DIYPhotography Thursday January 25, 2024
The mainstreaming of artificial intelligence continues: Stock photo giant Shutterstock has launched its first art contest devoted to AI creations, notes DIY Photography. Titled “Canvas of the Future,” the competition invites people to harness the power of AI to visually depict a world aligned with the United Nations’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The contest was organized in collaboration with the UN’s ITU AI for Good: The winning artist will see her or his work showcased at the AI for Good Global Summit 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland (May 30-31).
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David Schonauer Thursday January 25, 2024
Today we catch up on photography news from Ghana, where, as the AnOther blog put it last year, a "new vanguard of African visual art has become more apparent than ever." Richmond Orlando Mensah,
founder of the art platform Manju Journal, has published a new book spotlighting Ghana's booming art scene, including photography. Meanwhile, last year saw an exhibition bringing together Ghanaian
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engadget Wednesday January 24, 2024
Nikon has taken AI imaging in a unexpected direction with a new system that can warn farmers when a cow is about to give birth, notes Engadget. The system, which costs 900,000 yen ($,200) per year for a farm with around 100 cows, consists of a security-style camera married to an AI system. It uses a dedicated smartphone application that sounds an alert when a calf is due, allowing farmers to spring into action if required. Nikon started training the AI in the fall of 2021, then running proof-of-concept tests on four farms in southwestern Japan in February 2023.
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artnet Wednesday January 24, 2024
Among the more buzzed-about shows this winter is the US debut of Filipina photographer Wawi Navarroza at Silverlens in New York City, notes Artnet, which calls the exhibition a “feast” of maximalist portraiture. “Shifting between bricolage self-portraits and still life photography, her choices in color, props, and poses reveal cultural signifiers that tell the story of how she encounters the various cultures she lives in,” adds Artnet. Navarozza has already made a splash in the Southeast Asian art scene as an up-and-comer.
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