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10-12-2023 AI-Generated Golfer Images Give 'Rugged' Backgrounds to Black and Asian Golfers

10-12-2023 AI-Generated Golfer Images Give 'Rugged' Backgrounds to Black and Asian Golfers

PLUS: Utah becomes the third state to sue TikTok for luring kids into addictive social media habits.

Lisa D. Sparks
October 12, 2023

AI watchers flag the PGA’s AI-generated golfer portraits for 2023, claiming the Black and Asian golfers on the PGA Tour received AI images with ‘rugged’ backgrounds while White golfers received a gray background.

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The PGA Tour Receives Backlash For Its AI-Generated Images Of Golfers Of Color - AfroTech

The PGA Tour is being questioned for negligence with its use of artificial intelligence (AI). In a TikTok video, AI ethicist Paige Lord shared...

afrotech.com/pga-tour-ai-generated-images

Utah sues TikTok, alleging it lures children into addictive and destructive social media habits

Utah has become the latest state to sue TikTok, alleging the social media company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy habits.

apnews.com/article/utah-tiktok-lawsuit-social-media-children-2e8ab3cfc92b58224ed9be98394278e0

New A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table

A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can help surgeons decide how aggressively to operate.

www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/health/ai-tumor-diagnosis-brain-cancer.html

State-backed hackers are exploiting new 'critical' Atlassian zero-day bug | TechCrunch

Atlassian says it has received reports from a "handful of customers," but it's not clear if the company yet knows the scale of exploitation.

techcrunch.com/2023/10/11/chinese-state-hackers-atlassian-zero-day

Crunchyroll will pay you $30 for having violated your data privacy rights

The anime-streaming service chose to settle with its customers in a class action suit for digital privacy violations.

www.engadget.com/crunchyroll-will-pay-you-30-for-violating-your-data-privacy-rights-153050358.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90ZWNoLnNsYXNoZG90Lm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG-akB-ghBMTjwaZBHv-LuW9mDGfq4-gna5cbUUbnaZaE3mjDQOGROixADqy8nZFB-lbea0rSJN5GUDKGZCVBPDNcI_ecDLtD1fkun0i_3eBMPCeEa8ULbf8R9LWOp11r3Nk50YpIePelWjsp7kHi2rPsmKkvqI6ATwLupOM6EMz

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Web Summit | Lisbon, November 13-16, 2023 | Where the tech world meets

Web Summit brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry. Web Summit will return to Lisbon this year. Join us in November.

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International Pet Photographer Of The Year Awards: 50 Best Images Of 2023

Today, we've prepared a collection of incredible images that are part of the International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards.

www.boredpanda.com/international-pet-photographer-of-the-year-unleashed-education

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