L'Oeil de la Photographie Friday November 3, 2023
Photographer Graciela Iturbide has received the Photography Prize of the Académie des beaux-arts – William Klein, a €120,000 award that goes to a photographer for his/her entire career and his/her commitment to the medium, notes L’Oeil de la Photographie. Awarded every two years, the prize was established in 2019 by the Academy in tribute to the work of William Klein (1926-2022), with the support of the Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum. Iturbide is the third laureate to receive this honor.
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engadget Friday November 3, 2023
Just days after President Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping executive order retasking the federal government with regards to AI development, Vice President Kamala Harris announced a half dozen more machine learning initiatives that the administration is undertaking. Among them is the establishment of the U.S. AI Safety Institute, which, noted Harris, “will work to create guidelines, standards and best practices for evaluating and mitigating the full spectrum of risks” of AI. The Institute will be housed at the Department of Commerce, adds Politico. Harris made the announcement at the UK AI Safety Summit this week, notes Engadget.
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David Schonauer Friday November 3, 2023
The world is struggling to come to grips with artificial intelligence. While Congress holds hearings on AI, the Biden White House this week issued a sweeping executive order that will, among other
things, require developers of powerful AI systems to share results of their safety tests with the federal government before they are released to the public. The administration later announced other AI
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Run N Gun Thursday November 2, 2023
Fall colors are a joy, but you say your photos lack “pop?” JT Armstrong of the Run N Gun YouTube channel has a secret sauce for bringing out all the reds and golds of the season using Adobe Lightroom. The magic happens in the Calibration Tab, he notes at DIY Photography.“I recommend experimenting and finding the perfect setting for your photograph. Remember, you won’t see a massive change right away, but there will be a world of difference after applying basic tone edits to your photos,” he adds.
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