Aurich Lawson | Getty Image reader comments 84 On Wednesday, the IEEE Computer Society announced to members that, after April 1, it would no longer accept papers that include a frequently used image of a 1972 Playboy model named Lena Forsén. The so-called “Lenna image,” (Forsén added an extra “n” to her name in her… Read More »
Enlarge / Generations from Gemini AI from the prompt, “Paint me a historically accurate depiction of a medieval British king.” reader comments 223 On Thursday morning, Google announced it was pausing its Gemini AI image-synthesis feature in response to criticism that the tool was inserting diversity into its images in a historically inaccurate way, such… Read More »
Enlarge / A selection of male and female “Magic Avatars” generated by the Lensa AI app, including a beard cannot be contained. Benj Edwards / Ars Technica reader comments 50 with 0 posters participating Share this story Over the past week, the smartphone app Lensa AI has become a popular topic on social media because… Read More »
Enlarge / Sunset, over the Google empire. reader comments 7 with 7 posters participating Share this story A new report alleges that Google employees who report experiencing gender or racial harassment or discrimination routinely get told to take “medical leave” and seek mental health treatment—only to be shoved aside when they try to come back.… Read More »