beeldmark has added a photo to the pool:
Gate and Donjon of Kochi Castle, one of the few original castles remaining in Japan.
Google Play is adding support for private personal Android apps, allowing users to build an app with tools like Google AI Studio and run it on their own devices without publishing it publicly to the Play Store. "These personal apps won't show up in Google Play's search or listing pages, and won't be shared with anyone except for the app's creator," reports TechCrunch. From the report: The idea comes as more people are experimenting with building their own applications via AI for specific, personal needs. However, being able to use that app on their own Android device has meant publishing to Google Play, making it accessible to the Play Store's some 3 billion users. That led many to limit their vibe-coding efforts to web apps that could run on any device instead of something built natively for Android.
Now, Google says Android device owners can vibe-code an app using Google AI Studio, then launch it for their own use. These apps are still required to comply with Google Play's existing policies but allow users to experiment more directly with building apps for Android. Initially, the feature will be available to users in the U.S., age 18 and up.
[...] In the months ahead, the company said that users will be able to share their vibe-coded creations with a network of trusted friends. That means the apps you built for family or friends, or maybe your child's T-ball league, could be used with a small group of people, without having to go public on the Play Store. And if the app ever really becomes popular, there will be a way to shift the personal app to one that's published on the Google Play Store for everyone to try, after completing the trust and safety reviews.
Now, Google says Android device owners can vibe-code an app using Google AI Studio, then launch it for their own use. These apps are still required to comply with Google Play's existing policies but allow users to experiment more directly with building apps for Android. Initially, the feature will be available to users in the U.S., age 18 and up.
[...] In the months ahead, the company said that users will be able to share their vibe-coded creations with a network of trusted friends. That means the apps you built for family or friends, or maybe your child's T-ball league, could be used with a small group of people, without having to go public on the Play Store. And if the app ever really becomes popular, there will be a way to shift the personal app to one that's published on the Google Play Store for everyone to try, after completing the trust and safety reviews.
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ARNHEM (ANP) - In het centrum van Arnhem zijn woensdagavond zo'n tweehonderd mensen samengekomen om steun te betuigen aan de queergemeenschap, meldt de gemeente. In de nacht van dinsdag op woensdag werden op de Blauwe Golven regenboogvlaggen met mast en al uit de grond getrokken.
Het COC Midden-Gelderland en Dolle Mina's riepen daarom op om op die plek bijeen te komen voor "een vrolijk en duidelijk tegengeluid". Burgemeester Ahmed Marcouch hield een toespraak. Eerder op woensdag noemde hij het vernielen van de vlaggen al "diep kwetsend, ongekend laf en simpelweg crimineel".
Afgelopen week vond onder meer Paarse vrijdag plaats. In veel gemeenten en bij de Tweede Kamer ging de regenboogvlag uit. In Arnhem werd ook het Roze Jaar afgetrapt. Volgend jaar wordt Roze Zaterdag in de Gelderse hoofdstad gehouden.
De gemeente Arnhem heeft woensdag nieuwe vlaggen opgehangen. Ook heeft zij aangifte gedaan van vernieling.
DES MOINES (ANP) - Iowa, Kansas en zes andere Amerikaanse staten spannen een rechtszaak aan tegen OpenAI vanwege de vermeende schadelijke effecten van ChatGPT voor kinderen. Dat meldt het collectief van aanklagers uit die staten in een persconferentie.
"OpenAI doet onze kinderen pijn en liegt tegen inwoners van Iowa", aldus aanklager Brenna Bird van Iowa. "OpenAI claimt dat ChatGPT veilig is terwijl het gevaarlijk medisch advies geeft, aanspoort om pijn te doen, en mensen aanmoedigt om zelfmoord te plegen - dit alles terwijl het pretendeert hun denkbeeldige vriend te zijn."
Iowa spant ook eigenstandig een zaak aan tegen OpenAI, om het bedrijf te dwingen zich te houden aan staatswetgeving rond consumentenfraude.
ESSEN (ANP/DPA) - In de Duitse stad Essen is een gevangene ontsnapt die naar een doktersafspraak werd gebracht. Twee gemaskerde mannen wisten de twee gevangenisbewaarders woensdagmiddag te overmeesteren bij de medische praktijk. De gevangene ging ervandoor op een elektrische scooter.
De gevangenisbewaarders werden vastgebonden en achtergelaten, maar raakten niet gewond. De politie is een grootschalige zoekactie gestart in het centrum en waarschuwt om verdachte personen niet te benaderen. Bronnen melden aan persbureau dpa dat de man mogelijk banden heeft met de georganiseerde misdaad.
De gevangene zat in voorarrest op verdenking van drugsdelicten en zware mishandeling.
Q: “An AI tool with all your passwords or a bear in the woods?” Signal president Meredith Whittaker: “Look, I know social media wants this. I know you guys want this little clip. But what the fuck? What the fuck?? Both are bad!”
The imaginative, strange childhood dreams of twins Nikolai and Simon Haas materialize in a large-scale exhibition at Blanton Museum of Art. Working as the Haas Brothers, the siblings have been collaborating since 2010 and are widely known for their fantastical sculptures of flora and fauna with their signature cheeky, surreal twist. In Austin, the Los Angeles artists present a range of figurative furniture, plush cartoonish characters, and illuminated installations that showcase their idiosyncratic aesthetic.
Previously on view at Cranbrook Art Museum and the Museum of Art and Design in New York, Uncanny Valley is the first mid-career survey for the duo, presenting a range of their quirky, genre-defying works. The exhibition also nods to the brothers’ childhood in Austin, where they lived from age 3 to 19, a time when the unofficial city slogan “Keep Austin Weird” became a cultural ethos and early influence.
Interested in technology and its implications, the artists frequently engage with the strange intersection of the artificial and the natural. The duo’s brilliant and bizarre strawberry tree, for example, appears as if transplanted from another planet into the gallery. In a statement for the show, Simon elaborates:
The ‘uncanny valley’ generally refers to robotics, where empathy for a robot increases the more human you make it—up to a point. When the robot becomes too human, empathy switches to revulsion. The solution for this is to add cuteness: when a robot is humanoid with an extra dose of cuteness, empathy for the object skyrockets. Looking at our 15-year career from a bird’s-eye view, the ‘uncanny valley’ came into focus as a core theme.
Uncanny Valley is on view in Austin through January 17, when it will travel to its final location, Mint Museum in Charleston. Find the accompanying monograph of the same name on Bookshop.
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Party faces fresh crisis as three councillors quit after ITV undercover filming exposed violence, misogyny and racist views
Reform UK has been rocked by a fresh crisis after councillors and election candidates for the party were caught on film making graphic threats of extreme violence and expressing racist and misogynistic views.
Three councillors have already stood down from the party, which said it was conducting an investigation over the first revelations from an ITV undercover investigation that aired on Wednesday.
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Een maand lang mag de 23-jarige Maureen van IJzerloo op een concertvleugel van meer dan 200.000 euro spelen. De pianiste uit Maasland kreeg die bijzondere kans in concertgebouw De Doelen in Rotterdam, waar ze al vijf jaar werkt als stagemanager. "Ik voel me vereerd dat ik hierop mag spelen."
