🎨 AI image generators can make copycat images in seconds

Plus: The Hunt for Wikipedia's Disinformation Moles, Kanye West is buying 'free speech platform' Parler, and more…

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Artists: AI image generators can make copycat images in seconds. OpenAI, a company founded by Elon Musk, just made its DALL-E image generator open to the public. Artists say they work for years on their portfolios and people can now make copycat images in seconds. But some AI companies argue that the new… (Beatrice Nolan / Business Insider)

Beatrice Nolan @beafreyanolan

AI image generators can produce unique images in seconds. But artists say portfolios they've spent years developing are being used without their permission. New for @BusinessInsider businessinsider.com/ai-image-gener… #AIart

businessinsider.comArtists say AI image generators are copying their style to make thousands of new images — and it’s completely out of their controlArtists work for years on their portfolios but people can now make copycat images using programs like DALL-E, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney.

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The Hunt for Wikipedia's Disinformation Moles. As social platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have struggled with the onslaught of fake news, disinformation, and bots, Wikipedia has transformed itself into a source of trusted information—not just for its readers but also for… (Masha Borak / WIRED)

craig newmark @craignewmark

The Hunt for @Wikipedia's Disinformation Moles Via @MashaBorak wired.com/story/wikipedi… via @WIRED

wired.comThe Hunt for Wikipedia’s Disinformation MolesCustodians of the crowdsourced encyclopedia are charged with protecting it from state-sponsored manipulators. A new study reveals how.

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Kanye West is buying 'free speech platform' Parler. Kanye West, the musician also known as Ye, is buying Parler, a social media platform that styles itself as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter. The acquisition was announced by Parler in a… (Jon Porter / The Verge)

The Verge @verge

Kanye West is buying ‘free speech platform’ Parler theverge.com/2022/10/17/234…

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Mastercard will help banks offer cryptocurrency trading. Mastercard is launching a program to let financial institutions offer cryptocurrency trading to their clients. The payments giant will act as a 'bridge' between Paxos, a crypto trading platform already used by PayPal, and banks. Mastercard will… (Kate Rooney / CNBC)

CNBC @CNBC

Mastercard will help banks offer cryptocurrency trading

cnb.cxMastercard will help banks offer cryptocurrency tradingMastercard is launching a program to let financial institutions offer cryptocurrency trading to their clients.

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How much trouble is Mark Zuckerberg in?. It is night-time at the Soapstone Comedy Club. In fact, it always is. The club is a space in Horizon Worlds, Meta's flagship metaverse app, where users can watch and perform comedy in virtual reality (vr). “It's hard to do stand-up when you… ( The Economist)

The Economist @TheEconomist

When Facebook became Meta, the company’s value was stratospheric and investors were willing to indulge Mark Zuckerberg's experiment. Things look different a year on

econ.stHow much trouble is Mark Zuckerberg in?As Facebook fades, Meta hopes for success in another dimension

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