Virus AI-generated The images of Donald Trump’s arrest that you see on social media are definitely fake. But some of these photorealistic creations are quite convincing. Others seem like stills from a video game or a vivid dream. A Twitter line By Eliot Higgins, the founder of Bellingcat, it shows the Trump jam Artificial policeRunning around On the cowAnd Choosing a prison jumpsuit It has been viewed over 3 million times on the social media platform. What does Higgins think viewers can do to distinguish between fake, AI images from…
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Daily Crunch: Bing allows users to generate images using the ‘latest DALL-E models’.
To get TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3pm PDT; Register here. Happy Tuesday Crunch, beautiful, strong and smart people. I’m so glad you’re with us! Let’s get to it! – Christine And came TechCrunch’s Top 3 Picture questionsMicrosoft is letting Bing users discover their most creative selves — through AI, of course, with OpenAI’s DALL-E image creator. Frederick Reports. Frederick wrote about two more features, visual stories and knowledge cards. “All I can say is that Microsoft has been experimenting with these…
China’s response to Chat GPT sheds its first lines
China’s censorship regime requires Baidu and other Internet companies to block certain websites and avoid politically sensitive content. Words or phrases that should be banned in response to protests or during special events can be quickly updated. But the threat of censorship doesn’t seem to have slowed the growth of big language models in China, said Jeffrey Ding, an assistant professor who studies China’s technology industry at Georgetown University. Baidu has made the Ernie language model that powers its new bot available via API for some time, and noted that…
TechCrunch+ roundup: Big Data’s cloud backlash, CVC pitch tips, risky hardware startups
For most of the information age, companies looking to scale invested in server farms and hired teams to run them. At one of my startup jobs, I drove in one day to meet two sleeping colleagues who spent the night setting up servers at a shared location 60 miles away. Not long ago, when I worked at a publicly traded company, our prime data center had the capacity to withstand a moderate earthquake. The relatively recent advent of cloud computing promises to lower costs and increase productivity, but “cloud-first strategies…
Tips to help ensure your safety
Your company’s fleet is one of the most important investments you’ll make, which is why you should do everything you can to keep it safe. As a new boat owner, however, you may not know what to do. Having too many ways to protect your fleet can feel overwhelming. This is a common issue that many people face, but don’t worry because we’ve done the research for you. In this article we will give you a few tips to help you ensure the safety of your ships. Photo credit: Gustavo…
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How to increase your domain authority
If your marketing team could see the future, what could you achieve? Know how the blogs and websites you create will rank in the search engine results pages (SERPs). And if you’re building a website that attracts traffic — or more specifically — marketing leads — you know how a month of backlinks, technical SEO optimization, and social media posts can affect your site’s page one rankings. Of course, no one can see the future, especially if your fate depends on Google’s highly guarded ranking system. But tracking domain authority…
This VC built a lab to make it easier to build biotech startups
When you think of life science and biotech hubs in the US, where do you go to mind? Boston? The Bay Area? Texas? Portal Innovations, a Chicago-based biotech VC firm, is trying to expand everyone’s awareness and provide opportunities for biotech startups emerging from labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and beyond. “I founded Portal Innovations to support the life science community emerging from our research institutions for life science companies, especially in ecosystems like Chicago that don’t yet have the infrastructure and community,” explains Portal CEO John Flavin. Over the past…
Google launched Bard, its answer to ChatGPT—and it wants you to make it better
Google has a long way to go with this startup. Microsoft has partnered with OpenAI to make a serious game for Google at the top of search. Meanwhile, Google got it wrong right out of the gate when it first tried to respond. In a teaser clip released by the company in February, the chatbot was seen making a real mistake. Google’s value dropped by $100 billion overnight. Google doesn’t share many details about how Bard works Big language models, the technology behind this wave of chatbots, have become valuable…
4 Ways To Reduce Employee Stress in the Lab
Laboratory work can be very complicated, demanding, and stressful for the people who perform it. This stress can hurt your workplace’s morale and lead to employee burnout. However, you can help prevent this by learning four ways to reduce employee stress in the lab. Make Sure Employees Take Their Breaks When your employees have heavy workloads, it can be easy for them to feel they should skip their breaks and devote their time to reducing their backlogs. Instead, ensure your employees take breaks, so they have time to decompress and eat.…