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New app hopes to empower artists against AI

Ed Bennett-Coles and Jamie Hartman created ARK to empower artists facing AI, nearly two decades after Coles' 2008 'death moment'.
Rapid AI proliferation threatens intellectual property and creative livelihoods, but industries respond slowly, prompting the app's creation.
ARK uses blockchain, verification, and biometrics to help artists log and protect their work, from initial concept to final product.
Hartman said their app replies, "This is human, and we decide what it's worth, because we own it," challenging AI's devaluation.
Launching summer 2025, ARK, funded by Claritas Capital and partnered with BMI, aims to maintain human creativity and ensure artists can earn a living.

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New app hopes to empower artists against AI

In 2008, scriptwriter Ed Bennett-Coles said he experienced a career "death moment": he read an article about AI managing to write its first screenplay.

11 days ago·Missoula, United States

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