Visual search use case: Google Lens solves product inquiry

 

Here's a follow up to my previous post about finally finding a visual search engine after years of having the idea myself.

Today, I saw an ad for pants and wondered what kind of shoes the model is wearing.

I clicked the image in the ad, went to the product page, and right-clicked for options.

I searched the image with Google, and Google Lens appeared on the right of the screen.

I then isolated the section of the image with the shoes and results appeared in the lower pane, displaying visual matches for the shoes, which link to the product page containing the image.

The image results pulled images from products on sites that carry the product and not the official product site, but I still got the outcome I wanted.

US Copyright Office: Authors Risk Losing Copyright If AI Content Is Not Disclosed

 

Authors Risk Losing Copyright If AI Content Is Not Disclosed, US Guidance Says (arstechnica.com)30

Posted by BeauHD on Friday March 17, 2023 @06:00AM from the 2023-guidance dept.

The US Copyright Office has issued (PDF) guidance today to clarify when AI-generated material can be copyrighted. Ars Technica reports:Guidance comes after the Copyright Office decided that an author could not copyright individual AI images used to illustrate a comic book, because each image was generated by Midjourney -- not a human artist. In making its decision, the Copyright Office committed to upholding the longstanding legal definition that authors of creative works must be human to register works. Because of this, officials confirmed that AI technologies can never be considered authors. This wasn't the only case influencing new guidance, but it was the most recent. Wrestling with the comic book's complex authorship questions helped prompt the Copyright Office to launch an agency-wide initiative to continue exploring a wider range of copyright issues arising as the AI models that are used to generate text, art, audio, and video continue evolving.

Perhaps the most significant aspect of the guidance is an author's "duty to disclose the inclusion of AI-generated content in a work submitted for registration." When registering works, authors must distinguish which content is human-authored and which content is AI-generated. If applicants aren't sure how to refer to the AI-generated content, the Copyright Office recommends providing a general statement that the work contains AI-generated content. That will prompt the office to follow up to help each author fill in the blanks in an application.

For artists who have pending applications or have already registered works that contain AI-generated content, the Copyright Office suggests correcting the public record by submitting a supplementary registration. Any failure to accurately reflect the role of AI in copyrighted works could result in "losing the benefits of the registration," the office warned. That could leave works vulnerable to being copied, with little or no legal recourse for copyright infringement claims. Failure to disclose AI-generated content is the only type of infringement discussed in the guidance. Critics like Alex J. Champandard, a co-founder of Creative.ai -- a group of hackers and artists interested in generative AI -- tweeted to say that current guidance puts authors in a precarious catch-22 situation. "By disclosing the AI, you're opening yourself up to infringement, but by not disclosing AI, it's safer but in violation of [the US Copyright Office]!" Champandard's tweet suggested.

Infomercial sound track for acquired schizophrenia

 

Are you tired of being left out of conspiracy theories?

Do Flat-Earthers glare at you for questioning their dedication to debunking the moon landing or scoffing at their insistence that Alex Jones is actually Bill Hicks?

Now, for the first time, this revolutionary song will guide you to a place of understanding.

You'll buy gold with only loose change, sew rations into your winter coat and wear cargo pants to church without a care in the world.

Hear this fable unfold before you and join the legions of the bitter in starting a brighter future, beginning with cutting your own hair and making peace with all the things they've been saying about you on tv.

Start listening today, don't wait, or you'll miss out on the sacred knowledge that comes back to you when Siri and Alexa share what you've been saying to yourself on the way to work.

AI prompts list

 https://medium.com/mlearning-ai/the-chatgpt-list-of-lists-a-collection-of-1500-useful-mind-blowing-and-strange-use-cases-8b14c35eb

the Future Influences the Past

 https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvgjm/a-growing-number-of-scientists-are-convinced-the-future-influences-the-past

Pope canceling celibacy?

 

"Celibacy was made a requirement by the Catholic Church in the 11th-century for financial reasons, as clergy without children were more likely to leave their wealth to the church."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11852123/Pope-Francis-calls-Catholic-Churchs-ban-priests-having-sex-temporary.html

Apple AR release

 

https://www.phonearena.com/news/tim-cook-pushes-2023-mixed-reality-headset-release_id146147