Apple Reportedly Partnering With Shutterstock for AI Model Training, Shutterstock’s Attractiveness, Apple Adds More Licensed Movies to Apple TV+

Today's Above Avalon Daily email covers the following topics:

  • Apple Reportedly Partnering With Shutterstock for AI Model Training

  • Shutterstock’s Attractiveness

  • Apple Adds More Licensed Movies to Apple TV+

Hello everyone. Yesterday (Monday) turned out to be crazier than expected given the solar eclipse and the NCAA basketball championship game. Even though we didn’t experience totality in Connecticut, the eclipse still made for an exciting day. A few members reached out with some impressive photos and videos.

Congratulations UConn on winning their SIXTH basketball championship in style by going back-to-back. Go Huskies.

In today’s update, we go over my thoughts on the Reuters story regarding the how and why everyone in Big Tech is running to established content (photo) providers for ML and AI model training. The discussion then turns specifically to Shutterstock. We conclude with a few new observations regarding more licensed movies being available on Apple TV+.

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