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Until a few years ago, no one would have imagined such a title. Now, it is almost a daily occurrance. Meta, the giant behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, recently announced that from 2024 all ads related to politics, elections or social issues will have to declare any digitally altered images or videos. More spec...

The situation regarding Gaza and Israel is not a subject on which to profit. The diffusion of information is of paramount importance, as long as it is confirmed and supported by facts. Recently, people have come across images on Adobe's website depicting scenes of explosions and bombed streets in both Gaza and Israel ...

Following the rise of artificial intelligence, more and more bodies in power have set out to write guidelines that could regulate the use of these extremely innovative tools. Nowadays, there are globally more than 1,600 policies and strategies dedicated to the topic. The United States of America, the European Union, C...

During the first weekend of November, Chinese startup 01.AI won the title of rising star with the release of its open-source AI model "Yi-34B." This artificial intelligence seems to be so advanced that it surpasses Facebook giant Meta's recent Llama 2 model. The owner of the start-up is CEO Kai Fu-Lee, the former head...

Following the Artificial Intelligence Summit held recently, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated that this innovative technology will improve the sector of the economy. For the time being, it is necessary to be forward-looking and analyze the long-term situation. As has already been stated by prominent figures in...

Sound familiar? During September we published a little article dedicated to an extremely similar situation, the protagonist of which was Microsoft's company and its "Copilot Copyright Commitment" project. We are now faced with yet another scandalous move made by the OpenAI giant: rather than committing to remove copyr...

Since the birth of photography, it has always been said that "the camera does not lie": whether it is unflattering light, wrinkles, blemishes or imperfections, you can be sure that any flaw will be immortalized through the photographic act. With the development of technology, in the meantime, various softwares dedicate...

The University of Manitoba recently launched a project of considerable prestige. Students of the institution's law department have been proactive, opening an online legal clinic intended to offer free assistance to anyone working in the art industry. Keeping in mind the latest developments in artificial intelligence a...

Love troubles? No need to worry about it. Artificial intelligence, nowadays, can even help you find your soulmate! SciMatch, the new dating app we're talking about today, relies on a single selfie to open the door to love. SciMatch's AI, called Ruby, examines the photograph in question to deduce users' personalities a...

The artificial intelligence revolution seems to have hit any creative field with any connection to technology-it is no news, then, that the music industry is in a bit of a muddle. The Spinnin' Records label, owned by the Warner Music Group company, recently inaugurated a collaboration with Endel, a famous German start...

The phenomenon of AI filters on Tiktok born during the summer of 2023 seems to have not yet reached its end. What began as a simple trend in which to use the app's filters to turn one's selfie into illustrations of any kind soon evolved into a more complex situation. The latest development in the scene concerns the po...

The United States are still in the midst of a heavy strike involving the SAG-AFTRA union and the AMPTP alliance, explained in detail in our last article, posted in the "blog section." Following the failed negotiations held earlier this month, SAG-AFTRA released an image outlining "guidelines" for how to dress up on Ha...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a federal agency responsible for overseeing stock exchanges, recently accused SolarWinds, a U.S. company that develops software for companies aimed at helping them manage networks, systems and IT infrastructure. The complaint, filed on Oct. 30, 2023, alleges that the compan...

During last March, the giant Microsoft released its own Artificial Intelligence service, Copilot. Like most generative models, it is subject to training on content created by other users and easily found on the Internet - meaning that, presumably, many Copilot results could be composed of other people's works and, ther...

In this day and age, it is rather unusual to learn of treason convictions; they seem like denunciations belonging to the news of past centuries, rather than to a 2023 newscast. Nevertheless, 40 years after the last similar issue, 21-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail was sentenced to 9 years in prison after showing up at Wi...

The idea of a virtual pop star is not exactly new; Alvin & The Chipmunks filled this role as early as the last century, and Hatsune Miku, the beloved vocaloid who has been around since 2007, increases in popularity year by year. The latest innovation in the field seems to be called Noonoouri: the digital character cre...