THE VERGE Monday December 5, 2022
Users of AI image generator Stable Diffusion are angry about an update to the software that “nerfs” its ability to copy the style of specific artists—and, notes The Verge, to generate NSFW output. The update re-engineers key components of the model and improves certain features like upscaling. (The new versions allows users to generate images of 2048×2048 or even higher.) But the changes also make it harder for Stable Diffusion to generate certain types of images that have attracted both controversy and criticism.
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MyHeritage Friday December 2, 2022
Genealogy website MyHeritage allows people to dig into their personal history. But now the site also lets you reinvent your past with a new tool. The new AI Time Machine feature allows you tp cast yourself as a character from history—you cold be a 1950s housewife or a Viking warrior, for instance. The tool, notes DIY Photography, is based on the AI image generator Stable Diffusion and licensed by AI image generation company Astria. All you do is upload pictures of yourself.
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BBC Friday December 2, 2022
Photographer Spencer Tunick, who’s known for his images of crowds of nude people, has taken to the beach for his latest project, notes the BBC. Tunick gathered some 2,500 naked volunteers to pose in the early morning light on Sydney, Australia’s Bondi Beach for an artwork designed to raise awareness of skin cancer. To pull of the event, special legislation was passed to allow nudity on the famed beach. The rate of skin cancer in Australia is the highest in the world, says the World Cancer Research Fund.
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DP Review Friday December 2, 2022
DJI ventured into the FPV (first-person view) world in March, 2021, with the original FPV drone, followed by this year's Avata. Now the company is offering FPV fliers a chance to incorporate some of its technology onto a variety of third-party rigs with the introduction of the O3 Air Unit. The O3 Air Unit's camera is the same one used in the DJI Avata. The module boasts a 48MP Type 1/1.7 (7.6x5.7mm) sensor with a fixed F2.8 aperture and a super-wide 155-degree field of view. Up to 4K/60p video can be captured, and D-Cinelike color mode is available. Price $299. Also available: DJI Goggles ($649).
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