Tag: media

• Controversial deepfake app DeepNude shuts down hours after being exposed

  July 8, 2019

  Less than a day after receiving widespread attention, the deepfake app that used AI to create fake nude photos of women is shutting down. https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18761496/deepnude-shuts-down-deepfake-nude-ai-app-women more ›

• How stock photographers take a perfectly anonymous picture

  July 6, 2019

  The Atlantic’s Megan Garber summed up the intrinsic quality of a stock photo like this: “To see a stock image is to know you’re seeing a stock image.” It’s a… more ›

• TikTok’s Videos Are Goofy. Its Strategy to Dominate Social Media Is Serious.

  July 3, 2019

  China’s first big hit in the U.S. uses an advanced algorithm to personalize its addictive video-sharing app, and parent Bytedance’s enormous ad spending on Snap, Facebook and Instagram aims to… more ›

• MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito on the problem with tech people who want to solve problems

  June 26, 2019

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• LIBRA: Rising tides of change lift all the boats

  June 23, 2019

  For the past few days, my social media feed has been overwhelmed with comments, opinions, and notes about the announcement of Libra, Facebook’s new global blockchain protocol and cryptocurrency. A…… more ›

• ‘Quality’ Is a Distraction – If It Exists at All (Netflix Misunderstandings, Pt. 6)

  June 15, 2019

  The first lesson you learn when you start working in Hollywood is that everyone you know has an opinion to offer on the content you do (or choose not to)… more ›

• The Rise of “No Code”

  June 13, 2019

  I built my first website with Dreamweaver, a WYSIWYG site builder that became popular during my teenage years. I was so proud of my creation. It was ugly, but I… more ›

• Q&A: Snap’s VP of Camera Platform, Eitan Pilipski

  June 9, 2019

  The executive leading Snap’s augmented reality and camera platform explains the company’s approach to building AR products. https://medium.com/cheddar/q-a-snaps-vp-of-camera-platform-eitan-pilipski-21c4d0e86001 more ›

• These fake images tell a scary story of how far AI has come

  May 31, 2019

  In the past five years, machine learning has come a long way. You might have noticed that Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are way better than they used to be,… more ›

• Facebook’s former security boss Alex Stamos and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams (Live)

  May 30, 2019

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