[nonostantement #282] - poetry & code / religious chatbots / music playlistification
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A couple of nice tracks for you: Maria Chiara Argiró - Greenarp [Terracassette Remix] - The Vernon Spring - Strength Of A Young Man
#PEOPLE
A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will.
Her case highlights why we need to enshrine neuro rights in law.The Online Publications Bridging Poetry and Code
A new wave of digital literary magazines are engaging with the internet as both medium and material[Video] - McCann Worldgroup @ Cannes | The Greatest Guide
"[...] the brand helped more than 8,400 small business entrepreneurs [...] creating with AI more than 42,000 unique, generative signs"ChatGPT is spawning religious chatbots in India
India’s religious AI chatbots are speaking in the voice of god — and condoning violence. Claiming wisdom based on the Bhagavad Gita, the bots frequently go way off script.Claiming wisdom based on the Bhagavad Gita, the bots frequently go way off script.[Video] - The Playlistification of Music
"Have playlists on streaming services and social media made modern music boring?"
#TECH
AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born
Generative AI models are changing the economy of the web, making it cheaper to generate lower-quality content. We’re just beginning to see the effects of these changes.
#SOCIALMEDIA
YouTube’s 2023 Culture & Trends Report: Moving at the speed of culture
"[...] a new global YouTube Culture & Trends report that looks at how creators are using groundbreaking tools and technologies to take pop culture in an exciting new direction."YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers
YouTube is hardening its stance against ad blockers. The company is experimenting with a new policy that disables playback after three videos for anyone repeatedly detected to be using an ad blocker tool.
#PHOTOGRAPHY
Passing Acquaintances 2 André Kertész - by James Graham
”Of all the wandering 35mm troubadours of the twentieth century, André Kertész remains ce maitre meconnu, his inventive range of images, simultaneously Eastern European and Parisian, meticulous and fantastic, still, despite internet and retrospectives, a bit terra incognita.”
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#THEDARKSIDE
Next-gen content farms are using AI-generated text to spin up junk websites
More than 140 brands are advertising on low-quality content farm sites —and the problem is growing fast.Facebook content moderators in Kenya call the work 'torture.' Their lawsuit may ripple worldwide
"Eight hours a day, his job as a content moderator for a Facebook contractor required him to look at horrors so the world wouldn't have to. Some overwhelmed colleagues would scream or cry, he said."Taliban Rely on WhatsApp, but Keep Getting Kicked Off
The Taliban administration is stuck in a cat-and-mouse game with WhatsApp, which is off-limits to the nascent government because of U.S. sanctions.
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