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Missouri: the new haven for pot smokers in US Midwest
Sisters Juree Burgett and Tanya Knight, both in their 60s, smell various marijuana buds, assessing their options at a trendy dispensary in Missouri. Burgett, who worked as a dietician, and Knight, a pastry chef by training, are now both retired.
Artist Karla Ortiz sees AI 'identity theft', not promise
For artist Karla Ortiz, the explosion in artificial intelligence that can stand in for flesh-and-blood artists is nothing more than identity theft. She told herself art theft is nothing new in their line of work.
'Glaze' software aims to protect art from copycat AI
Researchers at the University of Chicago have released free "Glaze" software that they say can thwart efforts by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to copy an artist's style. If generative AI finds a Glaze-guarded image online, it is prevented from correctly analyzing and copying the style, the team said.
Artists fight AI programs that copy their styles
Artists outraged by artificial intelligence that copies in seconds the styles they have sacrificed years to develop are waging battle online and in court. "The magic word used in the US court system is 'transformative,'" said lawyer and developer Matthew Butterick.
Elon Musk puts Twitter's value at just $20 billion
Elon Musk has put the current value of Twitter at $20 billion, less than half the $44 billion he paid for the social media platform just five months ago, according to an internal email seen by American news media.
French PM reaches out to opposition ahead of next day of protests
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told AFP Sunday she would meet opposition leaders early next month and was open to talks with unions, after weeks of protests against pensions reforms. - Opposition pressure - Since becoming prime minister in May of last year, Borne has used the 49.3 11 times.
IMF chief warns risks to financial stability have increased
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on Sunday that risks to financial stability had increased and stressed "the need for vigilance" following the recent turmoil in the banking sector. "It is also clear that risks to financial stability have increased," she added.
UK politicians caught in sting for lucrative second jobs
A senior British minister on Sunday defended former cabinet colleagues after they were shown negotiating top-dollar rates to work on the side for a fake South Korean consultancy. He and former health secretary Matt Hancock were shown separately negotiating a daily rate of £10,000 ($12,000) to advise a sham consultancy purportedly based in Seoul that was set up by Led By Donkeys.
EU, Germany reach deal on fossil fuel car phaseout plan
The European Union and Germany on Saturday said they had struck a deal after a dispute over the planned phaseout by 2035 of the sale of cars using fossil fuels. A landmark deal to prohibit new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035 is key to the bloc's ambitious plan to become a "climate-neutral" economy by 2050, with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
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