THE VERGE Tuesday May 14, 2024
TikTok already automatically applies an “AI-generated” tag to content on its platform made using TikTok’s AI tools. Now, notes The Verge, that same label will apply to content created on other platforms. This will be achieved via the Content Credentials system—the Content Authenticity Initiative’s C2PA digital signature system. TikTok, which is facing a possible ban in the U.S., says it’s the first social media platform to support the new Content Credentials. TikTok says that support for the initiative will go through a “multi-phase implementation” on the platform.
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David Schonauer Tuesday May 14, 2024
There's a tendency to ascribe aesthetic values to athletic feats. We might, for instance, speak of a gorgeous double play in baseball, or a wide receiver's dazzling catch in football. (And of course
that other football, soccer, is known as "the beautiful game.") Among rock climbers, there is also an understandable impulse to explain what they do in terms creativity and elegance. Australian
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Vogue Monday May 13, 2024
When it comes to capturing fashion’s epic moments, New York-based Hunter Abrams is often the first person on the scene, notes Vogue, which recently talked to the photographer about his creative secrets. Tip 1: Do your research. “If something interests you, keep at it until you’re almost sick of it,” he says, “and if you’re still not sick of it, chances are you never will be.” Tip 2: Find the thing that makes your work stand out. “A lot of people in this business love to say that ‘Everybody is replaceable.’ If they’re good, they’re not,” he notes.
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The Washington Post Monday May 13, 2024
At age 17, Mike Brodie set out from his home in Pensacola, Fla., with the hope of meeting up with a friend in Mobile, Ala. His intended mode of transportation: train hopping. Brodie ended up going in the wrong direction, but his first trip would lead to many others. He found a camera, started documenting his journeys and burst onto the photo scene with his inaugural 2013 book, A Period of Juvenile Prosperity. Now there is a new book, The Polaroid Kid, with images The Washington Post calls “whimsical and maybe a little bit nostalgic.”
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