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Meta pulls Instagram AI photo-editing tool days after launch
Meta has withdrawn a controversial Instagram feature that let people use artificial intelligence to modify photos taken from public accounts, just days after launching it. The tool allowed users to reference someone’s public Instagram posts by @-mentioning their account, without notifying the account holder that their images were being used, and it drew swift criticism…
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Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The feature, as originally set up, meant that content from any public Instagram account could be used in AI creations without the account owner’s permission.…
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Meta Pulls Back on Opt-Out AI Function After Hollywood Outrage: “This Feature Missed the Mark”
Earlier this week, Meta unveiled its Muse AI photo and video tools, which allowed users to tag other accounts on Instagram to reference their work, unless the other user opted out.
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Meta scraps AI tool that turned tagged Instagram accounts into images
Meta has discontinued a new artificial intelligence feature that let users generate images by tagging public Instagram accounts, following several days of criticism over its opt-out design. The reversal matters because it reflects growing tension between AI platforms and creators over how people’s likenesses are used without explicit consent, with major talent agencies and performers’…
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‘Moana’ Lost At Sea With $40M-$45M U.S. Opening – Box Office Update
FRIDAY PM: In regards to how far Disney’s live action take of Moana will go this weekend, this answer is not far with afternoon estimates showing a previews/first Friday around $17M at 3,875 theaters for a 3-day between $40M-$45M well below the $60M+ that was hoped for on the horizon. That puts the island princess…
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Quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor
Reinforcement learning uses error information to adjust control algorithms.
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Increased drone surveillance of illegal July 4th fireworks led to $100K fine
More police and firefighters use drones to catch and deter illegal fireworks.
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Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of hardware trade secrets
Apple has sued OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets in a push to build its own hardware device. The complaint alleges that OpenAI poached Apple employees and coaxed them into handing over confidential product designs, supplier details and other closely guarded information about unreleased technologies. The suit marks a sharp reversal…
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Netflix’s ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Writer on Landing Fan Favorite From Original Series for That Scary Cameo
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the “Little House on the Prairie” reboot through Episode 2, now streaming on Netflix. Few things are as scary to OG “Little House on the Prairie” viewers as Laura Ingalls’ childhood bully, Nellie Oleson, on a bad day. But Netflix’s updated take on the beloved story takes things to…