Parsons shares the outcomes of the first Roblox design course in a showcase.

The Parsons School of Design at The New School will display the work of students who took part in the school's inaugural collaborative course with the metaverse platform Roblox. The digital fashion creations will be displayed during the school's Roblox Course Preliminary Showcase, which will take place in the Welcome Centre of its New York City campus.

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Roblox Course Preliminary Showcase, Roblox x Parsons School of Design. Image: Roblox

The show will feature 3D digital clothes made for the metaverse by students who took the course, which lasted 16 weeks and focused on investigating trends and designing digital designs.

Three interactive experiences addressing the issue will be available within the area, and the students' work will also be available for purchase via Roblox's Marketplace.

Kyle Li, assistant professor of communication design and technology at Parsons, stated in a press release that the designs on display demonstrated how students drew inspiration from diverse creative backgrounds and pushed the boundaries of what was achievable with metaverse-only clothes.

"This is a new milestone for user-generated content and digital fashion design at the University," Li noted, "and our students are at the very forefront of it."

Through their licencing partnership, Parsons and Roblox stated that they would continue to collaborate to increase access to design education.

The current collaboration expands on Parsons' 'The New School's N Ventures' venture, which seeks to increase access to design learning through collaborations with organisations and learning programmes.

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World's fastest growing social on-chain Indian app Chingari launches the First-Ever GARI Token Burn

Chingari, the world's fastest-growing on-chain social service, has announced the burning of 2.6 million GARI tokens in its first token burn. This significant move represents 0.25% of the entire GARI token supply, demonstrating Chingari's dedication to building a healthy and thriving token ecosystem for its consumers.

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This token burn was funded by income produced from boost and badge sales, and Chingari intends to continue with monthly token burns until the total quantity of GARI tokens hits 21 million. With a total supply of approximately 997 million GARI tokens, this is a lofty goal, but one that Chingari is determined to meet.

Chingari's monthly token burns will take place on the first of every month, and will involve burning income from the previous month's Boost and Badge purchases. The on-chain app also intends to introduce other revenue streams for token burn if necessary. These burns will ensure that currencies are permanently removed from circulation, a procedure known as token burn.

Sumit Ghosh, CEO & Co-Founder, Chingari, communique, “Token burning is a common yet powerful crypto industry practice that reinforces our commitment to building a sustainable GARI ecosystem. We remain committed to creating effective economics that will drive long-term success and benefits for our community and ecosystem.”

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AI Use in Music Exceeds Copyright Law, According to a K-Pop Conference

The inaugural Moving the World with Music conference in Seoul was dominated by artificial intelligence. However, K-Pop executives claim that copyright law lags far behind technologies like ChatGPT and Midjourney.

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Supertone, a Korean startup backed by BTS promoter Hybe Corp., used its platform at MWM to exhibit voice technology and lower barriers in music production. "Our ultimate goal is to create a link between creators and technology, making what creators thought was impossible into reality," stated Lee Kyogu, CEO and co-founder of Supertone.

Pozalabs, backed by CJ ENM, was founded in 2018 when CEO Huh Wongil noticed a growing demand for low-cost background music for video content creation. Current music copyright clearance issues are an impediment to the (legal) use of previously recorded music and could not keep up with the "ppalli ppalli" (anything fast) work schedule of the Korean business. “Typically, it takes about two weeks to create music, but it takes about 5 minutes for our system. That means we can make 50-60 tracks, while others can only do five,” said Huh.

However, the recent controversy surrounding the viral track "Heart on My Sleeve" by Drake and The Weeknd doppelgangers was mentioned in multiple panel discussions on Thursday. The Korea Music Content Association organised the conference, which brought together executives from the music and technology industries, as well as government officials and members of the Korean parliament.

"More must be done to ensure that Koreans can compete on an equal playing field." For example, Korean artists are still unable to fully benefit from public performance rights, which account for a significant portion of industry revenue. "They are also unable to effectively prevent Korean consumers from accessing foreign streaming sites," said to Lauri Rechardt, chief legal officer at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

According to the most recent IFPI Global Music Report, Korea is now the world's seventh largest music market. It rose by more than 14% in 2022, much exceeding the global average of 9.0%.

However, the country's copyright laws currently only apply to humans and businesses, not to virtual humans or AI-generated content. And Korean courts have yet to rule on a patent application for American scientist Stephen Thaler's artificial intelligence system, Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience (DABUS). DABUS' patent applications have already been denied in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and parts of Europe.

“As AI advances, we need to come up with synchronized international laws, so K-pop can spread throughout the whole world and IP can be protected,” said Kim Shi Hyeong, director general of the Korean Intellectual Property Office.

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