happy to see they’re keeping the 6 second limit and not allowing AI.
its backed by dorsey so it’ll be enshittified in two weeks
<sigh> you’re probably right, unfortunately.
Not looking to come off a dorsey hugger but surely he’s one of the better guys in club evil? And did he enshit twitter that much?
Genuine questions as I have very little actual knowledge on the subject. Never used any of his products afaik.
yeah he’s one of the cryptobros; he ragequit the bsky board because they wanted to actually moderate toxicity; and he cosied up to elon musk at twitter, lately.
Thanks for the answer, sounds disgusting!
FAQ says
Jack Dorsey doesn’t own Divine, although he has provided funding through a grant from And Other Stuff (AOS). He holds no equity and has no ownership. He supports projects like Divine to advance open protocols without VC-led, extractive business models.
I guess it was important enough to point out.
(just quoting for context; I can’t say anything about the claim)
oh fair point.
i also love how the link on this part of the bbc website:
Divine’s website FAQs, external outlines several ways for the platform to ensure all videos on the app are human-made, without AI involvement.
had “?utm_source=chatgpt.com” in the link; we see you bbc editors
not allowing AI.
How are they checking though?
I was probably too optimistic after reading the article the first time lol
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Interesting. Certainly a good way to prefill the platform with some content. I guess it’s kinda questionable if you think about ownership, copyright, and the original authors. Depending on how you see it.
I don’t necessarily mind short form video. I do, however, loathe vertical videos.
I can’t believe they’ve done this