June 2022

AI created these stunning images. This is why experts are concerned

Neither DALL-E 2 nor Imagen is currently available to the public. Yet they share a problem with many others who already are: They can also produce disturbing results that reflect the gender and cultural biases of the data they’re trained on — data that includes millions of images pulled from the Internet. The bias in …

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Climate scientist and “science communicator” Daniel Swain at the Gullfoss Falls in southwestern Iceland (Photo courtesy of Daniel Swain)

Internet-famous climate scientist with roots in North Bay sounds the alarm about climate crisis

“My role is very unusual, I’m lucky to have it,” Swain said, adding that his role is only possible thanks to the continued support of The Nature Conservancy of California. The importance of effective, impartial messengers became increasingly apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been marked by oceans of “misinformation and active disinformation,” Swain …

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Police Leaders Reject Md. which will come into effect on July 1.

By Suzie Ziegler EASTON, Md. Police reforms to take effect July 1 in Maryland have worried local law enforcement officers, the star democrat reported this week. Concerns focus on new policies on the use of force and investigations into officer misconduct, the report said. The Police Reform and Accountability Act of 2021 was passed last …

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Intel’s flagship Arc GPUs may be just around the corner

If Intel’s drivers have anything to offer, we may be about to see the flagship Arc Alchemist graphics cards fast enough in real life – at least in their mobile versions. Intel’s latest Arc Graphics Windows DCH driver introduces a series of optimizations, including a long-awaited setting. However, the most tempting bit of information in …

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Why your company should even be concerned with data and AI

Every week I am in conversation with founders and the topics of data and artificial intelligence come up again and again. Many of the small business owners I speak to express their confusion about what they should be doing on those fronts. They are bombarded with marketing for data and AI products and servicesbut they …

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Internet supports woman who ‘ruined’ husband’s birthday dinner

A woman received online support after being revealed in a now viral post that she “ruined” her husband’s birthday dinner. Submit redditon the “Am I The A**hole” (AITA) forum under the username u/throwrabdayso, the woman asked, “AITA for running away from my husband’s birthday dinner?” The post has garnered over 10,000 upvotes and thousands of …

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Why malls should take a counter-intuitive approach to experience transformation

As mall developers, operators and marketers try to figure out their future in terms of experience, part of the conversation will inevitably turn to technology. And what the industry’s movers and shakers should keep in mind as they chart their course is that when it comes to creating popular consumer experiences, you can’t always start …

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