Watercolour painting #Artworld pic.twitter.com/QOf82kNecS
— Art world (@Artsworlld) October 22, 2024
In ‘Hidden Portraits,’ Volker Hermes Reimagines Historical Figures in Overwhelming Frippery — fromthisiscolossal.com by Kate Mothes and Volker Hermes
“The Promised Night” by Photographer Alfonso Bricegno — from booooooom.com
Bringing generative AI to video with Adobe Firefly Video Model
Adobe Launches Firefly Video Model and Enhances Image, Vector and Design Models
Photoshop delivers powerful innovation for image editing, ideation, 3D design, and more
Add sound to your video via text — Project Super Sonic:
New Dream Weaver — from aisecret.us
Explore Adobe’s New Firefly Video Generative Model
Cybercriminals exploit voice cloning to impersonate individuals, including celebrities and authority figures, to commit fraud. They create urgency and trust to solicit money through deceptive means, often utilizing social media platforms for audio samples.
Finalists of the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Focus on the Wily and Witless — from thisiscolossal.com by Kate Mothes
Speaking of photography, here’s a related item:
AI Photo Editors: A Quick Guide to Elevate Your Images — from intelligenthq.com
With the rise of artificial intelligence, photo editing has become accessible and efficient for everyone. An AI photo Editing Tool can transform photos in seconds, producing professional-level results without requiring extensive skills. From adjusting lighting to removing backgrounds, these tools automate complex edits, enabling users to create stunning visuals effortlessly. Whether a beginner or an experienced photographer, AI-powered editors offer a wide range of features that help elevate your images. This guide will introduce you to the key functionalities of AI image editors and provide insights on maximising their potential.
How can judges handle #deepfakes under the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?
Great to work on this interdisciplinary CS+Law project with computer scientists, lawyers, and judges!https://t.co/TXEVuA5de9 @vssubrah
Maura R. Grossman@gcyzsl…— Daniel W. Linna Jr. (@DanLinna) September 16, 2024
Great audience questions today when presenting with @Andrew_Perlman about the benefits and risks of judges and lawyers using AI for legal tasks. Andy and I agree that we are just scratching the surface of what can be done with AI systems.
We need to train everyone to use AI… pic.twitter.com/eH2hoCrRFu
— Daniel W. Linna Jr. (@DanLinna) September 11, 2024
Amazing painting pic.twitter.com/5pwsd6c9dF
— Art world (@Artsworlld) October 12, 2024
Photographer Spotlight: Benjamin Waters — from booooooom.com by Benjamin Waters\
Artist Spotlight: Claire Cansick — from booooooom.com by Clair Cansick
— Pictures (@piitures) October 13, 2024
Playing two pianos simultaneously
? musician Tony Ann
pic.twitter.com/QOsjADoiz4— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 11, 2024
A Brilliant Image of the Solar Eclipse Wins the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year — from thisiscolossal.com by Ryan Imperio and grace Ebert
The Adorable and the Fierce Star in the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest — from thisiscolossal.com by Grace Ebert
The 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition broke its 60-year record with a whopping 59,228 entries from 117 countries and territories. Hosted annually by the Natural History Museum, the contest is known for showcasing the drama, humor, and harsh realities found in every part of the globe.
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Bisected by the Milky Way, a Stellar Image Captures the Perseid Meteor Shower Raining Down on Stonehenge — from thisiscolossal.com by Josh Dury
This is what AI is for. Just this use case alone is worth every dollar invested in it. pic.twitter.com/vaOm3dpyxK
— Andriy Burkov (@burkov) August 10, 2024
From DSC:
The above item is simply excellent!!! I love it!
We’re going to see a lot more of the Square, Stripe, Shopify-type startups pop up for agentic AI.
This one is like an AI-human broker.
1) Prompt an AI with a need
2) Give the AI a budget (real money)
3) AI turns need into plan with tasks
4) AI finds humans to complete the… https://t.co/UXf1bNZ4AK— Allie K. Miller (@alliekmiller) August 11, 2024
Google just announced their massive AI update in Chrome.
Google Lens is now inside Chrome
Here’s everything you need to know: pic.twitter.com/aXdqvi5wMP
— Poonam Soni (@CodeByPoonam) August 4, 2024
Also relevant/see:
3 new Chrome AI features for even more helpful browsing — from blog.google from Parisa Tabriz
See how Chrome’s new AI features, including Google Lens for desktop and Tab compare, can help you get things done more easily on the web.
On speaking to AI — from oneusefulthing.org by Ethan Mollick
Voice changes a lot of things
So, let’s talk about ChatGPT’s new Advanced Voice mode and the new AI-powered Siri. They are not just different approaches to talking to AI. In many ways, they represent the divide between two philosophies of AI – Copilots versus Agents, small models versus large ones, specialists versus generalists.
Your guide to AI – August 2024 — from nathanbenaich.substack.com by Nathan Benaich and Alex Chalmers
Microsoft says OpenAI is now a competitor in AI and search — from cnbc.com by Jordan Novet
Key Points
ChatGPT Cheat Sheet? pic.twitter.com/ETsPvJQfVA
— Nelly R Q (@nrqa__) August 5, 2024
1. Flux, an open-source text-to-image creator that is comparable to industry leaders like Midjourney, was released by Black Forest Labs (the “original team” behind Stable Diffusion). It is capable of generating high quality text in images (there are tons of educational use cases). You can play with it on their demo page, on Poe, or by running it on your own computer (tutorial here).
Other items re: Flux:
How to FLUX — from heatherbcooper.substack.com by Heather Cooper
Where to use FLUX online & full tutorial to create a sleek ad in minutes
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Also from Heather Cooper:
Introducing FLUX: Open-Source text to image model
FLUX… has been EVERYWHERE this week, as I’m sure you have seen. Developed by Black Forest Labs, is an open-source image generation model that’s gaining attention for its ability to rival leading models like Midjourney, DALL·E 3, and SDXL.
What sets FLUX apart is its blend of creative freedom, precision, and accessibility—it’s available across multiple platforms and can be run locally.
Why FLUX Matters
FLUX’s open-source nature makes it accessible to a broad audience, from hobbyists to professionals.
It offers advanced multimodal and parallel diffusion transformer technology, delivering high visual quality, strong prompt adherence, and diverse outputs.
It’s available in 3 models:
FLUX.1 [pro]: A high-performance, commercial image synthesis model.
FLUX.1 [dev]: An open-weight, non-commercial variant of FLUX.1 [pro]
FLUX.1 [schnell]: A faster, distilled version of FLUX.1, operating up to 10x quicker.
Daily Digest: Huge (in)Flux of AI videos. — from bensbites.beehiiv.com
PLUS: Review of ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode.
7 not only cool but handy use cases of new Claude — from techthatmatters.beehiiv.com by Harsh Makadia
Achieving Human Level Competitive Robot Table Tennis — from sites.google.com
In ‘Old Growth,’ Mitch Epstein Travels the U.S. to Capture Monumental Ancient Relics — from thisiscolossal.com by Kate Mothes and Mitch Epstein
From DSC:
Last Thursday, I presented at the Educational Technology Organization of Michigan’s Spring 2024 Retreat. I wanted to pass along my slides to you all, in case they are helpful to you.
Topics/agenda:
Slides of the presentation (.PPTX)
Slides of the presentation (.PDF)
Microsoft’s new ChatGPT competitor… — from The Rundown AI
The Rundown: Microsoft is reportedly developing a massive 500B parameter in-house LLM called MAI-1, aiming to compete with top AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
2024 | The AI Founder Report | Business Impact, Use cases, & Tools — from Hampton; via The Neuron
Hampton runs a private community for high-growth tech founders and CEOs. We asked our community of founders and owners how AI has impacted their business and what tools they use
Here’s a sneak peek of what’s inside:
2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report from Microsoft and LinkedIn
AI at Work Is Here. Now Comes the Hard Part Employees want AI, leaders are looking for a path forward.
Also relevant, see Microsoft’s web page on this effort:
To help leaders and organizations overcome AI inertia, Microsoft and LinkedIn looked at how AI will reshape work and the labor market broadly, surveying 31,000 people across 31 countries, identifying labor and hiring trends from LinkedIn, and analyzing trillions of Microsoft 365 productivity signals as well as research with Fortune 500 customers. The data points to insights every leader and professional needs to know—and actions they can take—when it comes to AI’s implications for work.
The Verge | What’s Next With AI | February 2024 | Consumer Survey
DC: Just because we can doesn’t mean we should.
It brings to mind #AI and #robotics and the #military — hmmmm…. https://t.co/1J4XKiHRUl
— Daniel Christian (he/him/his) (@dchristian5) April 25, 2024
Microsoft AI creates talking deepfakes from single photo — from inavateonthenet.net
The Great Hall – where now with AI? It is not ‘Human Connection V Innovative Technology’ but ‘Human Connection + Innovative Technology’ — from donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com by Donald Clark
The theme of the day was Human Connection V Innovative Technology. I see this a lot at conferences, setting up the human connection (social) against the machine (AI). I think this is ALL wrong. It is, and has always been a dialectic, human connection (social) PLUS the machine. Everyone had a smartphone, most use it for work, comms and social media. The binary between human and tech has long disappeared.
Techno-Social Engineering: Why the Future May Not Be Human, TikTok’s Powerful ForYou Algorithm, & More — from by Misha Da Vinci
Things to consider as you dive into this edition:
It’s been an insane week for AI (part 2)
Here are 14 most impressive reveals from this week:
1/ China just released OpenAI’s Sora rival “Vidu” which can create realistic clips in seconds.pic.twitter.com/MnTv9Wxpef
— Barsee ? (@heyBarsee) April 27, 2024
Thread on the beauty of wildlife ?
1. When it’s cold enough to see the melody pic.twitter.com/NL1nbTZpGp
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) April 18, 2024
Hyper realistic glass of water art
pic.twitter.com/V3ObMr6pQv— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) April 20, 2024
Great creativity. pic.twitter.com/KM4QhlqWov
— Figen (@TheFigen_) April 19, 2024
Thread on the beauty of our planet to celebrate Earth Day ?
1. Meteor over Mount Fuji by H. Manabe pic.twitter.com/ACjafIqCB6
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) April 22, 2024
3. After 3 years of failed attempts, Leonardo Sens finally managed to capture this fantastic shot of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil seemingly holding the moon. pic.twitter.com/9qQ1lXh0sz
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) April 21, 2024
16. A cherry blossoms tunnels made of millions of LED bulbs. Nabana No Sato, Japan. pic.twitter.com/Y1NruoqwLI
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) April 21, 2024
“Aravaipa” by Photographer Andrea Koesters — from booooooom.com
Satisfying photos for perfectionists – thread ?
1. Crescent Moon bridge by Yier Wang pic.twitter.com/bnnJ57zW3U
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) April 10, 2024
Researchers Uncover Hundreds of New Marine Species in the Underwater Mountain Ecosystems of the Pacific Ocean — from thisiscolossal.com by Grace Ebert and Co.
The beauty of spring around the world – a thread ?
1. A desert bloom in Utah by Emily Dickey pic.twitter.com/jaltpej1S9
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) April 12, 2024
