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Google’s Lumiere generates realistic AI videos from text prompts
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Google’s Lumiere generates realistic AI videos from text prompts

AI video is fast turning from uncanny valley to genuinely realistic, and Google’s Lumiere is the most sophisticated text-to-video generator we’ve seen to date. Evoking a sense of awe – and a hefty dose of unease – Google recently exhibited how sophisticated AI video has become in just a few years of development. In the same way that text-to-image generators like Bing Image Creator, DALL-E, and Midjourney can create original images...

By London, UK
Has health guidance gone a tad too far?
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Offbeat

Has health guidance gone a tad too far?

In the last few days, Britain’s Food Standards Agency has compared being around cake in the office to passive smoking. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction has concluded that no amount of alcohol is safe. Yes, our wellbeing is important, but can’t we have fun anymore? Barely a month into 2023, and we’re already being bombarded with a variety of new ways to take the fun out of...

By London, UK
Opinion – ‘Kim, there are people that are dying’ is a toxic mindset
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Opinion – ‘Kim, there are people that are dying’ is a toxic mindset

The popular phrase has become a default when we – or others – complain about trivial things in our lives, but could this thought process be damaging? We live in the era of heightened global awareness, with the ability to know what’s going on in virtually any part of the world at any time. If you have news app notifications on, you know how disconcerting it is to receive a ping...

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Opinion – We need to stop categorising unique traits as mental illness
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Offbeat

Opinion – We need to stop categorising unique traits as mental illness

According to popular online content, if you’re easily distracted, chatty, and energetic, you probably have ADHD. If you’re a little socially awkward and bothered by loud noises, perhaps you’re autistic. Why have we started demonising uniqueness to glamourise neurodivergence? And how is this damaging? It seems like every other week there is a new personality disorder trending in online spaces. And if it’s one you’ve heard of before, there’s suddenly...

By London, UK
Euros 2020 final confirms racism is very much alive in UK
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Euros 2020 final confirms racism is very much alive in UK

Several players from England's national football team are being bombarded with racial abuse after a difficult loss at Wembley Stadium. On Sunday night, 31 million people watched from across the nation as the winner of the Euro 2020 final was decided in a penalty shootout. Within minutes of England’s loss, racist abuse began appearing on the social media pages of the Black English players who took the deciding penalties. Overnight in...

By London, UK
Disney+ launches with delays and glitches
Media

Disney+ launches with delays and glitches

The US finally has its hands on Disney’s premium new subscription service, but you might have some trouble actually logging on and streaming. Disney has been hyping up its new streaming platform Disney+ for quite some time now. We’ve been bombarded with various trailers for content that’ll feature on the service over the last few months, including the gritty new spaghetti-western style Star Wars series The Mandalorian and a bunch of rereleased classics from the...

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