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SDXL 0.9 is here to change the game

Dataconomy

Prompt: aesthetic aliens walk among us in Las Vegas, scratchy found film photograph Left – SDXL Beta, Right – SDXL 0.9 ( Image Credit ) Everything you need to know about SDXL 0.9 has one of the highest parameter counts of any open-source image model. From now on, that won’t be a problem anymore.

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GoPro ripped out the guts of the Hero10 Black to give its bones to drones

The Verge

The idea is that pilots will strap one of these to their drone to film brilliant footage while using a separate low-latency analog camera and a pair of FPV goggles to see where their drone is going. Which is, of course, to be expected when you shed many of the things that make a GoPro a GoPro, including that battery. Image: GoPro.

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Data as a service: Top vendors offering data on tap

CIO Business Intelligence

Sometimes it comes from external, oftentimes open, sources, gathered together by the DaaS vendor to help enterprises leverage data assets they might otherwise be unable to deal with themselves. Synthesis AI, however, creates its data using some of the 3D models and CGI techniques that power video games and Hollywood action movies.

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3D printers are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Verge

Massive PPE shortages pushed DIY volunteers to get creative On March 20th, as the coronavirus situation in New York City hurtled toward full-blown crisis, Madiha Choksi was packing a taxi with two Flashforge 3D printers and as much filament as she could fit. The email was very long and really concerning,” Choksi tells The Verge.

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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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The ad industry is going all-in on AI

Vox

The Cannes she was referring to isn’t the one you’ve probably heard of — the film festival — but rather Cannes Lions, a similarly swanky festival celebrating advertising instead of cinema. We were sitting in a glass-walled cabana on the French Riviera, steps away from the shimmering blue Mediterranean Sea.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. Strategy is key to Kothbauer’s work, as is keeping up to date with the latest trends and working with high-profile clients, such as McDonalds, NIKE, PWC, and Women in Film.

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