THE VERGE Monday January 30, 2023
Twitter never drove much traffic to news publishers, notes the Nieman Lab, but for most publishers it has more recently shrunk from a tiny referral source to an even tinier one, despite Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s false claim that “Twitter drives a massive number of clicks to other websites/apps.” Meanwhile, The Verge notes that new podcast creation “has fallen off a cliff.” The number of new shows dropped by nearly 80 percent between 2020 and 2022. “Creators seem to recognize that until podcast discovery improves, launching a podcast may be a losing proposition,” notes TV.
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Sony World Photography Awards Monday January 30, 2023
It's only January, but the Sony World Photography Awards contest has revealed the shortlists for its Student and Youth competitions—both of which aim to “uplift the next generation of photographers and inspire them in the next steps of their photography journey,” according to the World Photography Organization. The Youth competition features work by photographers under 19, while the Student competition shortlist includes images from ten students at leading international higher education institutions.
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TechCrunch Monday January 30, 2023
Last year, Shutterstock announced a partnership with OpenAI, creator of the Dall-E 2 AI image-generating platform. The agreement, notes TechCrunch, made the Shutterstock library availablel to Open AI to train the algorithm. Now, adds, Gizmodo, the fruits of the partnership are being rolled out with Shutterstock’s own generative AI tool. The new Creative Flow online design platform allows Shutterstock customers to create images based on text prompts, powered by OpenAI and Dall-E 2. Shutterstock says the images are “ready for licensing” right after they’re made. DIY Photography asks if this the end of stock photography as we know.
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By David Schonauer Monday January 30, 2023
The world is going crazy for artificial Intelligence right now, but what will we think about it in 10 years? Recently, Jimmy Kimmel celebrated the 20th anniversary of his late-night talk show by
interviewing his past self, courtesy of deepfake technology. The amusing segment underscored the ever-improving quality of deepfakes--and how they may soon became mainstreamed in our culture.
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