Insider Monkey Thursday March 7, 2024
The global photography services market is experiencing a huge growth, but photographers around the world often find themselves undervalued and underpaid for their work, notes stock trading website Insider Monkey, which has listed the top 15 highest-paying countries for photographers. The list, says the website, is based data for average photographer salaries from the ERI Economic Research Institute. Coming in at number 15 is France, with annual salary $50,156. The U.S. ranks fourth, with an annual salary of $64,410. At number one is Switzerland, with an average annual salary of $91,952.
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David Schonauer Thursday March 7, 2024
OpenAI, the maker of the DALL-E image generator and ChatGPT chatbot, swept the film world off its feet in February when it unveiled Sora, a text-to-video model that, as The New York Times put it,
"creates videos that look as if they were lifted from a Hollywood movie." Reactions to the new tool have ranged from concern to outright panic. "AI-generated video is here … Read the full Story >>
Politico Wednesday March 6, 2024
Two nonprofits funded by tech billionaires are now directly lobbying Washington to protect humanity against the alleged extinction risk posed by artificial intelligence, But, notes Politco, many critics see the effort as a smokescreen to head off regulation and competition. The two nonprofits—similarly named Center for AI Policy and Center for AI Safety — both registered their first lobbyists in late 2023, raising the profile of a sprawling influence battle that’s so far been fought largely through think tanks and congressional fellowships.
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Atmos Wednesday March 6, 2024
When photographer Adraint Bereal graduated from the University of Texas, he self-published a volume of portraits, personal statements, and interviews that explored UT’s campus culture and offered an intimate look at the lives of Black students at a majority white space. His new book, titled The Black Yearbook (ColorBooks and Penguin Random House), expands the scope of his original project and visits colleges nationwide, from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to predominantly white institutions to trade schools, notes Atmos.
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