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My column for the San Francisco Chronicle on Artificial Intelligence and editorial cartooning...

Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 25

And if you’re having trouble with the paywall on the SF Chronicle page - Here’s a free version of it on his Substack

open.substack.com/pub/jackohma...

My column for the San Francisco Chronicle on Artificial Intelligence and editorial cartooning...

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 25

And if you’re having trouble with the paywall on the SF Chronicle page. Here’s a free version of it on his Substack

open.substack.com/pub/jackohma...

My column for the San Francisco Chronicle on Artificial Intelligence and editorial cartooning...

Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 25

Here’s a free version of it on his Substack

open.substack.com/pub/jackohma...

Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 25

Here’s a link to a petition that sends letters to the legislature in support of the bill Jack referred to.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...

Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!

Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 24

Here’s the link to the bill Jack referred to in his column above:

We currently have a petition in support of the bill. Please be sure to sign/share it wherever you can.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...

Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 24

Here’s the link to the bill Jack referred to in his column above:

We currently have a petition in support of the bill. Please be sure to sign/share it wherever you can.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...

I’m a political cartoonist. AI is making a mockery of my profession

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you to Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist @jackohman.bsky.social for this excellent column.

He mentions @bauerkahan.bsky.social’s bill AB-412 too!

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

OPINION: "The internet is now crawling with AI-generated political cartoons that mimic the work of my colleagues," writes Jack Ohman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you to Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist @jackohman.bsky.social for this excellent column.

He mentions @bauerkahan.bsky.social’s bill AB-412 too!

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

I’m a political cartoonist. AI is making a mockery of my profession

OPINION: "The internet is now crawling with AI-generated political cartoons that mimic the work of my colleagues," writes Jack Ohman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 24

Here’s the link to the bill Jack referred to in his column:

We currently have a petition in support of the bill. Please be sure to sign/share it wherever you can.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!

Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...

I’m a political cartoonist. AI is making a mockery of my profession

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you @jackohman.bsky.social for the excellent column in the SF Chronicle about this!
#SupportHumanArtists #NoAI
#AB412

Also, don’t forget to sign our petition in support of @bauerkahan.bsky.social’s
AI Copyright Transparency Act (link to follow).

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

OPINION: "The internet is now crawling with AI-generated political cartoons that mimic the work of my colleagues," writes Jack Ohman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · Aug 23

New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: A bit of historical context for the past week's news that, gee, "AI" isn't all it's cracked up to be

buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

w/@alexhanna.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social

“AI” skepticism went mainstream this week

After years of non-stop hype and bloviation, a flood of recent news stories suggest the tide may be turning on “AI”. Headlines this week announced AI is a...

buttondown.com

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 20

Changing the definition of what is copyright able, is a monumentally awful idea!!!

Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 20

Why work for a company that doesn’t care about their own privacy? Like seriously, anything a person says when the AI Companion is on - is taken. Zoom’s definition of “obtaining consent” from users, is a user agreeing to be in a meeting with the that program turned on.

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 20

Why people are still using Zoom’s AI that they can then sell to data vendors, is totally beyond me. Do people STILL not read the Terms of Service for these things???

If you have to use Zoom - seriously DO NOT use their AI …

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · Aug 19

Incredible new privacy risk: Redditor recounts doing a job interview over Zoom with an AI notetaker on the call (Fathom). After the applicant left the call, the interviewers stayed on to discuss/bash her. She then got their post-call remarks in the AI summary. www.reddit.com/r/interviews...

I was accidentally sent the interviewers’ feedback of me after I logged off our Zoom call!

www.reddit.com

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 20

They should call this what it really is - putting a corporate spy into your kids bedroom. No thanks.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/a...

They’re Stuffed Animals. They’re Also A.I. Chatbots.

www.nytimes.com

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 19

An important update on this.., everyone should know AB-412 got out of the CA Assembly in May & we are having a Special Hearing in the Fall for it.

We currently have a petition in support of the bill. Please be sure to sign/share it wherever you can.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!

Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...

Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · Aug 19

In the meantime, everyone should know AB-412 got out of the CA Assembly in May & we are having a Special Hearing in the Fall.

We currently have a petition in support of the bill. Please be sure to sign/share it wherever you can.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...