TechCrunch Friday June 30, 2023
Marvel’s latest series, Secret Invasion, has sparked backlash after it was confirmed the show’s opening credit sequence was AI-generated, notes TechCrunch. Series director Ali Selim admitted credits were designed by VFX company Method Studios using artificial intelligence. The sequence is inspired by the show’s plot of shape-shifting “Skrulls” invading Earth, adds Variety. “The revelation has caused a stir on social media, as it’s presumed that the use of AI on the opening credits precluded work for graphic designers and animators,” notes The Guardian.
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David Schonauer Friday June 30, 2023
Mike Disfarmer was a portrait photographer from Heber Springs, Arkansas, who died in 1958, leaving a body of work that remained hidden in obscurity for another 15 years. Then, in 1973, he came to
national attention when a selection of his images was published in Modern Photography magazine. A museum show followed, and a book. Today, Disfarmer's stark black-and-white portraits of everyday
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WIRED Thursday June 29, 2023
Big Tech has conquered the world, and now it's coming for fruit: Apple is trying to assert intellectual property rights to images of actual apples. The company, reports Wired, has filed an application to own the international trademark rights for a realistic, black-and-white image of a Granny Smith apple. The effort is international in scope: A Swiss fruit firm, Fruit-Union Suisse, whose logo is a red apple with the Swiss national flag superimposed on it, worries it may have to come up with a new design.
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MY MODERN MET Thursday June 29, 2023
Martin Yelland has taken his effort to photograph puffins to another level: While on a snorkeling trip at Skomer Island off the coast of West Wales, he donned a decoy puffin on his head while approaching real birds swimming nearby. Result: “Yelland attracted the curiosity of the puffins, resulting in fascinating photos that simultaneously feature a viewpoint in and out of the water,” notes My Modern Met. Yelland, who writes children’s book based on his pictures, had other puffin decoys that could move freely throughout the water, as well.
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