FastCompany Wednesday November 13, 2024
AI trained on as little as 200 images can provide passable imitations of popular artworks, according to a new study published in Cornell University’s preprint server arXiv. The research highlights just how easy it can be for AI systems to mimic copyrighted work, notes FastCompany. The number of images an AI model needs to have within its training data varies depending on the system, but is between 200 and 600 images, according to the study. “Some people are surprised that it’s such a low number, and some people are also surprised that it’s a high number,” says Sahil Verma, lead author of the study.
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The Guardian Wednesday November 13, 2024
The new book Magnum America traces the nation’s often turbulent journey from the tentative optimism of the postwar years to the existential anxiety of the present: “Though punctuated by celebrated portraits and observational series on ordinary American lives,” notes The Guardian, “it is the hard-hitting photojournalism that arrests, from [Robert] Capa’s blurred but powerful images from the D-day landing at Omaha beach to [Peter] Van Agtmael’s eye-of-the-storm reportage of the siege of the Capitol by Trump supporters in 2021.
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DIYPhotography Wednesday November 13, 2024
Canon has announced three new RF-mount “hybrid” lenses: the RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Z zoom ($2,999) zoom; the RF 24mm F1.4 L VCM prime ($1,499); and the RF 50mm F1.4 L VCM ($1,399) prime. Canon says the new lenses are designed for users who need to regularly switch between photo and video. The company is targeting journalists and content creators, but the lenses are much more versatile than that, notes DIY Photography. Canon also recently introduced the new RF-S 7.8mm APS-C Dual Fisheye Lens, adds DIYP.
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David Schonauer Wednesday November 13, 2024
The world has been infected with a Y2K bug, and this one is a lot more interesting than the computer problem that worried everybody at the turn of the century. All kinds of of things from the 2000s
are decidedly cool now, with the Y2K moniker being applied across fashion, music and the broader pop culture. The trend, which shows no signs of slowing … Read the full Story >>
