TechCrunch Tuesday March 12, 2024
AI-based photo-editing app Photoroom has been “growing like a weed targeting people doing business online while also attracting a lot of casual users,” and now, notes TechCrunch, it has raised a significant $43 million at a $500 million valuation. The round of funding comes from Balderton Capital, a previous investor, along with with new backer Aglaé and previous backer Y Combinator. The funding comes with growing competition in the area, including the likes of Picsart, which has raised nearly $200 million. Photoroom says that it’s currently processing some 5 billion images annually, with its app passing 150 million downloads, reports TC.
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British Journal of Photography Tuesday March 12, 2024
Throughout her career, photographer Matthews has captured the stories of individuals affected by conflict, from the guerrilla war and independence of Eritrea to the struggles of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Her latest work “demonstrates an important strand of contemporary British art practice in combining photography and embroidery – an engaging blend of visual storytelling and traditional craft techniques,” notes the British Journal of Photography. The work is on display in an exhibition in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Yahoo! Finance Tuesday March 12, 2024
Jobs related to video content creation are in high demand, according to Freelancer.com, the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace. The site recently published a list of the fastest growing online jobs for 2023 based on data from more than 1 million projects posted to the platform. Videography ranked as the second fastest growing skill of 2023, with video production and video editing jobs placing in the top growing jobs. Demand for skills in photography and photo editing was also a driver for new jobs. Adobe Lightroom projects saw the highest percentage growth across the year, notes Yahoo.
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David Schonauer Tuesday March 12, 2024
In December, The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming that they violated copyright laws by training their generative artificial intelligence products with texts of its stories. Now
several other news organizations -- the Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet -- have filed lawsuits against OpenAI for copyright infringement in the Southern District of New York. The Intercept also
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