Tag: Tech
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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Don’t Fall For AI-Generated Donald Trump Fakes Today
“It has become increasingly challenging for the average human eye to distinguish between AI-generated and real photos,” 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 opinion,…
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Get Ready For A Twitter Feed Of Assholes Only
This comes a few days after Twitter announced that legacy verified accounts will lose their blue checkmark starting April 1 unless they sign up for paid Twitter Blue. At the same time, Twitter is working on a way for paid subscribers to hide their blue checks, presumably because it might…
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News Outlets Struggle To Decide: Do We Pay For Journalists’ Twitter Blue?
There are a wide range of considerations for why an outlet might want to retain verified status for its journalists. A newsroom leader at an entertainment news outlet who was not authorized to speak about its policy told BuzzFeed News that the publication will probably end up paying for verification.…
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We Spoke To The Guy Who Created The Viral AI Image Of The Pope That Fooled The World
Over the weekend, a photo of Pope Francis looking dapper in a white puffer jacket went mega-viral on social media. The 86-year-old sitting pontiff, it appeared, has some serious drip. But there was just one problem: The image is not real. It was made using the AI art tool Midjourney.…
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