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State of the Art: Could Insta360's AI-Powered Camera Robot Replace Photographers?

Last month, Insta360 founder and CEO Liu Jingkang marked the imaging and tech company's 11th anniversary by unveiling its vision for an intelligent photography robot, called simply Camerman. According to the company, the Cameraman is not a single hardware product but an AI agent concept capable of autonomous filming, with panoramic drones serving as one of its early prototypes. "In the long term, the ideal end state for cameras is to progressively become imperceptible, even to 'disappear,'" Liu said in a post. He later told Tech Radar he doesn't think photographers themselves should disappear.

UPDATE: NYCs Indie Booksellers Rise

  I always thought that Paris has the best bookstores until I started the this regular feature in DART, more than 10 years ago. Year after year the evidence that Our Fair City loves books—and the people who put them on our shelves—becomes even more evident. So if it’s August, it’s time for the latest good news! Yu & Me Books is NYC's first Asian American female-owned bookstore, operating as a cozy literary haven and community hub in Manhattan's historic Ch...