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Re: BlenderGPT

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Post by preommr »

terminalbraid wrote: post #7
gregjw wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Considering infra costs, it kind of is worthless, they aren't about to start selling advertising on their AI tool. I'd assume the reason they have auth is so they don't get botted and it absolutely bricks their servers.

I don't disagree with you. It should not be billed as "free" without qualification. It should read "free with google account".

It should read "free with google account, electricity, computer and/or all other equipment needed to interface with a website, and last but not least, the user's time."

Re: BlenderGPT

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Post by jolmg »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #126
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #114

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I know it won't hit the same if you change its name, but like the others here, I really would recommend that you come up with some new product name. Additionally, the glyph you're looking for is ™, not ®, if you're not registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It seems like you're doing a great job, and these are some low hanging fruit you can address just to make sure you're not violating tradem…

You can use ® for registration in other countries/regions too. In UK/EU it's not registered until the end of the opposition period. GPT and Blender are both generic terms, unless the combination is already being used or is registered then it appears - and of course this is not legal advice - that there is no infringement. Indeed I think registration of GPT before USPTO has been refused because it is generic. You migh…

https://www.blender.org/about/logo/

> Blender has been registered as a trademark by Blender Foundation in USA and EU. It has been used by Blender Foundation since 2002, and it’s a well recognized brand now. Although the name ‘Blender’ is a generic word (for a mixer), in the context of products or company names related to software it’s protected by trademark law.

Re: BlenderGPT

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Post by ascorbic »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #126
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know it won't hit the same if you change its name, but like the others here, I really would recommend that you come up with some new product name. Additionally, the glyph you're looking for is ™, not ®, if you're not registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It seems like you're doing a great job, and these are some low hanging fruit you can address just to make sure you're not violating tradem…

You can use ® for registration in other countries/regions too. In UK/EU it's not registered until the end of the opposition period. GPT and Blender are both generic terms, unless the combination is already being used or is registered then it appears - and of course this is not legal advice - that there is no infringement. Indeed I think registration of GPT before USPTO has been refused because it is generic. You migh…

GPT is generic. Blender is not, unless you're talking about kitchen equipment.

Re: BlenderGPT

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Post by mrtksn »

hirako2000 wrote: post #139
mrtksn wrote: post #50

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I just tried it, there's a demo and works as advertised. I had 3 credits upon signing up, tried uploading a photo of a cup and it created the model of the cup. Then I created a figurine of Trump and a model of Galata Tower. Check it out: https://a.dropoverapp.com/cloud/download/395da02b-874d-441c-... I'm very surprised by all the negativity in the comments, some kid created a tool that's working as advertised and eve…

It's the disingenuous marks on the whole thing. Using the trademark of a very popular 3d software, coupling it with a very popular product name from the biggest AI corp in the world. And not mentioning it's a wrapper over a model so new that it's easy to assume this commercial product is innovative (other than the design of a UI over a service). Even if there was nothing illegal (there is on the trademark infringemen…

It's a product that works as advertised and has a name that describes exactly what it does. OpenAI was denied the right to register GPT as a trademark anyway, for Blender, yeah maybe but that's up to Blender to defend. It's not pretending to be the Blender software but a tool for it, so it's not causing a confusion.

And as for the innovation part... Kind of irrelevant, 99% of "tech" is built on creating a UI for a process. What's Uber or AirBnB for example? A GUI over a database to keep records of a marketplace.

Re: BlenderGPT

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Post by AJ007 »

Diti wrote: post #115
meiraleal wrote: post #109

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will it? It has the potential to bring so many users to Blender. That would be stupid.

Trademark laws mandate that you need to enforce your trademark if you want to keep it. So, yes, they will sue.

The trademark application should/will not be approved. This would be like naming yourself "DisneyGPT"

Re: BlenderGPT

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Post by pkkkzip »

vunderba wrote: post #121
idiocache wrote: post #98

Kid's getting way too much hate for what seems to be quite a cool project! Oh he "just" put a UI in front of Trellis? Yes. He did. You didn't. Keep up the good work, gd3kr :)

Give me a break. The site's ad copy: "BlenderGPT is an advanced artificial intelligence program that creates 3D models from text or image prompts in ~20 seconds. It lets you synthesise fully textured meshes, then import directly to Blender with a shortcut or download the source files for use in any compatible software. We think it's really good, try it out for free now." It's very deliberately posing itself as having…

I can definitely see why people were upset but I think they are reading a bit too much into it. We all know its a wrapper now but makes little to no difference in reality.

What I'm more disappointed in is that BlenderGPT aka TRELLIS is still not capable of producing truly segmented 3d mesh. The generated output is simply just a blob and not capable of replacing actual 3d modelers (yet).

I've already seen so many claims of being able to generate 3D but they have fallen short of expectation (including BlenderGPT/TRELLIS). Without segmentation, mesh optimizations, there is limited use.

We are so close but because everybody is chasing investment dollars they gloss over the ugly bits and even after 20 months of watching this space there has been little progress.

The true golden chalice of 3d mesh generation is a fully segmented, optimized mesh, UV texture map/material generation and pre-rigged. It appears we are far far away from it still as many FANG/Deepmind or large game engines should be the first.

Unfortunately until then we are stuck with investor dollar grift wrappers on open source products. Not just in 3D but across all domains that AI touches.

Re: BlenderGPT

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Post by causi »

AI-generated modeling is such a fun concept. If you want to pee yourself laughing, ask ChatGPT to generate SCAD files of things like animals or everyday objects.

Re: BlenderGPT

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Post by doctorpangloss »

yuvalr1 wrote: post #137
gd3kr wrote: post #31

Hey HN! I'm aarya (twitter.com/gd3kr) and I built BlenderGPT Really overwhelmed with the traffic, will be defaulting to a less compute intensive model for a bit. Will try to keep up with this thread and respond to questions/comments but mostly focused on not letting BlenderGPT crash. BlenderGPT is entirely bootstrapped and i'm really the only one on the team. Also, The required google sign in is only put in place to…

Hi aarya! A really amazing project. I would really love using this tool, and other GenAI tools to generate art. There is one recurring problem that I don't know the answer to: how could I know that no one is going to sue me for using this kind of tool for copyright infringement? How can I know that the model I generate is not too similar or copying some artist's style somewhere?

Adobe offers indemnity. You’re welcome to use their tools.
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