Marie-Cécile Zinsou founded a contemporary art museum in Cotonou, Benin's economic capital and largest city, in 2005. She wanted to encourage museum visits for children and expand access to contemporary art and art education. She started collecting archives on the Kingdom of Dahomey, in the present-day Republic of Benin. Benin asked France to return objects looted during colonial rule in 2016.
Meta has discontinued an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts. The feature drew widespread criticism over privacy concerns. SAG-AFTRA welcomed the decision to discontinue the feature. The reversal reflects increasing pressure on technology companies to give users control over how their publicly shared content is used by AI features.
Muse Image was a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that allowed users to generate and manipulate AI images of individuals by tagging their public Instagram accounts. It was launched on Tuesday as a tool for Meta's AI chatbot, but it was disabled on Friday afternoon after widespread public outcry.
The Marginalian has remained free and ad-free for two decades thanks to patronage from readers. Every month, I spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars keeping it going. I have no staff, no interns, not even an assistant, so it's a one-woman labor of love.
Dave Portnoy is promoting his new book, "Cancel Me If You Can" at a New York City event. He believes in freedom of speech, but there is no freedom from accountability. He is not a fan of Zohran Mamdani, who is running for office.
Marie-Cécile Zinsou founded a contemporary art museum in Cotonou, Benin's economic capital and largest city, in 2005. She wanted to encourage museum visits for children and expand access to contemporary art and art education. She started collecting archives on the Kingdom of Dahomey, in the present-day Republic of Benin. Benin asked France to return objects looted during colonial rule in 2016.
Meta has discontinued an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts. The feature drew widespread criticism over privacy concerns. SAG-AFTRA welcomed the decision to discontinue the feature. The reversal reflects increasing pressure on technology companies to give users control over how their publicly shared content is used by AI features.
Muse Image was a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that allowed users to generate and manipulate AI images of individuals by tagging their public Instagram accounts. It was launched on Tuesday as a tool for Meta's AI chatbot, but it was disabled on Friday afternoon after widespread public outcry.
The Marginalian has remained free and ad-free for two decades thanks to patronage from readers. Every month, I spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars keeping it going. I have no staff, no interns, not even an assistant, so it's a one-woman labor of love.
Dave Portnoy is promoting his new book, "Cancel Me If You Can" at a New York City event. He believes in freedom of speech, but there is no freedom from accountability. He is not a fan of Zohran Mamdani, who is running for office.