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Users of Instagram and Facebook will surely have come across the devious "pay or consent" model recently introduced within the two famous platforms, which requires payment of a monthly fee in exchange for an ad-free version of the social media in question that does not use users' personal data for advertising purposes....

StableDiffusion, Stability AI's renowned artificial intelligence, took the world of technology by storm upon its release in 2022. OnJune 12, 2024, two years later, Stable Diffusion 3, the latest version of the software, has been released. Unlike its competitors, the company decided early on to make the product's code ...

The last week of June saw theintroduction of a new bill, the first of its kind, entitled TAKE IT DOWN Act (Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks). The goal is, essentially, to "punish" social platforms for posting non-consensual images generated through dee...

As mentioned last Friday, two startups specializing in generative artificial intelligence have recently come under the spotlight of the U.S. music-media landscape. They are the protagonists of a lawsuit brought by the RIAA and strongly supported by Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Records. This update to w...

Recently there has been some emphasis on the emergence and sudden development of a branch of technology called "emotional AI." As explained in the recent article posted in the blog section of the site, emotional AI is a technology that uses affective computing techniques to perceive, learn about, and interact with hum...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is receiving a huge level of support following the lawsuit filed against two generative music startups. Until now, the RIAA has always been regarded as the bogeyman of digital media-cheering for it seems almost impossible. The current situation features two generati...

Watch out for the various "washings" enacted daily by big corporations - there is never an end to hypocrisy. In addition to the famous"greenwashing," a soon-to-be legally actionable activity, and "rainbow washing," yet another attempt to gain support from the LGBT community without actually supporting it in any way, it...

The concept of "fame," in recent years, has gained an extremely subjective nuance - leaving aside the economic aspect, which is undeniably impersonal, the impact of a media on its consumers translates into a myriad of different experiences. Such is the case with Elder Scrolls Online, an MMORPG that fails to fit any des...

In 2013, the celebrated sci-fi film "Her" was released, in which an introverted writer buys an artificial intelligence system and gradually falls in love with the technology behind the software, falls in love with "Her." At the time, the idea of engaging in a romantic relationship with a technological tool, whether phy...

On September 9, 2024, after months of uncertainty, the infamous trial, initiated by the Department of Justice and eight states, dedicated to Google's adtech antitrust lawsuit will be held. This lawsuit aims, in effect, to dismantle the online advertising business of one of the world's largest companies. In fact, to le...

Recently, the ability (or inability) of artificial intelligence to act like a human being has been emphasised several times: between AI boyfriends, bereavement technology and chatbots built to provide psychological support, it is clear that the empathic potential of this technology is being put to the test on a daily b...

No person can ever be completely perfect, without any kind of flaw, without ever having made a mistake, without any kind of personal problem, big or small. Consequently, no person can ever be the dream partner that everyone yearns for, that companion or partner who is always ready to give love, who always knows what to...

The need to communicate with others is intrinsic to the human soul, as is the need to maintain some kind of connection with loved ones who are no longer on this earth. To protect this fragile thread that connects life with death, people have often turned to religion or esotericism, to any kind of higher power that migh...

Global warming is endangering the natural agricultural production cycle of the entire planet and, understandably, food companies have decided to arm themselves to cope with this unpleasant situation. Due to unpredictable temperature changes, farmers, workers and companies in the industry are no longer able to predict h...

Asking a sensitive question to a flesh-and-blood person usually results in a rather curt reply - couched in general, friendly terms, as 'politically correct' as possible, so as not to risk appearing insensitive. Artificial intelligence systems seem to be in the same situation of uncertainty when faced with certain ques...

The world of music has always been characterised by big numbers and a certain level of secrecy; however, artists and fans deserve to know about the economic data generated by music streaming - Spotify has therefore decided to offer as much transparency as possible. Through its interactive platform 'Loud & Clear', the c...