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David Schonauer Thursday September 19, 2024
The US, UK, and European Union have signed the first "legally binding" treaty aimed at ensuring AI systems are fully consistent with "human rights, democracy and the rule of law." The treaty, called
the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, lays out key principles AI systems must follow, such as protecting user data, respecting the law, and keeping practices transparent. Though the
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CNN Wednesday September 18, 2024
If you like to photograph shooting stars, we’ve got great news. According to a new study, rocky debris blasted away from the tiny asteroid Dimorphos when NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally slammed into it in 2022 could create the first human-made meteor shower. This shower, known as the Dimorphids, could last for 100 years, notes CNN. You’ve got plenty of time to prepare for the light show: Fragments of Dimorphos will arrive in the vicinity of Earth and Mars within one to three decades, with the possibility that some debris could reach the red planet within seven years.
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The New York Times Wednesday September 18, 2024
In the early 1960s, Robert Frank renounced still photography, after his landmark book The Americans was greeted in the US first with excoriating criticism (for being “un-American”) and later with effusive praise. Frank turned to filmmaking, but returned to photography in the 1970s. This work is the focus of “Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue,” an exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art on view through Jan. 11, 2025. The New York Times says the show “presents as eloquent a case as can be made for this later art.” See also: Artnet.
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TechCrunch Wednesday September 18, 2024
YouTube has announced a new set of AI-detection tools to protect creators, including artists, actors, musicians and athletes, from having their likenesses (including their faces and voices) copied and used in other videos. The new technology expands YouTube’s existing Content ID system, which identifies copyright-protected material. YouTube says it is also beginning to address the use of its content to train AI models. Last year the platform said it would come up with a way to compensate artists whose work was used to create AI music, notes TechCrunch.
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