• Meta is adding real-time AI image generation to WhatsApp

    Meta is rolling out real-time AI image generation in beta for WhatsApp users in the US. As soon as you start typing a text-to-image prompt in a chat with Meta AI, you’ll see how the image changes as you add more detail about what you want to create. In the example shared by Meta, a user types in the prompt, “Imagine a soccer game on mars.” The generated image quickly changes from a typical soccer player to showing an entire soccer field on a Martian landscape. If you have access to the beta,...

  • How to use Stable Diffusion 3 AI image generator – Beginners Guide

    If you are interested in learning more about how you can use the powerful Stable Diffusion 3 AI image generator created by the development team at Stability AI. You will be pleased to know that it is capable of generating images on par with Midjourney and others. Stable Diffusion 3 harnesses the power of advanced […]

  • Sex Offender is Banned From Using AI Image Tools in First-of-Its-Kind Case

    In a landmark ruling, a sex offender, who produced over 1,000 indecent images of children, has been banned from using "AI creating tools" in the U.K. [Read More]

  • Apple pulls AI image apps from the App Store after learning they could generate nude images

    Apple is cracking down on a category of AI image generation apps that “advertised the ability to create nonconsensual nude images.” According to a new report from 404 Media, Apple has removed multiple AI apps from the App Store that claimed they could “create nonconsensual nude images.” more

  • MongoDB debuts AI app-building toolkit to help businesses struggling to use generative AI

    MongoDB has launched its AI Applications Program, offering software and consultancy to organizations struggling to build and deploy AI apps.

  • Eight Daily Newspapers Sue Open AI and Microsoft Over Use of Copyrighted Articles for 'Generative AI'

    In what promises to be a defining suit for artificial intelligence and the tools used to power AI, eight daily newspapers have sued Microsoft and Open AI over their use of newspaper articles to power their AI chatbots.

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    Meta More Than Doubled Revenue From its AI-Powered Ad Tool

    AI continues to drive Meta's year-long recovery. Revenue from its Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns (ACS) more than doubled since last year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the Q1 2024 earnings call. Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, reported a 27% increase in revenue, reaching $36.5 billion compared to $28.6 billion in 2023. Advertising contributed 97% of that revenue, or $35.6 billion, and the average price of ads rose 6%. “For all the recent scrutiny of its...

  • Cops are Using AI Cameras to Generate Police Reports

    A police tech company that makes body cams and tasers has released a new futuristic product that has some people unnerved: an AI camera that generates police reports from audio. [Read More]

  • A24 Admits Those Ads for "Civil War" Were AI-Generated

    "You make yourselves out to be paragons of cool and champions of indie

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    Tabnine and Atlassian reveal new generative AI tools for developers

    Just days after Github's Copilot Workspace launch, Tabnine and Atlassian are adding to the growing number of AI-powered support tools available to developers. Tabnine is a generative AI code assistant built to support developers and boost productivity, and Atlassian offers a suite of team collaboration tools. On Wednesday, the companies co-launched a preview of coming AI integrations, part of Atlassian Rovo, at the Atlassian Team 2024 conference. Also: I tested the AI gadget that got the...

  • Netflix Used AI Images in New True Crime Documentary

    Netflix using generative AI images in a true crime doc is extremely irresponsible and exactly what archivists are telling documentaries not to do https://t.co/tC3L8tX0qE— Emanuel Maiberg (@emanuelmaiberg) April 18, 2024 Netflix has used what appears to be AI-generated or manipulated images in a recent documentary about a 2010 murder-for-hire plot involving a woman named Jennifer Pan.According to the source, "the images that appear around the 28-minute mark of Netflix's "What Jennifer Did," have...

  • A24 Under Fire for Seemingly AI Generated Civil War Ads

    Movie marketing always treads a fine line between actually giving you an indicator of what you’ll see in the final film and more about evoking a specific vibe—from made-for-trailer shots to hypothetical what ifs, it’s sometimes not always clear what part of it will actually be seen on screen when you’re in a movie theater. But that fine line gets much, much messier when you throw generative AI into the mix. A24 learned that the hard way last night when it released a series of promotional images...