ars technica Wednesday September 6, 2023
OpenAI has responded to a pair of nearly identical class-action lawsuits from book authors—including comedian Sarah Silverman—who earlier this summer alleged that ChatGPT was illegally trained on pirated copies of their books. In a motion to dismiss (filed in both lawsuits), OpenAI claimed that the authors "misconceive the scope of copyright, failing to take into account the limitations and exceptions (including fair use) that properly leave room for innovations like the large language models now at the forefront of artificial intelligence," notes Ars Technica.
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The Guardian Wednesday September 6, 2023
Can Helmut Newton’s sexist nudes really be fixed by gender-switching? That, notes The Guardian, is what Berlin-based photographer Hani Hape has attempted to do in her new series “Helmut Newton As Seen By Hani Hape.” Hape has recreated some of Newton’s notorious images by substituting naked men for naked women. “How can it be,” she says, “that the world is full of female nudity and there are hardly any pictures of erotic men? Women are likely to have a similar interest in their sexual partners as men do.”
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THE VERGE Wednesday September 6, 2023
We noted recently that people who bought Meta’s first-get Ray-Bans Stories smart glasses were by and large underwhelmed. Now, notes PetaPixel, Meta is ready to bring out a new version of the eyewear. According to a report from tech journalist Janko Roettgers in his Lowpassnewsletter, existing models of the glasses will be phased out and the new line will include several new frame options and new features—including support for live streaming. The Verge reports that the glasses will let viewers “whisper” comments into the ear of the wearer.
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David Schonauer Wednesday September 6, 2023
By 2022, some 150,000 Venezuelans had arrived at the border between Mexico and the United States, having abandoned their home country with its economy in tatters. The journey north requires passage
through the notoriously brutal Darien Gap, a geographic region in the Isthmus of Panama connecting North and South America. There, mud is so deep it can swallow a person whole, noted photographer
Federico … Read the full Story >>
