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NEW RESOURCES
University of Surrey: New AI tool lets users generate hi-res images on their own computer. “Up until now, to create a high-quality AI image, users had to subscribe to a service like Midjourney or DALLE-3, or buy their own very powerful computers. DemoFusion lets users generate a basic image using a freely-available, open source AI model like Stable Diffusion, then enhance it, adding more detail and features, at much higher resolution. The necessary computing power is available on any mid-range gaming PC or a Mac M1.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
TechCrunch: 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users. “On Friday, genetic testing company 23andMe announced that hackers accessed the personal data of 0.1% of customers, or about 14,000 individuals. The company also said that by accessing those accounts, hackers were also able to access ‘a significant number of files containing profile information about other users’ ancestry.’ But 23andMe would not say how many ‘other users’ were impacted by the breach that the company initially disclosed in early October. As it turns out, there were a lot of ‘other users’ who were victims of this data breach: 6.9 million affected individuals in total.”
The Inertia: Making History: Matt Warshaw’s Digital ‘Encyclopedia of Surfing’ Turns 10. “… while Warshaw’s personal impact on surf culture could provide fuel for debate, there’s no question that he’s comprehensively curated more information about surfing and surf culture, and articulated this wealth of data more effectively, than anyone else in our sport’s long history.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
ABC News (Australia): Queensland grazier makes sign to redirect lost travellers following Google Maps. “Mr [Graham] Anderson lives at Isla, about four hours’ drive west of Bundaberg, a region known for its maze of gorges and striking rock formations. He discovered drivers were following Google Maps across his cattle property in search of the spectacular Isla Gorge, which had an entrance almost 20 kilometres further along the Leichhardt Highway.”
Know Your Meme: HBomberguy vs. James Somerton Plagiarism Scandal. “HBomberguy vs. James Somerton Plagiarism Scandal refers to YouTuber Hbomberguy’s takedown of fellow YouTuber James Somerton in a December 2023 video titled, ‘Plagiarism and You(Tube).’ Somerton, a YouTube essayist who primarily discusses LGBTQ+ representation in popular media, was the primary focus of a nearly four-hour-long video that also criticized YouTubers like Internet Historian and Illuminaughtii for repackaging work created by other writers without providing adequate citations.”
Variety: AI-Generated Jimmy Stewart Narrates Bedtime Story for Calm App (EXCLUSIVE). “An AI-generated voice of Jimmy Stewart, the legendary Hollywood actor who died in 1997, reads a new bedtime story on the Calm sleep and meditation app. The voice of Stewart, who starred in films including ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ ‘Vertigo’ and ‘Rear Window,’ was recreated for the Calm story using AI voice-cloning technology. The project has the consent of Stewart’s family and his estate (managed by CMG Worldwide).”
SECURITY & LEGAL
North Carolina State University: AI Networks Are More Vulnerable to Malicious Attacks Than Previously Thought . “Artificial intelligence tools hold promise for applications ranging from autonomous vehicles to the interpretation of medical images. However, a new study finds these AI tools are more vulnerable than previously thought to targeted attacks that effectively force AI systems to make bad decisions.”
404 Media: Asking ChatGPT to Repeat Words ‘Forever’ Is Now a Terms of Service Violation. “Asking ChatGPT to repeat specific words ‘forever’ is now flagged as a violation of the chatbot’s terms of service and content policy. Google DeepMind researchers used the tactic to get ChatGPT to repeat portions of its training data, revealing sensitive privately identifiable information (PII) of normal people and highlighting that ChatGPT is trained on randomly scraped content from all over the internet.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
The Conversation: How AI could reveal secrets of thousands of handwritten documents – from medieval manuscripts to hieroglyphics. “Because the technology works on the basis of image analysis, it is in theory applicable to any writing whatsoever, from Egyptian hieroglyphs to copperplate. Ten years after its initial development, some truly exciting consequences of the development of handwritten text recognition (HTR) techniques are becoming clear.”
Northern Arizona University: Capturing language, one conversation at a time . “Conversational American English is a constantly shifting collection of billions of words, and the words we choose, the order we use them and how we pronounce them communicates as much as what we actually are saying. To better understand it, a team of linguists in the College of Arts and Letters are leading the effort to create the largest recorded collection of conversational American English ever made. The database, or corpus, of conversational American English will include recordings of everyday conversations from people of different ethnic groups, ages, professions and genders from throughout the United States.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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December 6, 2023 at 01:38AM
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