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AI image generator Midjourney blocks porn by banning words about the human reproductive system

February 24, 2023
The popular AI image generator Midjourney bans a wide range of words about the human reproductive system from being used as prompts, MIT Technology Review has discovered.  If someone types “placenta,” “fallopian tubes,” “mammary glands,” “sperm,” “uterine,” “urethra,” “cervix,” “hymen,” or “vulva” into Midjourney, the system flags the word as a banned prompt and doesn’t…

South Africa’s Envisionit Deep AI gets $1.65M to expand access to medical imaging

February 24, 2023

Dr. Jaishree Naidoo was in charge of pediatric radiology at a South African hospital in 2014, when she had a moment of epiphany after coming across a news story on the usage of AI recognition pattern in distinguishing animals. As a radiologist with 20 years of experience, Naidoo was already familiar with pattern recognition, and […]

South Africa’s Envisionit Deep AI gets $1.65M to expand access to medical imaging by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Two days in the Bay

February 23, 2023

It was genuinely a bit surreal seeing deep green hills in the South Bay last week. Growing up in Fremont, I know the change from brown to green is about as close as we get to having seasons, but it’s been so long since I’ve seen them, I’d genuinely forgotten they can exist. It’s an […]

Two days in the Bay by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

EU asks who should fund future networks, as telcos eye Australia-style Big Tech bargaining code

February 23, 2023

The European Union has kicked off a consultation on how to fund the “massive” upgrades to Internet connectivity which regional lawmakers believe are needed for the bloc to make the most of transformative technologies like AI or immersive virtual worlds while delivering on the big bang, cross-industry digitization it also wants to characterize the next […]

EU asks who should fund future networks, as telcos eye Australia-style Big Tech bargaining code by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Google TV’s new update adds dedicated destinations for Movies, Shows, Family and Español

February 23, 2023

Google TV today announced the launch of four new content pages in the U.S. – the Family page, the Movie page, the Shows page and the Español page – which gives users quicker access to family-friendly titles, movies, TV shows and Spanish-language entertainment. Instead of navigating from app to app, users can now select from […]

Google TV’s new update adds dedicated destinations for Movies, Shows, Family and Español by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch