@davidrevoy et ben bravo, je vais m'endormir avec le générique dans la tête ....
Et bravo surtout pour ces belles cases (je suis surtout fan de la première à l'ambiance guillerette et ensoleillée et mystérieuse à cause de l'ombre en premier plan)
@davidrevoy They seem to have replied to some of your concerns.
We heard your concerns about the rumors, here are our answers:
Does Cara make me sign away my copyright?
No. Our Terms of Service grants us permission to host your images, resize, crop, & display them on Cara. Cara doesn’t own nor sell your work.
Does Cara train an AI, or give Hive AI user data for training?
The answers are: no and no.
Cara does not train any AI models on its user data. Our terms with Hive ensures they do not train on our users’ data either. We use Hive to detect AI images and keep them off Cara. That’s it.
Was Cara founded by an AI supporter?
No, our founder @zemotion has always advocated for artists’ copyright, does not support unethical GenAI practices, and is a lead plaintiff in 2 class action lawsuits against AI companies such as Google, Stability AI, and Midjourney.
She has fought for artists’ rights in court to raise awareness that artists do not give up their copyright when sharing their work online, and she is committed to continue fighting for and advocating for artists rights to be respected both through her own work and with Cara.
To our community who took the time to stand up for us from these claims, thank you. 🙏
@Deus Hey, I'm glad they published answers to these questions, but don't put words in my mouth: none of these three points are concerns I had in the first place in my blog post.
Also, I would prefer to get these claims baked by evidences and transparency rather than just believe what their PR service reply (eg. by publishing publicly their terms with Hive).
@davidrevoy I wasn’t thinking of anything terribly grand. More like a library here and there that does the heavy lifting (interfacing with things and algorithms) and each DE then writes “the rest” if that makes sense.
I’m impressed by all the hard work and dedication to open source, even if I don’t always agree with the end result. I don’t feel I can complain per se.
Have you ever considered fund raising events and such around this? I’ve seen some streamers (for instance) do really well, and it would be fun to actually see and hear the people both putting in a lot of work making the software. But also those using it to its fullest potential.
Corporations don’t want to showcase the people who work on things (but rather the bosses), and it would be nice to see some open source people go from faceless source repos to people.
Or KDE and friends are already doing this and I’m clueless as always:) It’s the danger of suggesting things on the internet, so hard to know what everyone else do or do not know.
Here is my new GNU/Linux distribution guide about Debian KDE 12, the right GNU/Linux distribution for professional digital painting in 2024! Also about three major problems with GNU/Linux distros that will drive away all professional artists, IMO, and how I got kicked out of the Fedora KDE ecosystem with F40, which imposed Plasma6 and Wayland. I hope it helps other artists here!
@davidrevoy This is so sad. In addition to his important contributions to P&C. Craig was was always positive and shared a lot to us. Unfortunately all his energy wasn't enought to fight this f***** cancer.
We'll miss you @craigmaloney
I remember his online presence, but I did not know the extent of his impact on pepper & carrot.
I wish you and all who have also interacted with him in the past to find the strength to allow themselves to grieve — and find their way back afterwards.
I'm honestly happy that the project is evolving and changing. I'm actually quite fascinated by the world you've created. Honestly whatever project you take on, I will still support you cuz you're an inspiration to the Artists in Open Source Community.
@odysseywestra Thank you so much for your words, and also for supporting my work since the start of Pepper&Carrot, 10 years ago. 10 years soon! I can't believe it myself.
Right now it looks my brain wants to start Mini Fantasy Theater and ending Pepper&Carrot simultaneously. I jump on one when I block on the other, and ideas rejected for one feed the other. An interesting period of overlap. 😆