Nadat Arthur Stil arbeidsongeschikt raakte, kwam hij terecht in de soberste uitkering van Nederland. Hij leefde maandenlang van minder dan zeshonderd euro per maand.
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De schietpartij vond plaats op een middelbare school in het dorp Tumbler Ridge. Onder de doden is de schutter, die alleen handelde.
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hackingbear writes: China's Bytedance has released Seedance 2.0, an AI video generator which handles up to four types of input at once: images, videos, audio, and text. Users can combine up to nine images, three videos, and three audio files, up to a total of twelve files. Generated videos run between 4 and 15 [or 60] seconds long and automatically come with sound effects or music.
Its performance is unfortunately so good that it has forced the firm to block its facial-to-voice feature after the model reportedly demonstrated the ability to generate highly accurate personal voice characteristics using only facial images, even without user authorization.
In a recent test, Pan Tianhong, founder of tech media outlet MediaStorm, discovered that uploading a personal facial photo caused the model to produce audio nearly identical to his real voice -- without using any voice samples or authorized data. [...]
Its performance is unfortunately so good that it has forced the firm to block its facial-to-voice feature after the model reportedly demonstrated the ability to generate highly accurate personal voice characteristics using only facial images, even without user authorization.
In a recent test, Pan Tianhong, founder of tech media outlet MediaStorm, discovered that uploading a personal facial photo caused the model to produce audio nearly identical to his real voice -- without using any voice samples or authorized data. [...]
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Lucky to be in Kyoto for this rare snow day, and only my second time to visit Arashiyama covered with a white dress. The snowfall over the weekend was substantial, even blocking roads and isolating villages in the small valleys north of the city.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police say suspect found dead from apparent self-inflicted wound after nine killed in shooting at high school in British Columbia
Nina Krieger, British Columbia’s minister of public safety and solicitor general, has called the shooting “devastating,” adding that her office will “deploy every resource to support the investigation and the people of Tumbler Ridge.”
Her full statement is as follows:
“The RCMP have ended the emergency alert in Tumbler Ridge. Police do not believe there are any outstanding suspects or ongoing threat to the public.
Today’s devastating events are sending shockwaves through the community and the entire province. My thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the entire Tumbler Ridge community.
Continue reading...Citizen surveillance is becoming increasingly normalised, even while similar technology is being deployed by ICE agents in the US and the IDF in Gaza
Say cheese! A decision last week greenlighting Bunnings’ use of facial recognition technology to routinely monitor customers provides a not-so-happy snap of how ill-prepared Australia is for the coming AI storm.
On its face, the administrative review tribunal decision to overrule the privacy commissioner’s finding that Bunnings’ use of intrusive, high-impact AI was unlawful is a technical call. But the impact will be material.
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