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Catamount Veritas, August, 2026
Volume 2, Issue 8 Karma is a bitch I find the general professional reaction to Anthropic’s watermarking of text to be really illuminating. They are using a word selection algorithm to leave a traceable signal in the generated text, as well as using C2PA content credentials for images. That’s a…
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Catamount Veritas, July 2026
Volume 2, Issue 7 Labels, Please. CONTENT LABEL: I tried to use AI to write this, but honestly, I haven’t had much luck training it to use my particular voice, which I happen to like. Even if you don’t, though, the level of AI that I use for this actually…
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Catamount Veritas, June 2026
Volume 2, Issue 6 We have a nice short, pre-Fourth of July read for you with some Fender and IndieWeek coverage. I would say it’s short and sweet, but it might be more short and salty. How Fender is ‘under the radar’ right now I know y’all are dying to…
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Catamount Veritas, May, 2026
Volume 2, Issue 5 Google Lyria Ships C2PA This is honestly the biggest news in a long time, and I haven’t seen it reported anywhere. If you create music with Google Lyria and download the music file, it now has a C2PA manifest. This is a significant development, as they…
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Catamount Veritas, April 2026
Volume 2, Issue 4 I have been deep in the world of guitar pedals recently, and that has led me to some really amazing voices. One of my recent favorites is Emily Hopkins. She plays the harp and has amazing experience playing it through all kinds of pedals. And while…
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Catamount Veritas, March 2026
Volume 2, Issue 3 Don’t Steal This Substack! Maybe we are the only ones that didn’t realize that Ed Newton-Rex has a Substack entitled Don’t Steal This Blog. And if you didn’t know, you do know now, so go now and subscribe. Immediately after I did, I got his latest…
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Catamount Veritas, February 2026
Wading Into the Generative Music Debate AI-generated music continues to be a hot topic, so it’s time to check in with where we are right now. From an ethical perspective, we have a few different classes of companies. There are those who knowingly trained on content without authorization—claiming fair use…
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Catamount Veritas, January 2026
Volume 2, Issue 1 will.i.am gives a frustrating interview We kicked off the year with will.i.am declaring that AI heralds a new “Renaissance” for creatives. In a Bloomberg interview, he says he is more worried about his accountant than his drummer. He seems to want to avoid saying that AI…