Meta’s AI can use public Instagram photos to create deepfakes

Meta’s new image generation model via artificial intelligence can use photos from public Instagram profiles without asking for permission, if the user does not activate a barrier on their account (see below how to do it). Fake images that simulate the appearance of third parties are called deepfakes, an ultra-realistic montage. Image sharing with the […]

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New Hampshire rejects $100M Bitcoin-backed bond after public finance hearing

New Hampshire’s Executive Council rejected a proposed $100 million Bitcoin-backed municipal bond in a 3-2 vote on July 8, stopping a Business Finance Authority structure that would have moved BTC collateral into a state-linked public finance process. The vote came after the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority said last November that its board had approved […]

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The 4 features of BlackBerry cell phones that we miss

The Before modern cell phones and the arrival of the iPhone in 2007, BlackBerry brand devices were everything that aficionados of mobile devices, gadgets and technology could ask for. In addition to being praised for their design, BlackBerry cell phones would allow users to have access to features never seen before and became so relevant […]

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Group of scientists develops cyborg cockroaches capable of surviving in oxygen-free environments

Cyborg cockroach with special costume. Reproduction/Nanyang Technological University Researchers at Nanyang University of Technology in Singapore developed cyborg cockroaches capable of surviving for up to three hours in environments without oxygen. The technology, which sounds like a science fiction scenario, was created to allow the use of these insects in rescue missions in areas hit […]

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OpenAI launches GPT-Live, new voice models focusing on simultaneous speech

OpenAI launched GPT-Live, a new family of voice models that can listen and speak at the same time, in real time. Company said it will release two versions of GPT-Live for users worldwide. The models are called GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini and began to be distributed this Wednesday, according to OpenAI. New models are full-duplex, […]

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Discover material that could be used in the construction of lunar bases

An alternative material to cement, developed by researchers at the University of Delaware (USA), withstood six months of exposure to the extreme conditions of space, after remaining installed outside the International Space Station (ISS). In some tests, the samples returned to Earth with greater mechanical resistance than identical samples that remained stored in Earth’s soil. […]

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