New Tool, Nightshade, Enables Artists to Protect Work Against Unauthorized AI Training Use; Heat-Storing Batteries Set to Boost Renewable Energy Use in Industry
Nightshade Poisons AI Model Data, Guarding Artist Creations; Heat-Storage Batteries by Antora Energy Set to Revolutionize Industrial Manufacturing and Reduce Carbon Footprint
- Nightshade, a new tool developed by researchers at the University of Chicago, allows artists to make invisible changes to the pixels in their art. These changes can cause AI models trained on the 'poisoned' images to malfunction, offering a possible defense against unauthorized use of artists' work in AI training.
- The tool exploits a security vulnerability in generative AI models that learn from large amounts of internet data. When 'poisoned' images are used as training data, the resulting AI may incorrectly identify objects -- for instance, mistaking images of hats for cakes.
- The 'poisoned' data provided by Nightshade could disrupt AI companies that use artists' work without permission to train models like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion. This could result in costly damage to these companies' AI models.
- Antora Energy, a thermal-battery startup, is planning to build its first large-scale manufacturing facility in San Jose, indicating progress in the industry of heat-storing batteries, which could be a key player in the energy storage sector.
- The heat-storing batteries from Antora store renewable energy as heat that can be used in heavy industries like cement or glass manufacturing, which currently depend on fossil fuels to generate high temperatures. This could help to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of these industrial processes.
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