https://youtu.be/nvlrBEmLYok?si=j48NfcSKA89JE02J
https://grist.org/equity/title-vi-epa-james-cain-louisiana/
The decision could open the door for other industry-friendly states to follow suit.
cross-posted from: https://flipboard.social/users/TechDesk/statuses/113013778572529137
With the next generation of AI photo editing tools built into the Google’s flagship Pixel 9 family, our basic assumptions about photographs capturing a reality we can believe in are about to be seriously tested — and @theverge shows us why.
“An explosion from the side of an old brick building. A crashed bicycle in a city intersection. A cockroach in a box of takeout. It took less than 10 seconds to create each of these images with the Reimagine tool in the Pixel 9’s Magic Editor. They are crisp. They are in full color. They are high-fidelity. There is no suspicious background blur, no tell-tale sixth finger. These photographs are extraordinarily convincing, and they are all extremely f---ing fake.” Take a look at the pictures for yourself as The Verge ponders the implications of these new capabilities.
#AI #GenerativeAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Google #Pixel #Pixel9 #Smartphones #Photography #Tech
https://www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-drivers-strike
"Despite wielding absolute control over the drivers' terms and conditions of employment," said the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, "Amazon maintained that it did not employ the workers."
https://boltsmag.org/chicago-police-secret-traffic-stops/
Chicago police are required to document every time they pull someone over. But a new investigation reveals the department is releasing vastly incomplete data to oversight agencies, even as the superintendent pledges reforms.
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/21/84-of-americans-want-tougher-online-privacy-laws-but-congress-is-too-corrupt-to-follow-through/
Americans are, apparently, tired of having every last shred of personal data over-collected, hyper monetized, then improperly secured by a rotating crop of ethics-optional corporations and lazy exe…
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/19/2nd-circuit-to-cop-someone-observing-all-the-laws-is-not-probable-cause-for-a-search/
It’s about the stupidest thing anyone could claim in defense of an unlawful detention and search, but Waterbury, CT police office Nicholas Andrzejewski did it anyway. He actually told a court…
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/19/24223774/ticketmaster-safetix-doj-antitrust-lawsuit-10-states-join
Company documents called SafeTix a ‘game-changer.’
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/undoing-israel
The dark futures that await after the war in Gaza.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/14/ftc-bans-fake-reviews-social-media-influence-markers.html
Amazon sued more than 10,000 Facebook group administrators in July 2022 for allegedly brokering fake reviews.
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