The Atlantic Monday May 15, 2023
Long-standing tensions between groups led by two generals who once shared power in Sudan erupted into open warfare on April 15, and in the weeks since, hundreds of civilians and soldiers have been killed or wounded, while more than 100,000 people have fled the fighting, resulting in an enormous humanitarian crisis, notes The Atlantic’s In Focus blog, which features news service images of the chaotic conflict. Among the photographers who work in included: Abdelmoneim Sayed (AFP / Getty) and Mahmoud Hjaj (Anadolu Agency / Getty).
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BBC Monday May 15, 2023
Lawmakers in Japan are introducing the country’s first laws against taking sexually exploitative photos or videos of others without consent, notes the BBC. The bill against "photo voyeurism" would prohibit acts such as upskirting and secret filming of sexual acts. Until now, such criminal cases had to be prosecuted under local prefecture laws, which vary in scope. The bill, part of a wider overhaul of Japan's laws on sex crimes, prohibits the taking, distribution and or possession of photographs of someone's genitals without their consent. It will also expand the definition of rape.
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Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Monday May 15, 2023
Cameroonian artist Samuel Fosso is the winner of the £30,000 (about $37,400) Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for 2023. The award recognizes Fosso’s retrospective exhibition, “Samuel Fosso,” at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, which traced a career spanning almost 50 years. One of Africa’s most important living photographers and contemporary artists, Fosso photographs himself in the style of leading historical figures including Martin Luther King and Angela Davis, notes The Guardian.
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Mashable Monday May 15, 2023
Google is outfitting its Bard chatbot with some big upgrades, with an assist from Adobe, notes Mashable: Bard now supports multimodal search, meaning it's capable of generating images from a text prompt. Image generation is supported by Adobe's Firefly generative AI system, which is currently in beta. Firefly was trained using legally owned images, unlike some competing models trained with stolen content, adds PetaPixel. Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative will also be incorporated into Bard, ensuring transparency with AI-generated content within the chatbot.
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