Glaze and Nightshade
@theglazeproject.bsky.social
Official Glaze project Bsky account.
Glaze/Nightshade @ University of Chicago
https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu
https://webglaze.cs.uchicago.edu
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
Glaze/Nightshade @ University of Chicago
https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu
https://webglaze.cs.uchicago.edu
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
Pinned
The AI lab waging a guerrilla war over exploitative AI
The tools Glaze and Nightshade are giving artists hope that they can fight back against AI that hoovers internet data to train. Are they enough?
www.technologyreview.com
Some artists suggested that we pin a summary of Glaze, Nightshade & other projects here. Instead, I will point them to Melissa Heikkilä's article on our lab and projects. It is the definitive story of who we are, how we got here, and why we do what we do.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/13/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/13/1...
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How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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My friend @shofcoker.bsky.social and his team just launched a kickstarter for their indie animated film, Crocodile Dance—please pledge or share. This needs to get made!
Witness the origin of the West African monster-goddess known as Mami Wata! CROCODILE DANCE - An Africanfuturist animated thriller is LIVE on @kickstarter.com ! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
#AfricanAnimation #kickstarter #mythology #folklore #mamiwata #animatedfilm #blender3d #crocodiledance
#AfricanAnimation #kickstarter #mythology #folklore #mamiwata #animatedfilm #blender3d #crocodiledance
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My friend @shofcoker.bsky.social and his team just launched a kickstarter for their indie animated film, Crocodile Dance—please pledge or share. This needs to get made!
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We rarely post news stories, but this is a significant and impactful story from @alexreisner.bsky.social @ the atlantic, detailing just how Common Crawl is scraping the internet for AI companies and accepting takedown requests but doing nothing: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industry’s Dirty Work
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We rarely post news stories, but this is a significant and impactful story from @alexreisner.bsky.social @ the atlantic, detailing just how Common Crawl is scraping the internet for AI companies and accepting takedown requests but doing nothing: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Heather's new TED talk on AI and human identity, is now online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJZ...
How artists can protect their work from AI | Dr. Heather Zheng | TEDxChicago
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Heather's new TED talk on AI and human identity, is now online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJZ...
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“I think they are a profoundly antisocial technology that should be rejected in every way possible,” said Gilliard. “Their
very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” @hypervisible.blacksky.app
www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...
very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” @hypervisible.blacksky.app
www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...
Privacy laws can’t keep up with ‘luxury surveillance’
“It’s not clear to me that a small red light would be sufficient notification in some states for someone to consent to being recorded.”
www.theverge.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“I think they are a profoundly antisocial technology that should be rejected in every way possible,” said Gilliard. “Their
very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” @hypervisible.blacksky.app
www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...
very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” @hypervisible.blacksky.app
www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...
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There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
This week I'll be presenting at Lightbox Expo in GenAI/Glaze panel. Come hear about latest tools and ways to protect your work against genAI, recent court case outcomes, and ongoing AI legislation efforts.
I also will bring ~500 invites for webglaze for any panel attendees. Friday 2:30PM Ballroom G
I also will bring ~500 invites for webglaze for any panel attendees. Friday 2:30PM Ballroom G
October 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This week I'll be presenting at Lightbox Expo in GenAI/Glaze panel. Come hear about latest tools and ways to protect your work against genAI, recent court case outcomes, and ongoing AI legislation efforts.
I also will bring ~500 invites for webglaze for any panel attendees. Friday 2:30PM Ballroom G
I also will bring ~500 invites for webglaze for any panel attendees. Friday 2:30PM Ballroom G
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So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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@samdoesarts.bsky.social
has made a video on the forced AI up-scaling that Youtube does on people's shorts and it (not so surprisingly) doesn't translate well when it comes to people's art.
#artists #artsky
has made a video on the forced AI up-scaling that Youtube does on people's shorts and it (not so surprisingly) doesn't translate well when it comes to people's art.
#artists #artsky
September 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@samdoesarts.bsky.social
has made a video on the forced AI up-scaling that Youtube does on people's shorts and it (not so surprisingly) doesn't translate well when it comes to people's art.
#artists #artsky
has made a video on the forced AI up-scaling that Youtube does on people's shorts and it (not so surprisingly) doesn't translate well when it comes to people's art.
#artists #artsky
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It’s my birthday! 🎉 May I be so bold as to ask to share my art?
Below I’m going to drop some links (ko-fi tip jar, portrait commissions, contact for freelance) as all kinds of support are incredibly appreciated in these trying times! 💖
Below I’m going to drop some links (ko-fi tip jar, portrait commissions, contact for freelance) as all kinds of support are incredibly appreciated in these trying times! 💖
September 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It’s my birthday! 🎉 May I be so bold as to ask to share my art?
Below I’m going to drop some links (ko-fi tip jar, portrait commissions, contact for freelance) as all kinds of support are incredibly appreciated in these trying times! 💖
Below I’m going to drop some links (ko-fi tip jar, portrait commissions, contact for freelance) as all kinds of support are incredibly appreciated in these trying times! 💖
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“Authors have until the end of August to opt out of the licensing agreement. If they do not, their work will be used to help train AI models.”
Johns Hopkins Press will license its books to train AI models
Authors at the Johns Hopkins University Press will be able to opt out of the AI licensing agreement until the end of August; if they do not, their work will be used to train AI models.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“Authors have until the end of August to opt out of the licensing agreement. If they do not, their work will be used to help train AI models.”
Folks often ask if we can do anything to protect authors and writers. I have been indeed working on it, and this is recent news on our case. Bartz vs Anthropic is now the first case certified as class action. The ramifications are significant. See below. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/07/17/a...
Anthropic faces potential business-ending liability in statutory damages after Judge Alsup certifies class action by Bartz
Yesterday, it was reported that Anthropic is valued at $100 billion for a future funding round. It makes only $3 billion in revenue annually. Today, that number seems small when compared to the sta…
chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Folks often ask if we can do anything to protect authors and writers. I have been indeed working on it, and this is recent news on our case. Bartz vs Anthropic is now the first case certified as class action. The ramifications are significant. See below. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/07/17/a...
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Someone just offered to license our entire back catalog of issues for "AI" training.
No way in hell.
Not gonna happen.
No means no.
Don't come back.
Don't even look this way.
Seriously.
We don't want you here.
No way in hell.
Not gonna happen.
No means no.
Don't come back.
Don't even look this way.
Seriously.
We don't want you here.
July 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Someone just offered to license our entire back catalog of issues for "AI" training.
No way in hell.
Not gonna happen.
No means no.
Don't come back.
Don't even look this way.
Seriously.
We don't want you here.
No way in hell.
Not gonna happen.
No means no.
Don't come back.
Don't even look this way.
Seriously.
We don't want you here.
Update thread #3: Lightbox and Comic-con
Thanks to a pretty cool friend connected to the art world, I'm going to be attending San Diego comic-con this year. First time in more than a decade. I'll also be participating on a SDCC panel (Owned: Comics Copyright & the Public Domain, Friday 1pm, Rm 11)
Thanks to a pretty cool friend connected to the art world, I'm going to be attending San Diego comic-con this year. First time in more than a decade. I'll also be participating on a SDCC panel (Owned: Comics Copyright & the Public Domain, Friday 1pm, Rm 11)
July 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Update thread #3: Lightbox and Comic-con
Thanks to a pretty cool friend connected to the art world, I'm going to be attending San Diego comic-con this year. First time in more than a decade. I'll also be participating on a SDCC panel (Owned: Comics Copyright & the Public Domain, Friday 1pm, Rm 11)
Thanks to a pretty cool friend connected to the art world, I'm going to be attending San Diego comic-con this year. First time in more than a decade. I'll also be participating on a SDCC panel (Owned: Comics Copyright & the Public Domain, Friday 1pm, Rm 11)
Update thread #2. Hemlock
One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.
One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.
July 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Update thread #2. Hemlock
One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.
One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.
Hey all.
Sorry for a relatively long quiet period. A lot has been going on in 2025 and keeping us busy. Aside from the day job of research, there has been a lot of work with a few legal cases, and in recent months, much work writing and advocating for AI transparency laws. Time for an update.
Sorry for a relatively long quiet period. A lot has been going on in 2025 and keeping us busy. Aside from the day job of research, there has been a lot of work with a few legal cases, and in recent months, much work writing and advocating for AI transparency laws. Time for an update.
July 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Hey all.
Sorry for a relatively long quiet period. A lot has been going on in 2025 and keeping us busy. Aside from the day job of research, there has been a lot of work with a few legal cases, and in recent months, much work writing and advocating for AI transparency laws. Time for an update.
Sorry for a relatively long quiet period. A lot has been going on in 2025 and keeping us busy. Aside from the day job of research, there has been a lot of work with a few legal cases, and in recent months, much work writing and advocating for AI transparency laws. Time for an update.
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We gotta get back to calling our representatives tomorrow with 5calls.org, for this and everything else that’s happening right now 💀
Because it cleared hurdles, yes, but support for this is shaky (even for some Republicans) and with enough continued outrage we CAN sink this ridiculous proposal!
Because it cleared hurdles, yes, but support for this is shaky (even for some Republicans) and with enough continued outrage we CAN sink this ridiculous proposal!
“The rule, as reportedly rewritten by Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz in an attempt to comply with budgetary rules, would withhold federal broadband funding from states if they try to enforce AI regulations in the next 10 years.”
Moratorium on state AI regulation clears Senate hurdle | TechCrunch
A Republican effort to prevent states from enforcing their own AI regulations cleared a key procedural hurdle on Saturday.
techcrunch.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We gotta get back to calling our representatives tomorrow with 5calls.org, for this and everything else that’s happening right now 💀
Because it cleared hurdles, yes, but support for this is shaky (even for some Republicans) and with enough continued outrage we CAN sink this ridiculous proposal!
Because it cleared hurdles, yes, but support for this is shaky (even for some Republicans) and with enough continued outrage we CAN sink this ridiculous proposal!
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🙀Have we reached AGI?? 🙀
💛 Really grateful to @financialtimes.com and the incredible journalist @melissahei.bsky.social, who gave me space to talk about “AGI” (vs AI, vs ML) and where we’re headed.
Link here!!
www.ft.com/content/7089...
💛 Really grateful to @financialtimes.com and the incredible journalist @melissahei.bsky.social, who gave me space to talk about “AGI” (vs AI, vs ML) and where we’re headed.
Link here!!
www.ft.com/content/7089...
Margaret Mitchell: artificial general intelligence is ‘just vibes and snake oil’
One of the pioneers of AI ethics explains why human needs should be the central driver in the development of the technology
www.ft.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🙀Have we reached AGI?? 🙀
💛 Really grateful to @financialtimes.com and the incredible journalist @melissahei.bsky.social, who gave me space to talk about “AGI” (vs AI, vs ML) and where we’re headed.
Link here!!
www.ft.com/content/7089...
💛 Really grateful to @financialtimes.com and the incredible journalist @melissahei.bsky.social, who gave me space to talk about “AGI” (vs AI, vs ML) and where we’re headed.
Link here!!
www.ft.com/content/7089...
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Last month AI crawlers generated 90% of my site's traffic, forcing me to pay penalties
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
April 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Last month AI crawlers generated 90% of my site's traffic, forcing me to pay penalties
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.
Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors
Quick informational update.
Webglaze was dealing with some intermittent network issues in the last few days. Yesterday our dept mail server was acting up, and webglaze outgoing emails with results were blocked. I've been told that is now fixed and queued messages should be sent out already.
Webglaze was dealing with some intermittent network issues in the last few days. Yesterday our dept mail server was acting up, and webglaze outgoing emails with results were blocked. I've been told that is now fixed and queued messages should be sent out already.
May 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Quick informational update.
Webglaze was dealing with some intermittent network issues in the last few days. Yesterday our dept mail server was acting up, and webglaze outgoing emails with results were blocked. I've been told that is now fixed and queued messages should be sent out already.
Webglaze was dealing with some intermittent network issues in the last few days. Yesterday our dept mail server was acting up, and webglaze outgoing emails with results were blocked. I've been told that is now fixed and queued messages should be sent out already.
Saw an interesting article yesterday, reporting on the beginnings of a wave of regret for companies that try to replace human workers with AI. Filed under "No kidding, you don't say!! 🤦" futurism.com/klarna-opena...
Company Regrets Replacing All Those Pesky Human Workers With AI, Just Wants Its Humans Back
Years after outsourcing marketing and customer service gigs to AI, the Swedish company Klarna is looking to hire its humans back.
futurism.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Saw an interesting article yesterday, reporting on the beginnings of a wave of regret for companies that try to replace human workers with AI. Filed under "No kidding, you don't say!! 🤦" futurism.com/klarna-opena...