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David Schonauer Friday June 9, 2023
Is a news video produced by artificial intelligence really news? Not so much. At least that was the finding of a recently released study. Researchers at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich,
Germany showed study subjects clips from 14 news events involving the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Donald Trump and Justin Bieber. For each news story, one video was highly automated, one was partially … Read the full Story >>
The Washington Post Thursday June 8, 2023
California’s lower chamber has overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content, rebuffing Meta’s threat to block news articles across its platforms in the state if lawmakers followed through on the effort. The vote puts California a step closer to a major regulatory standoff with Meta, which is fending off similar journalism proposals globally, notes The Washington Post. A Meta spokesman said in a statement before that vote that the measure would largely benefit “big, out-of-state media companies,” not California publishers.
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CNN Thursday June 8, 2023
In his series “Sowing Rice With Salt,” photographer Kyle Lui uses archival images of immigrant parents to inspire similar shots of their adult children who were born or raised in the US. The project is on view this month at the Photoville festival in New York. “The theme I wanted to convey was the resilience of love in these relationships, despite all the tensions that exist,” Liu tells CNN, adding that sometimes the most intimate experiences and feelings are “the most relatable and universal.”
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CBC Thursday June 8, 2023
Starting in 2025, commercial photographers will need an annual permit costing $400 to take photos in a Metro Vancouver regional parks, reports the CBC. The Metro Vancouver Regional District, which manages 138 square kilometers of land in 23 parks, says it is introducing the permits in a bid to keep the areas pristine and to protect wildlife. "Staff have observed some photographers ... going off trails, harassing wildlife, disturbing the public with their props, blocking some of the trails," says Jeremy Plotkin, supervisor of visitor services for Metro Vancouver parks. Not all photographers are happy about the move.
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