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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Mount Etna eruption, resurgence of a slur, mites come out at night: Catch up on the day's stories
👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! File this under mite-y creepy: As you fall asleep each night, dozens of eight-legged creatures are crawling out of your pores. You have these nocturnal mites all over your body, but their favorite spot to hang out? Your face. Here's what else you might have missed during your busy day: 1️⃣ Massive eruption: Tourists at Mount Etna were forced to flee after a huge plume of high-temperature gases, ash and rock billowed into the air. About 1.5 million people visit the Italian volcano each year, and the last eruption of this magnitude occurred in 2014. 2️⃣ Manhunt update: A police chief-turned-murderer-and-rapist, a repeat escapee and a double murderer — all three are still nowhere to be found after two high-profile jailbreaks in Arkansas and Louisiana. Here's what we know about the circumstances of each case. 3️⃣ The R-word: A slur used to denigrate people with disabilities is surging in popularity among some influential public figures like Joe Rogan and Elon Musk. Experts say the implications of its resurgence are bigger than just one word. 4️⃣ 'Toxic Nation': A new 'Make America Healthy Again' documentary claims four things are making us sick: ultraprocessed foods, seed oils, herbicides and pesticides, and fluoride. Health specialists break it down and explain what the research says. 5️⃣ Clean streets: Travelers who visit Japan wonder how the country can be so tidy and organized when there doesn't seem to be a way to dispose of garbage in public places. So where are all the trash cans? 🚘 Wild crash: A car ran off the road and through the roof of a veterans hall in Missouri, but police said the driver only suffered minor injuries. This is the second time in three months a vehicle crashed into the same building. • Colorado suspect charged with federal hate crime, had planned antisemitic attack for a year, FBI says• Trump returns to Supreme Court with emergency appeal over mass firings• Second round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks ends swiftly with no major breakthrough 🏡 That's how many prospective buyers are reportedly waiting for home prices and interest rates to drop before jumping into the real estate market. 🤖 Smart art: Victor Wong put his degree in electrical engineering to good use by creating AI Gemini, a robotic arm that produces traditional Chinese landscape paintings. See how it works. 🎧 'We're burnt out': After nearly 16 years and countless hours of conversations, comedian Marc Maron will end his groundbreaking podcast 'WTF' this fall. The host said he and producer Brendan McDonald made the decision together. 🍬 Haribo is recalling some bags of candy in the Netherlands because what was found in them? A. WoodB. CannabisC. MetalD. Fungi⬇️ Scroll down for the answer. 👘 Crafty creations: Kimonos are deeply woven into the fabric of Japan's cultural identity, but not many people wear them anymore. Entrepreneur Shotaro Kawamura is working with craftspeople to upcycle unwanted robes into new products such as sneakers. 👋 We'll see you tomorrow. 🧠 Quiz answer: B. Haribo is recalling bags of fizzy cola bottles after cannabis was found in some of them.📧 Check out all of CNN's newsletters. 5 Things PM is produced by CNN's Chris Good, Meghan Pryce, Kimberly Richardson and Morgan Severson.
CNN
26-05-2025
- CNN
This robotic arm is creating traditional Chinese ink paintings
In 2018, Christie's held its first auction for a work of art produced by artificial intelligence (AI), which sold for $432,500. But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn't think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary. 'It totally mimics human work, it wasn't something different,' he said. So the creative — who has a degree in electrical engineering and whose work spans movie special effects, art tech installations, and sculpture, among other art forms — decided to make something unique. His creation, AI Gemini, is an AI-driven robot that creates traditional Chinese landscape paintings — the 'first-ever artificial intelligence ink artist in the world,' according to 3812 Gallery, which represents Wong. (AI Gemini has no relation to Google's generative AI chatbot of the same name). It uses a robotic arm, purchased online and re-programmed, with an attached paintbrush. An algorithm interprets data sets of Wong's choosing, directing the robotic arm to paint mountain contours to form a landscape on Xuan paper, a thin rice paper traditionally used for painting. One series of paintings, inspired by China sending a lunar rover to the far side of the moon, used information from a public NASA 3D moon map. He's also used data such as stock prices, where the stock index ups and downs can be interpreted as mountains and valleys, he says. The application of colors is based on deep learning and training in traditional ink landscape painting, and the amount of water used depends on changes in humidity, Wong explains. It takes about eight to 10 hours to produce a painting that's one meter (about three feet) tall and wide, he adds. Since Wong launched AI Gemini, he's held exhibitions in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei, and London. He says his paintings have sold for around $20,000 to individual collectors, and he's worked on projects for corporates like Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific. Ink landscape paintings date back thousands of years in China. Yet Wong says that by combining the ideas of humans with the capabilities of technology, he hopes to create 'something that hasn't been seen before.' The use of AI to create artwork is controversial. Earlier this year, more than 6,500 people signed an open letter calling on Christie's New York to cancel a sale dedicated solely to art created with the technology — the first of its kind for a major auction house. The sale, which went ahead, brought in $729,000. Critics say that AI art lacks originality and artists complain that it's based on copyrighted images. Wong doesn't directly use AI-generated images. Instead of 'training AI Gemini to copy the masters' artwork' says Wong, he wrote an algorithm to mimic how the master's work. He says that the paintings he and AI Gemini create are original but adds that people attending his exhibitions will still sometimes exclaim, 'It's not art!' Others are experimenting with combining robotics and art. A humanoid robot named Ai-Da is prompted by AI to create a painting, and artist Sougwen Chung has trained robots to paint with them on large canvases. Wong believes in innovation as a creative force. 'Technology and art have never been separated,' he says. He points to the invention of the paint brush — in China the tool became widespread during the Han dynasty, which lasted from 206 BC to 220 AD — that enabled art forms like calligraphy. He adds that in the 15th century, artists including Leonardo da Vinci used innovative techniques like linear perspective, a mathematical system that uses a series of converging lines to create perspective in drawings and paintings. 'The master always has a secret recipe to do their work,' he says. 'They always use the latest technology at the time.' Employing artificial intelligence in art is simply a continuation of the trend, he believes, and one that is inevitable. 'AI has become a part of life, and people still cannot really accept it, especially when it comes to art,' says Wong. But, he adds: 'You cannot escape AI.'
CNN
26-05-2025
- CNN
This robotic arm is creating traditional Chinese ink paintings
In 2018, Christie's held its first auction for a work of art produced by artificial intelligence (AI), which sold for $432,500. But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn't think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary. 'It totally mimics human work, it wasn't something different,' he said. So the creative — who has a degree in electrical engineering and whose work spans movie special effects, art tech installations, and sculpture, among other art forms — decided to make something unique. His creation, AI Gemini, is an AI-driven robot that creates traditional Chinese landscape paintings — the 'first-ever artificial intelligence ink artist in the world,' according to 3812 Gallery, which represents Wong. (AI Gemini has no relation to Google's generative AI chatbot of the same name). It uses a robotic arm, purchased online and re-programmed, with an attached paintbrush. An algorithm interprets data sets of Wong's choosing, directing the robotic arm to paint mountain contours to form a landscape on Xuan paper, a thin rice paper traditionally used for painting. One series of paintings, inspired by China sending a lunar rover to the far side of the moon, used information from a public NASA 3D moon map. He's also used data such as stock prices, where the stock index ups and downs can be interpreted as mountains and valleys, he says. The application of colors is based on deep learning and training in traditional ink landscape painting, and the amount of water used depends on changes in humidity, Wong explains. It takes about eight to 10 hours to produce a painting that's one meter (about three feet) tall and wide, he adds. Since Wong launched AI Gemini, he's held exhibitions in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei, and London. He says his paintings have sold for around $20,000 to individual collectors, and he's worked on projects for corporates like Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific. Ink landscape paintings date back thousands of years in China. Yet Wong says that by combining the ideas of humans with the capabilities of technology, he hopes to create 'something that hasn't been seen before.' The use of AI to create artwork is controversial. Earlier this year, more than 6,500 people signed an open letter calling on Christie's New York to cancel a sale dedicated solely to art created with the technology — the first of its kind for a major auction house. The sale, which went ahead, brought in $729,000. Critics say that AI art lacks originality and artists complain that it's based on copyrighted images. Wong doesn't directly use AI-generated images. Instead of 'training AI Gemini to copy the masters' artwork' says Wong, he wrote an algorithm to mimic how the master's work. He says that the paintings he and AI Gemini create are original but adds that people attending his exhibitions will still sometimes exclaim, 'It's not art!' Others are experimenting with combining robotics and art. A humanoid robot named Ai-Da is prompted by AI to create a painting, and artist Sougwen Chung has trained robots to paint with them on large canvases. Wong believes in innovation as a creative force. 'Technology and art have never been separated,' he says. He points to the invention of the paint brush — in China the tool became widespread during the Han dynasty, which lasted from 206 BC to 220 AD — that enabled art forms like calligraphy. He adds that in the 15th century, artists including Leonardo da Vinci used innovative techniques like linear perspective, a mathematical system that uses a series of converging lines to create perspective in drawings and paintings. 'The master always has a secret recipe to do their work,' he says. 'They always use the latest technology at the time.' Employing artificial intelligence in art is simply a continuation of the trend, he believes, and one that is inevitable. 'AI has become a part of life, and people still cannot really accept it, especially when it comes to art,' says Wong. But, he adds: 'You cannot escape AI.'
CNN
26-05-2025
- CNN
This robotic arm is creating traditional Chinese ink paintings
In 2018, Christie's held its first auction for a work of art produced by artificial intelligence (AI), which sold for $432,500. But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn't think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary. 'It totally mimics human work, it wasn't something different,' he said. So the creative — who has a degree in electrical engineering and whose work spans movie special effects, art tech installations, and sculpture, among other art forms — decided to make something unique. His creation, AI Gemini, is an AI-driven robot that creates traditional Chinese landscape paintings — the 'first-ever artificial intelligence ink artist in the world,' according to 3812 Gallery, which represents Wong. (AI Gemini has no relation to Google's generative AI chatbot of the same name). It uses a robotic arm, purchased online and re-programmed, with an attached paintbrush. An algorithm interprets data sets of Wong's choosing, directing the robotic arm to paint mountain contours to form a landscape on Xuan paper, a thin rice paper traditionally used for painting. One series of paintings, inspired by China sending a lunar rover to the far side of the moon, used information from a public NASA 3D moon map. He's also used data such as stock prices, where the stock index ups and downs can be interpreted as mountains and valleys, he says. The application of colors is based on deep learning and training in traditional ink landscape painting, and the amount of water used depends on changes in humidity, Wong explains. It takes about eight to 10 hours to produce a painting that's one meter (about three feet) tall and wide, he adds. Since Wong launched AI Gemini, he's held exhibitions in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei, and London. He says his paintings have sold for around $20,000 to individual collectors, and he's worked on projects for corporates like Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific. Ink landscape paintings date back thousands of years in China. Yet Wong says that by combining the ideas of humans with the capabilities of technology, he hopes to create 'something that hasn't been seen before.' The use of AI to create artwork is controversial. Earlier this year, more than 6,500 people signed an open letter calling on Christie's New York to cancel a sale dedicated solely to art created with the technology — the first of its kind for a major auction house. The sale, which went ahead, brought in $729,000. Critics say that AI art lacks originality and artists complain that it's based on copyrighted images. Wong doesn't directly use AI-generated images. Instead of 'training AI Gemini to copy the masters' artwork' says Wong, he wrote an algorithm to mimic how the master's work. He says that the paintings he and AI Gemini create are original but adds that people attending his exhibitions will still sometimes exclaim, 'It's not art!' Others are experimenting with combining robotics and art. A humanoid robot named Ai-Da is prompted by AI to create a painting, and artist Sougwen Chung has trained robots to paint with them on large canvases. Wong believes in innovation as a creative force. 'Technology and art have never been separated,' he says. He points to the invention of the paint brush — in China the tool became widespread during the Han dynasty, which lasted from 206 BC to 220 AD — that enabled art forms like calligraphy. He adds that in the 15th century, artists including Leonardo da Vinci used innovative techniques like linear perspective, a mathematical system that uses a series of converging lines to create perspective in drawings and paintings. 'The master always has a secret recipe to do their work,' he says. 'They always use the latest technology at the time.' Employing artificial intelligence in art is simply a continuation of the trend, he believes, and one that is inevitable. 'AI has become a part of life, and people still cannot really accept it, especially when it comes to art,' says Wong. But, he adds: 'You cannot escape AI.'
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
15 Times Google's AI Gave People Hilariously Wrong Answers That Prove We Still Really Need To Use Our Human Brains
If you've googled anything recently, you probably noticed a helpful-looking AI summary popping up before the rest of your search results, like this: Please note the subtle foreshadowing tiny text at the bottom that says, "AI responses may include mistakes." Seems handy, but unfortunately, AI is prone to "hallucinating" (aka making things up). These hallucinations happen because chatbots built on large language models or LLMs "learn" by ingesting huge amounts of text. However, the AI doesn't actually know things or understand text in the same way that humans do. Instead, it uses an algorithm to predict which words are most likely to come next based on all the data in its training set. According to the New York Times, testing has found newer AI models hallucinate at rates as high as 79%. Current AI models are also not good at distinguishing the difference between jokes and legitimate information, which infamously led Google's AI Gemini to suggest glue as a pizza topping shortly after it was added to search results in 2024. Recently, on the website formerly known as Twitter, people have been sharing some of the funniest Gemini AI hallucinations they've come across in Google search results, many in response to this viral tweet: Here are 15 of the best/worst ones: not good at knowing things like how much an adult human weighs: it's deeply unqualified to be your therapist: about as good at solving word problems as a stoned 15-year-old. Related: 27 Horrifying Deaths People Can Never, Ever, Ever, Ever Forget Because They Were That Bad seriously: it does NOT have great spaghetti recipes. it gives you the right answer for all the wrong reasons, as in this case, where the person likely wanted to know if Marlon Brando was in the 1995 movie Heat. it might be really, really good at improv, because this is one hell of a "yes, and." Related: I Hate To Say It, But I'm Pretty Sure Half Of Americans Won't Be Able To Pass This Extremely Easy Citizenship Test makes me want to see this imaginary episode of Frasier... almost. I just don't know what to say. even with the right facts, it can arrive at the exact wrong answer. almost impressive how wrong it can be. don't use it to look for concert tickets. take its airport security tips. remember that it's never, ever okay to leave a dog in a hot car. finally, please, please, please don't eat rocks. Currently, there's still no way for Google users to turn off these AI-generated search summaries, but there are a couple of ways to get around them. One method is to add -ai to the end of your search query like this: Some people swear that adding curse words to your search query will prevent AI summaries, but it hasn't worked for me: And finally, if you're on a desktop computer, selecting "web" from the menu just below the search bar will show you the top results from around the web with no AI summary: Also in Internet Finds: 16 Hometown Crime Stories You Won't BELIEVE Actually Happened ( Won't Believe It) Also in Internet Finds: My Innocence Has Been Destroyed After Learning These Terrible, Disturbing, And Creepy Things Also in Internet Finds: 19 Things Society Glorifies That Are Actually Straight-Up Terrible, And We Need To Stop Pretending Otherwise
