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Artists Unite Against AI Auction

Artists demand Christie’s cancel AI art sale, calling it "mass theft" of works created without a license. Auction features pieces by Refik Anadol and Harold Cohen, priced from $10,000 to $250,000.

Macron's Dig at Trump: AI Summit Recap

Swedish prosecutor confirms identity of Örebro shooting perpetrator as Rickard Andersson, a former student at Campus Risbergska, described as a 35-year-old unemployed recluse with psychological problems.

AI Scammers Target Italian Business Leaders

Italian business leaders, including Armani and Prada chair, targeted in AI scam using defence minister's voice in fake calls. Prosecutors in Milan receive legal complaints from prominent figures after Guido Crosetto's voice cloned in scam calls.

Streamline Image Editing with Crop.photo and Amazon Rekognition

Evolphin Software's Crop. photo offers powerful bulk image editing tools for high-end retailers and sports organizations, using advanced AI-driven solutions. Integration with Amazon Rekognition streamlines the editing process, providing speed and accuracy crucial for ecommerce and sports industries.

The Impact of Technical Illiteracy: A Conversation with Jay Bernard

Jay Bernard, award-winning poet, uses AI in The Last X Years project to reveal manipulation of qualitative data in Brexit conversations, making invisible processes visible. Using Google's TensorFlow, the project connects news headlines and interviews, shedding light on the manipulation of democracy in the digital age.

AI in the Courtroom: Challenges and Boundaries

AI's increasing role in the legal field is causing concern, as courts fear its use in writing legal documents and case citations. A lawyer's reliance on ChatGPT for case summaries resulted in nonexistent citations, highlighting potential risks of AI in legal work.

AI vs. Venom: Designing Proteins to Fight Deadly Snakes

AI-designed proteins neutralize deadly snake venom faster, cheaper, and more effectively than traditional antivenoms. This breakthrough offers hope for affordable, accessible treatment to save millions of lives and livelihoods in rural communities worldwide.

Gaussian Mixture Models: Unveiling the Method of Moments

Audio Processing relies on statistical models like Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) to classify and simulate background noise in different environments, aiding in developing DSP solutions for interference cancellation and speech enhancement. GMM distributions with varying probabilities accurately represent different noise sources, crucial for practical audio systems.

Building Bridges: Creating a Common Language

Kaiming He at MIT sees AI breaking down walls between scientific disciplines, creating a common language for progress and collaboration. From AlphaFold to ChatGPT, AI tools are propelling advancements in diverse fields like protein structure prediction and natural language processing.