’s a big deal. Sharing this kind of sensitive info with a company means there’s a risk it could get leaked or stolen, and you might find your likeness being sold on the dark web. Yikes.

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The question of who owns AI-created content is a point of contention. (CyberGuy.com)

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Metaphysic says it holds onto the user’s data for safekeeping

Metaphysic really wants people to know that they’re only holding onto the user’s data for safekeeping – they don’t own it. They’re all about making sure celebrities’ digital stuff is kept safe and sound.

With all the chatter going on about using AI to make digital lookalikes, this tool is jumping in as a solid move toward making AI practices fair and keeping personal data locked down tight, or at least we hope.

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Kurt’s key takeaways

In the whirlwind world of AI and deepfakes, Metaphysic is making a play with Metaphysic Pro, aiming to keep your personal bits and bytes under your control. It’s a bold move in a bold new world.

Like any uncharted territory, there are more questions than answers. The issues of copyright and ownership in AI-generated content are far from settled, and while Metaphysic is offering a tool, the broader conversation is just heating up.

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xAI explains the Grok Nazi meltdown as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars

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Several days after temporarily shutting down the Grok AI bot that was producing antisemitic posts and praising Hitler in response to user prompts, Elon Musk’s AI company tried to explain why that happened. In a series of posts on X, it said that “…we discovered the root cause was an update to a code path upstream of the @grok bot. This is independent of the underlying language model that powers @grok.”

On the same day, Tesla announced a new 2025.26 update rolling out “shortly” to its electric cars, which adds the Grok assistant to vehicles equipped with AMD-powered infotainment systems, which have been available since mid-2021. According to Tesla, “Grok is currently in Beta & does not issue commands to your car – existing voice commands remain unchanged.” As Electrek notes, this should mean that whenever the update does reach customer-owned Teslas, it won’t be much different than using the bot as an app on a connected phone.

This isn’t the first time the Grok bot has had these kinds of problems or similarly explained them. In February, it blamed a change made by an unnamed ex-OpenAI employee for the bot disregarding sources that accused Elon Musk or Donald Trump of spreading misinformation. Then, in May, it began inserting allegations of white genocide in South Africa into posts about almost any topic. The company again blamed an “unauthorized modification,” and said it would start publishing Grok’s system prompts publicly.

xAI claims that a change on Monday, July 7th, “triggered an unintended action” that added an older series of instructions to its system prompts telling it to be “maximally based,” and “not afraid to offend people who are politically correct.”

The prompts are separate from the ones we noted were added to the bot a day earlier, and both sets are different from the ones the company says are currently in operation for the new Grok 4 assistant.

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These are the prompts specifically cited as connected to the problems:

“You tell it like it is and you are not afraid to offend people who are politically correct.”

* Understand the tone, context and language of the post. Reflect that in your response.”

* “Reply to the post just like a human, keep it engaging, dont repeat the information which is already present in the original post.”

The xAI explanation says those lines caused the Grok AI bot to break from other instructions that are supposed to prevent these types of responses, and instead produce “unethical or controversial opinions to engage the user,” as well as “reinforce any previously user-triggered leanings, including any hate speech in the same X thread,” and prioritize sticking to earlier posts from the thread.

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Solar-powered robot zaps weeds without chemicals

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Solar-powered robot zaps weeds without chemicals

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Out in the California sun, a new kind of farmhand is hard at work. Powered by solar energy and guided by artificial intelligence, the solar-powered weeding robot for cotton fields is offering farmers a smarter and more sustainable way to tackle weeds. 

This technology is arriving just in time, as growers across the country face a shortage of available workers and weeds that are becoming increasingly resistant to herbicides.

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Solar-powered Element robot  (Aigen)

Why farmers need alternatives to herbicides and manual labor

Farmers everywhere are facing a tough reality. There simply aren’t enough people willing to do the backbreaking work of weeding fields, and the weeds themselves are getting harder to kill with chemicals. Many farmers would rather avoid using herbicides, but until now, they haven’t had a practical alternative. Kenny Lee, CEO of Aigen, puts it plainly: farmers don’t love chemicals, but they use them because it’s often the only tool available. Aigen’s mission is to give them a better choice.

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How Aigen’s solar-powered weeding robot uses AI to fight weeds

Aigen’s Element robot is designed to meet the real-world needs of modern agriculture. It runs entirely on solar power, which means farmers can save money on fuel while also reducing their environmental impact. The robot uses advanced AI and onboard cameras to spot and remove weeds with impressive accuracy, all without damaging the crops. Its rugged design allows it to handle rough terrain and changing weather, and it can work alongside other robots, communicating wirelessly to cover large fields efficiently. The Element robot isn’t limited to cotton; it’s also being used in soy and sugar beet fields, showing just how versatile this technology can be.

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Solar-powered Element robot  (Aigen)

Real-world results: Aigen’s robot at work on California cotton farms

At Bowles Farm in California’s Central Valley, Element robots are already proving their worth. These robots are keeping cotton fields weed-free without the need for chemicals, freeing up workers to focus on more skilled tasks and helping farmers manage their operations more efficiently. The technology is not just a promise for the future. It’s delivering real results today. 

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Top benefits of solar-powered weeding robots for sustainable farming

Switching to solar-powered, AI-driven robots brings a host of benefits. Farmers no longer need to rely on herbicides, which leads to cleaner crops and healthier soil. Labor costs can drop since workers can shift from manual weeding to supervising and maintaining the robots. The robots also collect valuable data on crop health, pests and diseases, giving farmers better information to make decisions. And because the robots run on solar power, farms can reduce their carbon footprint while saving money on energy.

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Solar-powered Element robots  (Aigen)

Kurt’s key takeaways

Aigen’s Element robot goes beyond being just another cool piece of technology. It really shows what can happen when farming and innovation come together. As more growers start using solar-powered robots like this, chemical-free fields are moving from wishful thinking to something we can actually achieve.

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It’s the final day of Prime Day 2025, and the deals are still live

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Editor’s note: That’s a wrap, folks! As Prime Day 2025 draws to a close, we’ll no longer be updating this article with additional deals and insights. Plenty of great deals remain, however, so be sure to check out all of our Prime Day coverage for anything you may have missed.

There are mere hours left of Amazon’s extended Prime Day extravaganza. And, yeah, we’re a little exhausted, but after days of lightning deals and all-time low prices, these discounts won’t be around for much longer. So, if you’ve been hesitant to jump on these laptop deals before heading back to school, now’s your time to act. Typically, Prime Day is your last opportunity to take advantage of bottom-dollar prices until Black Friday / Cyber Monday, so it may be a while before you see prices plummet on a gadget you’re interested in buying.

Really, there’s an overwhelming amount of Prime Day deals, so to make things easier to navigate, we’ve organized all of our favorites by category below. That will allow you to quickly find exactly what you’re looking for — or even uncover a deal on something you didn’t know you wanted.

Tablet and e-reader deals

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Verge favorites and other miscellaneous deals

Update, July 11th: Added several more deals, including those for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Razer’s Kishi Ultra mobile controller, and Amazon’s Fire TV Soundbar Plus.

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