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Creator of free Adobe clones unveils open-source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications — Autodesk tools and other subscription-based services may come next (www.tomshardware.com)
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Brandon Thomas, developer of ArtCraft, a suite of open-source creative tools meant to replicate Adobe applications for free, has now announced apps to replace Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, respectively, named GridCraft, DeckCraft, and WordCraft, that are created with Claude. Thomas has shared his new clones to ArtCraft GitHub, making them free for all to download.

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[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

Where's the legal limit?

If I use AI to make and sell a Ford truck, will Ford sue and we can get precedent that AI use is still a copyright violation?

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

AI itself is theft

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 1 points 2 hours ago

Only 99% of the time.

It's possible to build models on only copyleft data, and include all relevant attribution

[–] oppy1984@lemdro.id 6 points 7 hours ago

Just brand it fjord

[–] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You wouldn't download a car?