BBC Thursday July 25, 2024
With the rise of AI, the art world is questioning reality, notes the BBC: "I think it's getting harder to know what is true," says Jago Cooper, director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in the UK city of Norwich, which has been featuring a series of exhibitions based around the question What is Truth? Among a number of other exhibitions spotlighted by the BBC is “Photography Through the Lens of AI,” at he Foam Amsterdam museum. The exhibition explores how the intersection of art and technology can change our perception of reality.
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DP Review Thursday July 25, 2024
The retro appeal of the 1990s rolls on: Lomography has announced LomoChrome '92 Sun-kissed, an ISO 400 film intended to evoke nostalgia for the pre-digital era. Lomography says the new film, featuring soft orange and yellow hues, is designed to capture the essence of the golden-hour glow, notes DP Review. "The gentle crackle of a beloved mixtape fills the air, mingling in the sweet, languid embrace of a carefree summer's afternoon," reads Lomography's marketing copy.
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David Schonauer Thursday July 25, 2024
For years, the people building powerful artificial intelligence systems have used enormous troves of text, images and videos pulled from the internet to train their models. But The New York Times
reported recently that that data is drying up. Over the past year, many of the most important web sources used for training A.I. models have restricted the use of their data, according to … Read the full Story >>
Capitol Weekly Wednesday July 24, 2024
The United States Senate has an official photographer, and his name is Jeff Walters. He considers his job a vital one. “What I’m putting together, people will look at 20, 30, 40 and 50 years from now,” he tells Capitol Weekly. “In an age when you can manipulate any photo you want, we have an unedited copy of images that go out in public. That’s critical these days.” Walters has been in the position for a year after serving the 15 previous ones as photographer for the Assembly Democratic Caucus. He is one of the most recognizable faces at the Capitol and has taken photos of just about everybody, from Paris Hilton to the Dalai Lama, adds CW.
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