Newsletter Recap, May 7th
AI Salon is back in NYC on Monday May 11th
Back by popular demand, this time in the Lower East Side. Remember when I filmed all those AI hot takes a few months ago? It turns out people enjoy letting out their concerns, hopes, and predictions for AI with other people in a low-pressure setting. At a bar called The Magician from 6 to 9pm we are going to hold space for deep conversations. Is it time for sensible regulation? Are AI agents getting too expensive? Is destroying society worth it if we can make better memes? Let's meet there and find out.
Nerd Alert: The Infrastructure for Programmable Media
You might not believe this, but sometimes people get confused about what Ambistream is building and its future vision. So I decided to write out specific aspects in detail and let people dig in: overcoming current problems with media licensing, showing how microdramas and fan fiction can be profitable, new multilayered and interactive use cases, how AI agents will handle a lot of the editing and generating of media, and the most recent one covering fractionalized monetization. You can read the full series here, and stay tuned for more.
The US granted us our 5th and 6th patents (and more are on the way!) Patent 5 basically strengthens what we cover in terms of how any media clips or mashups are played and whether that decision is made by a marketplace, AI system or hard-coded rules. Patent 6 is about the regulation of AI-to-AI governance and protecting everyone from the worst-case scenarios. It sounds futuristic until you realize regulators in the US, Europe, and Asia are actively writing laws that describe exactly this. We got there early.
Australia just came through too, joining Mexico, Japan, and South Korea. More countries on the way.
Side initiative: Intra.Luxe
Last week was Fintech Week in NYC so I went to a few networking events and did an impromptu presentation about our fractionalized media licensing solution, Intra.Luxe. It is about sharing the wealth among a network of creators, remixers, and brands in a fairer way. You can watch the pitch video and see the landing page here: https://intra.luxe
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Thanks, Michael and the Ambistream team