ZIPAVIKA 🔞

.... I got reminded of one of my older works from 2016 I did for Age of Arda Anthology. I call it: The first Orcs. #tolkien #lotr #silmarillion #zipavika #orc

Yesterday: Warren Spector justifiably furious about how f'd up the razing of Bioware is Tonight: Warren's in Brooklyn talking with us about his career, and probably also all this f'd up #!(*% extractive consolidation going on? Bring your questions ALSO at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter see you there

Nicolas Cage says he’s “probably not” working with Amazon again after refusing to sign AI waiver for “Spider-Noir”: ‘I am not an AI-friendly actor’

So many philosophy PhDs on staff an nobody told them that you can't be "cruel" to a bunch of statistics. Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude

The Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI. https://bit.ly/4hMhPzG

A slightly concerned Astarion.. ... kinda unsatisfied with the stylesation, gonna try different approach, more simple & painterly #zipavika #astarion #bg3 #baldursgate3fanart

[Edit] Convention list for the second half of the year but had a typo for the J-Store day. It's on 26th September and not on 26th October.

When you dare to apply to a behemoth of a company like Sony, read their part with “By submitting your materials you agree to the following:” very carefully

On their way to capital of Snezhnaya to meet their great Archon for the Fatui Harbinger Ceremony. #childe #genshinimpact

A very old work #zipavika #art #sketch

"In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection" noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

Its amazing how AI bros were constantly going on about how AI isnt theft and all that and now here THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT THEMSELVES WENT "yeah we fuckin stole ALLL that shit, lmao!"

"The largest theft of labor in human history." We done knew it. (www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...)

There are many many stories here. One of them, is that this is straight out of the tobacco & fossil fuel playbook. Have the same companies and billionaires fund "independent" institutes staffed by the same people, and "cite" their reports as "independent experts" showing "consensus."🧵

Hey @ericlipton.nytimes.com 👋 AI is not “evolving” on its own. *People* are choosing how to build it. *People* are choosing how to train it. *People* are choosing how to run it. Maybe the problem is that they are the *wrong people* to make these choices.

you can tell Claude writes great code because every website in 2026 has an ever-increasing frequency of timeouts, blank pages, weird errors, and downtime. imagine a carpenter telling you "use this or get left behind" and they hand you a hammer that hits your hand instead of the nail 20% of the time

And some photos from Fourvière (Lyon) that I took some weeks ago

Eyes up, Calefornians. Time to call your assembly members to save this AI training data Transparency bill. Remember: we cannot sue the companies for stealing our data if they are legally allowed to hide what they stole. Transparency is the first step towards accountability.

To all in Germany near Bremen, see ya! ✨ #WaterCon #zipavika #artistalley

Updated Convention list for the second half of the year but there might be some changes. #zipavika #convention2026 #artistalley

Here is the GFM:

Together these constitute an anti-working class politic. Any "responsible use" of AI must address these, not just worry about errors in LLM outputs. If we talk about human -in-the-loop, make sure it's not just holding workers responsible for the machine's mistakes without any actual agency. 21/

Artists are lawyering up against AI slop, and some are even winning

If they're turning engineers into activists they have been doing unfathomable evil behind the scenes

A new example of Meta shithousery. This is a post of mine on Instagram (left). Click the dots top right and this advisory note appears (right). I never use ai, never will. Why would they do this? Who benefits? Are they just trying to make viewers think everything is genAI so they just accept it?

Exclusive: Kasagi Labo has announced a new Ninja Scroll project, a feature adaptation of the viral short Living in a World Without Magic, and several additions to its growing anime slate from Annecy today. www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/kasagi...

„von der Leyen recently admitted the quiet part out loud: “we all agree we need simplification, we need deregulation”.“ Ich kotz im Strahl Und übrigens, dem Votzenfritz hat man das auch zu verdanken. Die haben doch bestimmt Aktien in den KI Husounternehmen

Millions of copyrighted songs were fed to AI music generators - now there's proof Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.

Ginkgo, a character from the DE-Manga Charon78 by @braudraws.bsky.social . A big man who can give big hugs. ...I think I didn't draw his nose long enough :''V

"Showing leg" 🦵 Sneak peek of my little sea creature for @morpha.archive ✨ The book with over 60+ artists will be available at Dokomi 2026 as an exclusive Dokomi edition! So stay tuned! #morpha #dokomi2026

Again, please, PLEASE write your name in!!! If you’re out of CA still let them know what this bill would mean for you, even globally. Also know these kinds of petitions are super helpful, ESPECIALLY on state-wide issues, so add your name and help us pass this very much needed transparency bill!

Finished before Dokomi and the Prints are also ready holy f.. #dokomi2026 #bloodborne #zipavika

Artist Spotlight: @sarielsnowings.bsky.social, @paralilac.bsky.social and @kura_zan (instagram) Stay tuned for more creator behind MORPHA.

Already almost 70% funded, YAY!✨

Artist Spotlight @nixssarts.bsky.social @bemonstrous.bsky.social and @zipavika.bsky.social Stay tuned for more artist behind MORPHA

I'm one of the 50 participating artists on this project called MORPHA! Would appreciate your support on our Kickstarter greatly!✨✨✨

... I feel like I'm resurrected.. This is such a BIG News. Rest in Piss Sora! Followed by Open AI, hopefully soon✨ And so every other shithead genAI tech corp.

1/4 This latest report by @karenhao.bsky.social and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social is an incredible breakdown of the dirty tactics the GenAi companies engage in to ensure they’re above the law. But by organizing, educating and continuing our public pressure we beat their gross tactics everytime!🔥