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An AI Image Generator Is Going Viral, With Horrific Results
Type any prompt into DALL-E Mini and the neural network will produce a grid of visuals that are the stuff of nightmares.
Artificial Intelligence
In Brief
Critics Say Facebook's Measures to Limit Manipulated Videos Are Insufficient
"Facebook wants you to think the problem is video-editing technology, but the real problem is Facebook’s refusal to stop the spread of disinformation," said Drew Hammill, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Art
How One Meme Reveals the Difference in How Humans and AI "See"
As AI technology grows more sophisticated, neural networks can generate pictures people are comfortable looking at. It takes a surreal reject of an image to remind us of how differently a computer perceives the world.
Art
The Gamification of Intimacy Through Dating Sims
Digital technologies for games are developing at an unprecedented pace, compelling us ask how they are potentially shifting society's relationship to intimacy and social interaction.
In Brief
One Very Special AI Robot Is Granted Saudi Citizenship
The robot's new status raises questions about AI's future, the treatment of women, and the meaning of citizenship.
Art
Microsoft’s New Emotion-Detecting App Deems the Mona Lisa 43% Happy
Microsoft's Project Oxford photo research division has just released a new demo of a tool that detects emotions in photographed faces using machine-learning techniques.