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Glowforge gets in legal tangle with tech ‘activist’ who questions safety of startup’s laser engravers

GeekWire

A Glowforge Pro 3D laser engraver. Glowforge Photo) Glowforge , the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser engravers, has been tangled in a legal dispute with a Las Vegas man who claimed online for years that the startup is selling defective and dangerous machines. I’m a rando on the internet. I’m a rando on the internet.

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We’ll All Probably End Up in Microsoft’s Metaverse

Gizmodo

In Microsoft’s metaverse version of the office, you’ll use a 3D avatar to… Read more. Microsoft is rolling out some new virtual collaboration features designed to make working in a virtual office less terrible or something.

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Can VR art help us see the real world differently?

Vox

But other times it has felt like sitting through a 10-minute 3D sermon, or an Epcot exhibit, or a very janky version of The Sims. One of the best films in the festival was an extraordinary documentary entitled We Met in Virtual Reality , directed by Joe Hunting and entirely filmed on the social VR platform VRChat.

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Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson predicted the metaverse. What does he see next?

Vox

Neal Stephenson I started hearing about it in the mid-90s, as the Internet became a thing. And at a certain point it flipped over and it became, you know, “We’ll just shoot everything on film because the metaverse would be film-quality graphics for sure. That this was really meaningful to tech people who were building things?

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Adobe Firefly AI: See ethical AI in action

Dataconomy

Adobe claims that it does not train its system on the work of artists throughout the internet, just on content that is licensed or out of copyright. AI image generation is used in a wide range of applications, including gaming, film and video production, and virtual reality. How can an AI tool be ethical?

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Adobe Firefly AI: See ethical AI in action

Dataconomy

Adobe claims that it does not train its system on the work of artists throughout the internet, just on content that is licensed or out of copyright. AI image generation is used in a wide range of applications, including gaming, film and video production, and virtual reality. How can an AI tool be ethical?

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Summary and notes from AIMIA event: Social media and user generated content

Trends in the Living Networks

Michela Ledwidge , Managing Director, MOD Films. I found what Michela Ledwidge of MOD films had to say fantastically interesting – she is clearly on the leading edge of this. She wants to apply the same idea to films. These are Pixar-quality films that anyone can modify or work on. Everyone can do their own film.

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