{"id":41803,"date":"2024-12-20T13:17:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T04:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=41803"},"modified":"2024-12-20T13:18:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T04:18:30","slug":"japan-first-certified-ethical-ai-image-generation-model-is-released-with-the-concept-of-a-cute-vtuber-at-art-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/japan-first-certified-ethical-ai-image-generation-model-is-released-with-the-concept-of-a-cute-vtuber-at-art-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s first fairly-trained certified  AI image generation model is released, with the concept of a cute VTuber at art school\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Abstract Engine inc. has released Japan\u2019s first fairly trained-certified AI image generation model. Called <strong>Mitsua Likes<\/strong>, its figurehead is the company\u2019s AI VTuber Elan Mitsua.&nbsp;Under the theme is \u201cArt made with everyone,\u201d the concept is that users will ethically provide images&nbsp;for art school student Elan Mitsua to learn from, thus&nbsp;influencing what the AI model produces. It has been officially certified by the US non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairlytrained.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fairly Trained<\/a> (as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/0115765.com\/archives\/104770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Otaku Souken<\/a>). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"574\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241220-41803-001.jpg\" alt=\"Elan Mitsua AI Vtuber\nMitsua Likes gen AI model\" class=\"wp-image-41807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241220-41803-001.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241220-41803-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241220-41803-001-768x433.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Credit for all images: <a href=\"https:\/\/elanmitsua.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elan Mitsua official website<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitsua Likes does not use any existing AI models as its foundation and is trained only on images that have been explicitly authorized or are verified public domain. It is not trained on AI-generated data from other AI learning models either. To ensure transparency, all the training data is made public on the official Discord. Furthermore, images generated by the model have clear credits identifying the source image authors. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1039\" height=\"696\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1039px) 100vw, 1039px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241220-41803-002.jpg\" alt=\"Elan Mitsua AI Vtuber\nMitsua Likes gen AI model\" class=\"wp-image-41806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241220-41803-002.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241220-41803-002-380x255.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241220-41803-002-768x514.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, Mitsua Likes has been trained on over 58,000 images. From January 2025, the company will start accepting submissions of new images for the AI to learn from. You can find out more about Mitsua Likes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/elanmitsua.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official English language website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitsua Likes is a new AI image generation model trained solely on authorized images, valuing transparency and crediting source image creators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":41805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[67,17,79],"class_list":["post-41803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nongaming-news","tag-ai","tag-japan-related-news","tag-vtuber"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japan\u2019s first fairly-trained certified AI image generation model is released, with the concept of a cute VTuber at art school\u00a0 - 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