ARTnews Friday July 28, 2023
Judge William Orrick of the US District Court for the Northern District of California recently heard oral arguments in the case of Andersen v Stability Ltd, a closely watched class action complaint filed by multiple artists against companies that have developed AI text-to-image generator tools, like Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt. The artists argue that AI companies’ decision to include their works in the dataset used to train their image generator models is a violation of their copyrights. But as Art News notes, the judge appeared to side with AI companies, indicating he might dismiss the case.
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The Guardian Friday July 28, 2023
Australian photographer Helen Whittle says it is painful to see the unauthorized use of an image of her daughter as the basis for a pro-Russia mural on a bombed-out building in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The mural, created by Italian street artist Ciro Cerullo, aka Jorit, features a young girl with the colors of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in her eyes, accompanied by a falling bomb with the word “Nato” behind her, notes The Guardian. The photo appeared on a 2018 cover of the Australian photography magazine Capture.
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DP Review Friday July 28, 2023
Tamron has announced the development of the 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD, a full-frame zoom lens for Nikon Z-mount cameras, notes DP Review. The company says this is the only zoom lens for Nikon's Z-mount system to have a maximum aperture of f/2. It uses Tamron's VXD linear motor for quick autofocus, and includes a fluorine coated front element. Tamron says the lens, which has been very popular in its Sony E-mount version, is ideal for both travel and portrait photography, adds PetaPixel.
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By David Schonauer Friday July 28, 2023
"Like most people around here, I talk about temperatures being in the teens as if it's a given that people know to always put a one in front of that number. But this summer's record-shattering heat
wave has been like no other." So noted Phoenix-based Associated Press photographer Matt York, who recently recounted what it has been like covering this summer's unprecedented heat wave … Read the full Story >>
