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2 days agoUSPTO's April Fool's Prank Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
The USPTO announced a new AI tool named MATTHEW for patent eligibility determinations, humorously referencing actor Matthew McConaughey.
Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has trademarked his image and voice including his famous catchphrase: All right, all right, all right from the movie Dazed and Confused in an attempt to forestall unauthorised use by artificial intelligence. The Wall Street Journal reported that McConaughey has had eight separate applications approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office in recent weeks, including film clips of the actor standing on a porch and sitting in front of a tree,
He has a completely separate deal of his own design that he's worked out with Elevenlabs, which happens to be one of the most prominent, AI voice-generation tools, that is being used by other video game companies. Such that people could leverage his voice in non-bespoke VO sessions in a different way. He has a bunch of really strict rules around how it could be used.
"The wife's on one side with her side table, and the husband's on the other side, and it's great when you got all three kids, but all of a sudden the kids get too big. They're out of the bed," he said. McConaughey said he and his wife, Camilla Alves, followed in their friends' footsteps, only to feel more distant than ever.
Five years ago, the Oscar-winning actor wrote a memoir called Greenlights. It wasn't a conventional memoir, more a collection of life lessons, bullet-point anecdotes and gnomic philosophies. Now he has written a book of poetry called Poems & Prayers. For McConaughey, the two are interchangeable. It's another memoir of sorts this time, a portrait of his faith and its impact on his everyday life.
"I had to tell him, this ain't no bs-ing around," McConaughey said. "It's play, but the preparation, it's work, it's a rodeo. This is not about showing up with attitude. So I was somewhat hard on him early and continued to be, just to teach him as much as I can, but once he got on set, this is great, you'll know this moment."
"He joined the camera department," she said while appearing on TODAY on Sept. 11. "I thought, 'Why does that kid look so familiar?' Matthew's like, 'That's my son.' And I was like, 'Because he has your face. That's why.' But he was the camera intern. He was so great."