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How Spammers, Scammers and Creators Leverage AI-Generated Images on Facebook for Audience Growth
Text-to-image models such as DALL-E and Midjourney can produce impressive, at times even photorealistic, images. Past research by the Stanford Internet Observatory has covered the very serious implications for child safety and nonconsensual intimate imagery. Researchers and policymakers have expressed fears that they could be misused to inject false information into political discourse. In a new preprint …
Image-scraping Midjourney bans rival AI firm for scraping images
Enlarge / A burglar with a flashlight and papers in a business office—exactly like scraping files from Discord. On Wednesday, Midjourney banned all employees from image synthesis rival Stability AI from its service indefinitely after it detected “botnet-like” activity suspected to be a Stability employee attempting to scrape prompt and image pairs in bulk. Midjourney …
Generating AI Images Uses as Much Energy as Charging Your Phone
Creating images with generative AI could use as much energy as charging your smartphone according to a new study Friday that measures the environmental impact of generative AI models for the first time. Popular models like ChatGPT’s Dall-E and Midjourney may produce more carbon than driving 4 miles. “Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” …
AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in research papers
Artificial-intelligence tools can often spot more duplicated images in papers than a human specialist can.Credit: Sezeryadigar/Getty Scientific-image sleuth Sholto David blogs about image manipulation in research papers, a pastime that has exposed him to many accounts of scientific fraud. But other scientists “are still a little bit in the dark about the extent of the …
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Hollywood, Aliens, And A Christmas Story – Modern Pop Culture Images Of Hungarians in the US
“They’re heeeeerrrrreeeeee…”: Alien-(n)ation. One of the most enduring and entertaining images of Hungarians during the second half of the 20th century is the idea of Hungarians as aliens or Martians. Much of this is tongue-in-cheek, is not intended to be pejorative, and has been exploited to good effect and with great enjoyment by Hungarians themselves …
Glasser Images ordered to pay nearly $1 million in damages in lawsuit
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – A federal judge has ordered Glasser Images to pay nearly $1 million for damages stemming from the abrupt closure of the Bismarck-based photography business last October. After 16 years in business, Glasser Images shuttered its doors, effectively laying off 150 employees and subcontractors and leaving customers in the lurch. Many people …
See the First Images NASA's Juno Took As It Sailed by Ganymede – NASA
See the First Images NASA’s Juno Took As It Sailed by Ganymede NASA NASA’s Juno gets close look at Ganymede eNCA NASA’s Juno orbiter is about to fly by a world that may harbor life Yahoo Entertainment Hello, Ganymede! NASA’s Juno makes closest visit to Jupiter’s largest moon since 2000. Space.com NASA Spacecraft Has a Close Encounter with Jupiter’s …
Surveillance, images, tips led to arrest in Aiden Leos killing
California Highway Patrol officials said Monday that they believe they have recovered the gun used to kill 6-year-old Aiden Leos on the 55 Freeway last month, as well as the vehicle from which a passenger fired a deadly shot. Surveillance, investigation and tips all played a part in identifying the suspects in the killing of …
First images from China’s Mars rover might take awhile to reach Earth
Zhurong, seen here in an illustration, safely touched down on the surface of Mars. CNSA China’s Zhurong rover touched down on the surface of Mars over the weekend, marking a new milestone for the country’s space program. But we may face a bit of a wait before we see the rover’s first views of Mars. …
