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NEW ORLEANS (ANP/RTR/AFP) - De Britse radicaalrechtse politiek commentator en influencer Milo Yiannopoulos is aangehouden door de Amerikaanse immigratiedienst (ICE), zo bleek vrijdag uit documenten van de dienst. Eerder nog prees Yiannopoulos het werk van diezelfde ICE.

Het Amerikaanse ministerie van Binnenlandse Veiligheid meldt dat de 41-jarige Yiannopoulos donderdag is gearresteerd op het internationale vliegveld van New Orleans en dat er een definitief uitzettingsbevel tegen hem is uitgevaardigd. Volgens het ministerie is Yiannopoulos in mei 2019 legaal de VS binnengekomen via New York, maar "heeft hij ervoor gekozen om langer te blijven dan toegestaan, in strijd met de wetten van ons land".

Milo Yiannopoulos, die al jaren in de VS woont, riep in september op X nog op tot "volledige immuniteit" voor ICE-agenten bij de uitoefening van hun taken. De dienst is belast met de uitvoering van het strenge immigratiebeleid van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump.

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One of my favorite things about staying in Iwasaki is simply walking around in the evening. No destination, no particular reason—just quiet streets, fading light, and the occasional cat crossing my path.

Iwasaki, Aomori, Japan
June 2018

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Australia's official music charts will no longer accept songs that are largely or entirely AI-generated, requiring eligible releases to be "substantially human made." The BBC reports: The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) said the new code would help "promote the human nature of artistry." It follows a controversy around a cover of Madonna's Like A Prayer by Australian DJ Josh Fawaz which recently topped the ARIA dance singles chart and peaked at number 2 on the country's overall chart. The song has become a staple of commercial radio station playlists and been streamed more than 48 million times on Spotify alone. Fawaz later added generative AI credits to the song after a backlash.

ARIA said that Australian artists were competing for attention "in the most crowded market in history" and that it was "not interested in promoting or celebrating the success of AI-generated music that does not contain human artistry." Under the new rules, AI assistance can still be used, but humans must have written the song, and have performed the lead vocal and primary instruments. AI can also still be used for mastering songs and, for example, using drum machines and auto tune. [...]

Artists will be required to declare AI use when they submit a song for chart consideration. ARIA said that if it later emerged music was largely AI-generated it could retrospectively adjust chart positions, and if the piece topped the charts, it may request that awards given for reaching Number One were returned. Artists and their representatives will be able to challenge their exclusion.


ARIA chief executive Annabelle Herd said: "These changes reflect our intent to remain dynamic and promote the human nature of artistry in what is, to say the least, a rapidly developing space. Artists already use AI tools in their work, the charts can and should evolve to keep room for that, but music generated wholesale by services built on artists' recordings is a different matter."

She added: "A chart that rewards unlicensed AI output would undercut the very basis of the recorded music we exist to represent."

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Iron Builder is a yearly showdown between two Lego builders given a secret seed part and two(ish) weeks to do as many interesting builds with it as possible. No matter how obscure the part, the builds are always impressive in variety and creativity. How many different uses did you think there were for a koopa shell? More linked below for your convenience.

Season 5: Round 1 - Pentatonal tile Round 2 - Duplo grass Round 3 - Quarter-balloon Season 6: Round 1 - Dynamite Round 2 - 4*4 flower Round 3 - 9v track switch Round 4 - 2*3 plate with bar Round 5 - Technic cable connector Round 6 - Shield holder Round 7 - Crane jaw Round 8 - Spoiler with bar Round 9 - Solar panel Round 10 - toy winder Round 11 - Hexagonal windscreen Round 12 - Hulk fists Round 13 - Friends saddle Round 14 - Cylinder with handle Round 15 - Minecraft trident Round 16 - Handcuffs Round 17 - Rotor blade Round 18 - Watering can Season 7 is still ongoing, but rounds 1-10 are available on the website. Earlier seasons were hosted on Flickr.

Om te helpen bij het screenen van illegale migranten, die nog altijd in de enclave Ceuta verblijven, heeft Spanje de hulp van Frontex gevraagd. Intussen blijven inwoners van Ceuta demonstreren tegen de migratiecrisis.