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Image generated on AI A controversial artificial intelligence tool is getting a dressing down for modifying images of women and effectively “clothing” them in a manner deemed more conservative. Among the targets are high-profile figures, including the likes of Taylor Swift, sparking a heated debate over the implications of such digital alterations. Read full article

Image via Burger King Burger King is taking on the wave of AI art generators with a sizzling twist. Not only will its version deliver some mouthwatering results, but the returns are huge—you could walk home with your dream burger and a million dollars. Read full article

The A’ Design Award and Competition is back, opening its doors to the compelling minds of the design world for its 2024 edition. Long regarded as one of the most prestigious yet inclusive design competitions, it celebrates the pinnacle of creativity across a broad spectrum of fields and backgrounds. Whether they are newcomers or seasoned professionals, participants will have an equal shot at receiving acclaim for their creative projects. As the submission window for the 2024 edition opens, the competition spans over 100 disciplines, including Graphics and Visual Communication Design; Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design; Packaging Design; Architecture, Building and Structure Design; Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design; and Futuristic Design. Wherever they fit, designers, architects, and innovators around the world will have a stage to showcase their best work. Read full article

Photo 31342968 © Snyfer | Dreamstime.com Gone are the days of shopping on the dark web for a fake card. In a quiet corner of the internet, a website named OnlyFake is churning out counterfeit driver’s licenses and passports with an unsettling level of realism. Read full article

Image via Scott Belsky / Adobe Adobe Firefly, the creativity giant’s popular art-generating artificial intelligence, has spread its wings to reach Apple’s new Vision Pro as a standalone app, allowing users to paint vivid images in the room around them at a whim. Read full article View the full article

Photo 224489243 © Eugene Powers | Dreamstime.com Apple CEO Tim Cook recently spoke up about the sticker shock some may have experienced regarding the Vision Pro’s price tag, pegged at a hefty US$3,499. Read full article View the full article

Photo 36046866 © Featureflash | Dreamstime.com It was Taylor Swift who put the final nail in the coffin and had US officials, at last, seeing Red about unauthorized deepfakes. Read full article View the full article

Image via Google Google’s DeepMind team is putting some creativity back into the hands of humans with ImageFX, a new artificial intelligence art generator that’s now available to use. Built on its robust Imagen 2 model, ImageFX empowers users to create masterpieces using text prompts and tweak them with guidance from the machine. Read full article View the full article

Image via BETC Paris French suburbs have persuaded Midjourney to replace its bias-filled database of their neighborhoods with more realistic imagery. How did they do it? By sending postcards. Read full article View the full article

Images via Instacart [1] [2] Instacart has been serving up a digital smorgasbord that’s been turning heads for not-so-satisfying reasons. With artificial intelligence now in its kitchen, the popular grocery delivery platform has been cooking up recipes and images that are raising more eyebrows than appetites. Read full article View the full article

Image via Google Google is painting the town red, or rather, every hue in the palette of the past with its latest innovation, Art Selfie 2. Nestled within the Arts and Culture app, it allows users to step back in time and reimagine themselves as characters from various historical epochs. An evolution of the original Art Selfie feature introduced in 2018, Art Selfie 2 marries the world of art and history with the growingly exciting magic of generative artificial intelligence in a way that's both engaging and educational. Read full article View the full article

Photo 30163270 © Murdock2013 | Dreamstime.com A charming Winnie-the-Pooh crockpot, said to be available at Walmart, has turned out to be nothing but a hunny trap. Social media went abuzz when an image of the cookware, adorned with the cheerful visage of the beloved bear and his iconic red shirt, began circulating. Alas, this “photo” was a figment of artificial intelligence’s imagination, proving once again that you can’t believe everything you see on the internet. Read full article View the full article

Video screenshot via Google Google Chrome has some new artificial intelligence tricks up its sleeve. Available in the US for Mac and Windows PC users, these productive and aesthetic features are tucked away in the ‘Experimental AI’ section of your browser’s settings. Read full article View the full article

Image via DJI DJI is taking workflows several notches up into the skies with DJI Modify, its first intelligent 3D model editing software that’s tailored for drone aerial professionals. The tool promises to streamline surveying, mapping, and emergency response, among other areas, through an efficient and intuitive process. Read full article View the full article

Video screenshot via Max HBO’s True Detective should be proud of its fans, who live up to its name. It wasn’t the plot they were talking about with the latest episode, but also a couple of quirky band posters spotted in the background. Read full article View the full article

Image generated on AI Nightshade, a new software tool aimed at giving artists and creators peace of mind in the digital age, turned heads when it was announced last October. Designed by a team at the University of Chicago, the app has a unique way of protecting creative works from unauthorized use by generative artificial intelligence models. Now, it’s available for public use. Read full article View the full article

Video screenshot via AI for Good Shutterstock is inciting creatives to paint the future, one prompt at a time, in a collaboration with the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s AI for Good initiative involving an intriguing challenge: the Canvas of the Future. In a global call to artists and artificial intelligence enthusiasts, the pair is asking them to envision a world aligned with the UN’s sustainable goals through the lens of this burgeoning technology. Read full article View the full article

Image via Figure BMW is shifting its gears into high-tech mode and is hiring humanoid robots by AI robotics startup Figure to speed up car-making manufacturing. Read full article View the full article

Image via Spotify Spotify’s ‘Daylist’ feature is now striking a chord with social media users with its dynamic, personalized playlists that evolve throughout the day. Read full article View the full article

Image via Microsoft Microsoft’s latest announcement is a page-turner—the tech giant has introduced ‘Reading Coach’, a personalized, artificial intelligence assistant created to help learners enjoy reading, and made it available for free to anyone with a Microsoft account. Read full article View the full article

Photo 184811383 © NycRuss | Dreamstime.com Artificial intelligence might be hyped up to be driving the future, but not everybody is sold on its prospects. Red Ventures, the parent company of popular technology news site CNET, is reportedly having a hard time finding suitable takers for the site. Read full article View the full article

Video screenshot via Samsung Samsung is looking to have essential health insights wrapped around your finger with its latest innovation, the Galaxy Ring. Unveiled at the Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event, this discreet new gadget is set to add a touch of tech-savvy elegance to your fingertips, almost. Read full article View the full article

Image generated on AI We tend to dream extravagantly when envisioning life far into the future. Likewise, people in the past expected a lot to have advanced by today—almost to a fault. Read full article View the full article

Images by Prompt-Brush and featured with permission Whatever your thoughts about artificial intelligence-created art may be, this wave of automated tools will have left a mark on you somehow. Prolific graphic designer Pablo Delcan is making waves with his unique project, Prompt-Brush, which stands out from the rest as “the very first” non-AI generative art model. In a world increasingly overrun by AI and machine learning, this fun endeavor reintroduces the human touch to the art of creation. Read full article View the full article

Image generated on AI A Beijing court has recently delivered a landmark ruling acknowledging the copyright of an image created using artificial intelligence, setting a new precedent in the rapidly evolving realm of AI and intellectual property rights. Read full article View the full article