Tag: Tech
Fake Drakes And Counterfeit Kanyes: The Internet Is Suddenly Full Of AI-Generated Hip-Hop
Thanks to powerful new generative artificial intelligence tools, it’s getting difficult to tell if your favorite artist is actually singing — or in a great many cases, rapping — on tracks floating around YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. In February, superstar DJ David Guetta posted a video clip of himself live…
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This Fearless Video Journalist Is Livestreaming The French Street Protests To Millions Worldwide
PARIS — The April 6 protest had already been moving for half an hour by the time I found Rémy Buisine. The 32-year-old video journalist at French online media outlet Brut had given me his live location, but he wasn’t wearing his neon-yellow press armband yet and, given his outfit (a…
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Meet The Beloved Livestreamer Risking Life And Limb To Cover The French Street Protests
PARIS — The April 6 protest had already been moving for half an hour by the time I found Rémy Buisine. The 32-year-old video journalist at French online media outlet Brut had given me his live location, but he wasn’t wearing his neon-yellow press armband yet and, given his outfit (a…
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Twitter Circles Is Broken, Revealing Nudes Not Meant For The General Public
Riesman didn’t panic — but she didn’t want to impose her “spicy” pics on people. “It was, ‘Oh god, am I shoving my naked body in front of a load of people?’” she said. “I’ve curated my Circles to people I thought wouldn’t mind, but the general public does not…
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The “Dude With Sign” Instagram Account Sure Does Sue A Lot Of Brands
@dudewithsign is a popular Instagram account that features a tall man in sunglasses holding up a cardboard sign in various public places. Except instead of a serious protest message, the sign has a funny aphorism about modern life, like “Who TF is writing Yelp reviews” or “You can cold plunge…
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Don’t Be Fooled By AI-Generated Donald Trump Fakes
“It has become increasingly challenging for the average human eye to distinguish between AI-generated and real photos,” said Andrey Doronichev, CEO and cofounder of Optic.xyz, a website that lets people upload images to detect whether they have been generated with AI or not. “This has the potential to manipulate public…
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