Taylor Swift has endured her share of AI-related abuse: Her voice and likeness have also been used to create fabricated political messages and bogus product endorsements. As PPD noted previously, Swift has pushed back against such deepfakes by filing trademark applications covering short audio clips of her voice and her visual likeness. Recently, Daryl Lin, Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships at Penn State, explained in an article at The Conversation how Swift's move highlights a new legal frontier in the age of artificial intelligence.

  If you’re ready for an early summer escape, the sixth annual Upstate Art Weekend is just two weeks away. Founded by curator Helen Toomer as a celebration of local and regional creativity hubs, this massive, self-guided art experience breaks down gallery walls entirely. It transforms the pastoral landscape of the Hudson Valley and Catskills into an open-air art crawl on steroids. For five consecutive days this year, over 160 artists, open studios, non-profits, and maj...