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The tool that generated racially diverse Nazis is back

Six months after unceremoniously shelving it, Google has brought back the AI image technology responsible for such hits as the Black founding fathers and racially diverse Nazis. Google announced today it’s allowing people who pay for Google Advanced to once again generate images of people, but with more guardrails.

“With Imagen 3, we’ve made significant progress in providing a better user experience when generating images of people,” Dave Citron, a senior director of product management, wrote in a blog post. He added, “[N]ot every image Gemini creates will be perfect, but we’ll continue to listen to feedback from early users as we keep improving.”

Anyone with a Google Advanced subscription and some free time, please send your most interesting images my way!

“With Imagen 3, we’ve made significant progress in providing a better user experience when generating images of people,” Dave Citron, a senior director of product management, wrote in a blog post. He added, “[N]ot every image Gemini creates will be perfect, but we’ll continue to listen to feedback from early users as we keep improving.”

Anyone with a Google Advanced subscription and some free time, please send your most interesting images my way!

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Jury finds Meta and Google liable in social addiction case

A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google liable of designing Instagram and YouTube to be addictive for young users, awarding the plaintiff $3 million in damages, with Meta responsible for 70% of the total. The trial centered on whether features like autoplay and infinite scroll contributed to a plaintiff’s mental health issues — and could set a precedent for holding tech companies responsible for product design, not just content.

The jury also found that Meta and Google could face punitive damages, with a separate phase of the trial to determine how much they should pay.

The decision comes just one day after a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties, saying it violated state consumer protection laws by enabling child sexual exploitation.

The jury also found that Meta and Google could face punitive damages, with a separate phase of the trial to determine how much they should pay.

The decision comes just one day after a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties, saying it violated state consumer protection laws by enabling child sexual exploitation.

AI image of Sam Altman grilling Pikachu

Sora lasted less than one Quibi

OpenAI’s app joins the hallowed halls of video ideas that burned bright and fast.

$75B

SpaceX, which could file confidential paperwork for its IPO as soon as this week, is now aiming to raise an astounding $75 billion through its public listing, The Information reports. That’s 50% higher than previous reports.

For comparison’s sake, the current record holder for money raised in an IPO is Saudi Aramco, which raised $29.4 billion. Or, as The Information noted, SpaceX’s IPO would “surpass all money raised by US IPOs last year.”

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