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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A heads up for a talk this Wednesday by Ben Zhao, cohosted by IEEE and ACM Chicago chapters. There is also a zoom option. events.vtools.ieee.org/m/579580

Meeting info for ACM talk, Wed Sept 30, 6:30pm with zoom link.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

For folks at NY comic con, reminder to join us on Oct 10, Saturday, 2:45pm-3:30pm for our panel on Creatives defense against AI, with the great @kortizart.bsky.social and Tim Friedlander from NAVA, moderated by @robsalk.bsky.social.

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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...

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Declaration — Math and AI

Read the declaration and add your name.

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Rebelle by Escape Motions @escapemotions.com · 01/09/2026

Introducing Rebelle Featured Artist, Reg Ressing @iamregressing.bsky.social’s favourite subjects in school were mathematics and art. Today, she is a multi-award-winning artist recognised by the Society of Illustrators and National Arts Program. escapemotions.com/featured-artists/reg-ressing

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Reg @iamregressing.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

These three pieces I made this year are going on exhibit!

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Reg @iamregressing.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Belladonna, my fanart of Nightshade! Thank you @theglazeproject.bsky.social for the work you do to protect artists.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Big tech paused CA’s GenAi transparency bill AB412 behind closed doors. However, over 3.8 million creative workers have come together to demand transparency! This coalition isn’t going anywhere! Its sponsors, CAA, SAG AFTRA, NAVA Voices & The Author’s Guild have next steps! Here’s what to do👇

AB-412 UPDATE
The Al Copyright Transparency Act
WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY
Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency!
The irony of a transparency bill dying in the dark is not lost on those of us in the creative community.
Big Tech is terrified of transparency. Big Tech, who has fought us every step of the way on the Al Copyright Transparency Act, has now succeeded in getting the legislature to kill AB-412 behind the closed doors of an appropriations committee.
It should be noted that AB-412 was a bill that had no fiscal appropriation whatsoever.
This will be devastating to the creative industries, their IP, and the hundreds of thousands of creative workers who bring billions of dollars to California's economy. Creative workers are struggling, and this very simple transparency bill could have helped countless people. The issue is not going away, and delaying workable solutions for such an increasing problem will only make the situation worse for everybody.
Our coalition representing more than 3.8 million individuals, brought creative workers from every corner of the creative economy together with a unified voice. Our bill passed out of the California Assembly, four committees in the State legislature, and several hundred individuals showed up at every single public hearing to say just how much a bill like AB-412 could help them. This issue is not going away. We are not going away. We are now moving to put our energy towards the next best steps.
Please take a moment to contact Assembly Member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (916) 319-2016 and Assembly Member Ash Kalra (916) 319-2025 to thank them for their leadership in authoring and Co-Authoring this bill respectively.
Please express to them our request that they bring this bill back next session. Please tell everyone you know to contact them as well.
AB-412 simply affects too many people to simply be swept away into a corner and decided in the dark.
Sincerely, SAG•AFTRA CONCEPT ART ASSOCIATION
NAVA VOICE ACTORS AG Authors

TRANSPARENCY SHOULDN'T BE DECIDED IN THE DARK.
Big Tech wants AB 412 stopped behind closed doors. A bill affecting hundreds of thousands of California creatives deserves a public hearing.
Call Assembly Members Rebecca Bauer-Kahan at
(916)319-2016 and Ash Kalra at (916)319-2025
thanking them for their leadership in authoring this bill and requesting they bring AB 412 back next session.
AB 412 | A.I. Copyright Transparency

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Some news updates: 1. We finally found/hired someone reliable to do webglaze requests. They have now processed requests going backwards to 2024 (because DM ordering in bsky always puts newest messages on top).

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

can someone rename gas to $2/ gallon

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

As of 9pm CST (Aug 19), webglaze is back up and functional. Worker nodes are up and chipping away at the 200+ jobs waiting in the queue. Job processing times will remain high for the next couple of hours but should return to normal (light load) soon. Thanks for your patience.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

well... Webglaze and all Glaze/Nightshade servers and sites are down again, because Comed (the power company that delivers electricity to University of Chicago) is doing planned maintenance on electrical equipment. The outage began at Aug 18, 8pm Chicago time, should be wrapped up by noon Aug 19.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

quick news: 1. web glaze and glaze/nightshade websites are all down at the moment. UChicago CS dept network is down. Tech staff are working on repairing. (Aug 16) 2. SDCC art/AI panel was super well received. We were invited & will do similar panel at NYCC on Oct 10. 3. Ben will be at Lightbox expo.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Reminder, we'll be at a panel at Comic Con today, 2pm, discussing AI and creators. Join us if you're at SDCC!! Room 32AB!

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I rarely post recommendations, but this warrants an exception. This is "Human Raised," a new book by my colleague and ETCH advisor Dr. Dana Suskind, a NYT best-selling author, surgeon, professor, and expert in childhood development at Univ of Chicago.

book cover for "Human Raised" by Dana Suskind.

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Nikki Longfish @drawingnikki.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Thank you human artists who showed up to voice your support for AB 412 Ai copyright transparency act! It made it through, onto the next committee. @zacharyberger.bsky.social @navavoices.org @dlongfish.bsky.social @theglazeproject.bsky.social @animationguild.bsky.social

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Exciting busy day today. Visited my old friend, and one of the best tech journalists in the business, Kashmir Hill at NY Times. Took a photo of an amazing piece of history in NYT’s museum, the letter greenlighting the NYT crossword puzzle in 1941! Headed to give a keynote at ArtLaw conference now.

Photo of historical letter greenlighting the NYT crossword puzzle in 1941.

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Joe Dator @joedator.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Today's Daily Cartoon for @newyorker.com by Kevin Maher and me.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Happy to announce that I (Ben) will be part of a AI and Creativity panel at San Diego Comic-con in July! We will discuss ongoing legal, legislative and technological efforts to protect artists. AI and the Creative Industries: Where We Stand, Sunday, 7/26 2026, 2:00PM - 3:00PM, Room: 32AB

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Quick note for those who use both Nightshade and Glaze. If you run an image through Nightshade 1.1 and then run the result through Glaze 2.2, you get an error. This is a naming bug, easily fixed. You just rename the file after nightshade is done. Then glaze. Ty to btsensej.bsky.social for the fix.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Update #3: We have fixed the "TRUE" bug on Nightshade that's been tormenting us for quite some time. The fix also comes with updated drivers for new NVidia chips. The Windows version is ready and available: nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html The MacOS version still needs a bit of time.

nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu

Nightshade: Downloads

Nightshade app development team Shawn Shan, Josephine Passananti, Stanley Wu

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Update #2: Quicksilver, a detector for AI-generated music. Most folks today are not aware that AI-generated music (entire songs generated by AI models) are growing rapidly. Today, there are more AI-generated songs than human-created songs arriving each week on platforms like Spotify.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Happy Monday. Today we're making a few updates/announcements. First up: our nonprofit ETCH is alive on the web. etch-humanity.org ETCH: Ethical Technology and Computing for Humanity. ETCH is not another AI nonprofit. It is a nonprofit that explicitly prioritizes people over AI.

etch-humanity.org

ETCH

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Not to be mysterious or whatever, but Monday will be a big news day for us. Multiple updates coming...

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Girl, the solution to "the system is exploiting and replacing us" isn't "get a new system that can exploit and replace us". What are we even doing here? You can't fight for women if you're fighting for the technology that will run them out of the workplace.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Glaze 2.2 is out. It is an update for Windows users to support recent NVidia GPUs (including 50xx GPUs). Downloads at: glaze.cs.uchicago.edu Mac users do not need to update. We are also updating Nightshade to fix the True bug and also support new GPUs. That update is coming in the next few days.

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Glaze - Protecting Artists from Generative AI

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Mega-Elon AI data centres in space? Absolutely loving @adambecker.bsky.social on why Musk hasn't entirely thought his 'genius idea' all the way through. The vacuum of space is an excellent insulator, filled with SSD-damaging radiation 😬 📻 Full Podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

News on Nightshade/Glaze. 1. We're testing updated Glaze for new NVidia GPUs 2. We've (finally) identified the source of the "True" bug in Nightshade. Good news: we can fix it. Less good news: it's in a error reporting routine, meaning there was an underlying error that triggered it. 3. more to come

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We're testing an updated release of Glaze for NVidia 50xx GPUs. If you have one of those chips, and want to help us test out the new binary, add a comment below. We just need a few volunteers to make sure the new binary works as planned. Thx.

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Reid Southen @rahll.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I want to be an artist, but I don't want to learn how. I want to be a filmmaker, but I don't want to learn how. I want to be a musician, but I don't want to learn how. I want to be a writer, but I don't want to learn how. AI, for those who can't, don't, and won't.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Hey folks! There’s a cool sale at Schoolism right now for this Valentines weekend! Schoolism is an incredible collection of online art courses taught by industry professionals! Its a fantastic learning resource for beginners to professionals! Check out more here 👇 schoolism.com

Illustrated poster for the Schoolism Art Lovers sale:

Sale,
$50 off for 1 Year Subscription
$20 off for Lifetime Access
$100 off for Live Classes

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Tech executives have finally amassed their ultimate, long dreamed-of power: to summarily fire anyone who speaks ill of their desire to have sex with robots

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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Posts from @weratedogs.com continue not to disappoint.

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Kim Stramat (Looking for work) @kimstramat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

It's my BIRTHDAY~! And in the age honored tradition of social media I humbly request a repost of my artwork~!

A knight stands proudly over a slain dragon

A tiefling, as seen from behind, lifts a torch to illuminate a large spider surrounded by eggs

A white haired woman hold a small dragon(Aivu from Pathfinder WotR) in her arms

A desert landscape with a large moon and a mage fading in and out of existance.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A rant. I (Ben) have multiple pending deadlines, but am very frustrated tonight. I need to rant about how awful paywalled magazines/news sites are. Why? Because their paywalls are trivial to break. Paywalls built using javascript actually download the full article, then put up a wall to block it.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Another favor to ask on a research project. We're wrapping up a large project on AI music. We need folks to participate in a short 10 min quiz to test your ability to distinguish between AI music & human music. Especially looking for help from musicians! uchicago.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

No worries. We get offers every day. If we wanted the $$$ we would have taken up one of those offers years ago.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For better or (mostly) for worse, 2025 is almost over. For all the human creatives out there, artists, writers, musicians, dancers, choreographers, and so many more, thank you for your perseverance and courage. Happy to announce: ETCH (Ethnical Technology and Computing for Humanity), a nonprofit.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Karla said it so well. I (Ben) was thrilled to testify on the technical side, demonstrating with algorithms, real code and benchmarks on why data privacy is possible at scale. Sharing that room with Danny Lin, Jason George, and so so many talented and skilled creatives was a genuine honor.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Still so excited for everyone who showed up to this yesterday! It was stunning to see a sea of creatives overwhelm that tiny hearing. We had an overflow room of artists and the line for 30 second public commentary literally had to be cut off! You made a huge difference yesterday. Thank you!

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Actors and artists pack Stanford hearing to demand new AI transparency law

SAG-AFTRA and other groups say the measure offers basic transparency for performers whose work is being scraped without consent.

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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Much needed updates. 1. Hemlock was presented at CCS in Oct. We are working on releasing a usable tool in coming weeks. 2. Our next paper is peer-reviewed & accepted by USENIX Security 2026. It is a Model Provenance tool that computes "feature fingerprints" from genAI image models.

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY! (12/08/2025) Stanford Paul Brest Hall - 10am RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists #AB412 #March2Testify

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CA AB412 Matters | March2Testify

YouTube video by Project Digital Identity

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

How is AI *really* impacting jobs? Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an: -8% drop in all jobs postings -~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs -22% drop in journalism jobs

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What’s really going on with AI and jobs?

Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

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