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Are Virtual Influencers the Future of Luxury Retail? Jing Daily
Oscar Wilde famously said, "One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art." According to Fashion and Imagination: About Clothes and Art, since the 1960s, we have obscured the boundaries between the two. Imagination and fantasy are components of any art form, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that the retail world is moving further away from realism, while it embraces the realm of imagination. And today, modern technology is transforming the luxury world as we know it, bringing consumers closer to brands through the use of retail intelligence and analytics, Artificial Intelligence-powered software, gamification reality, augmented reality, and even virtual influencers (VI). Some fashion aficionados will argue that VI sounds like an unreal and implausible reality.
Google announces release date for Stadia, its new video game streaming service
Google announced that its new game streaming platform, Stadia, will be released on November 19. People who pre-order the Stadia Founder's Edition will be able to access the service at 9AM PST/5PM BST/6PM CET. The Founder's Edition costs $129 and includes a controller, the company's streaming dongle, the Chromecast Ultra, a three-month Stadia Pro subscription, and a second three-month subscription that can be gifted to a friend. Google Stadia will launch on November 19, letting users stream games over almost any device they wish. Stadia isn't a traditional games platform, but a streaming service that Google is promoting as part of its new emphasis on conservation and reducing waste.
MIT researchers unveil new system to improve fake news detection
Bad actors are increasingly using more advanced methods to generate fake news and fool readers into thinking they are legitimate. AI-based text generators, including OpenAI's GPT-2 model, which try and imitate human writers play a big part in this. To mitigate this, researchers have developed tools to detect artificially generated text. However, new research from MIT suggests there might be a fundamental flaw in the way these detectors work. TNW's finance, blockchain, and business event is coming up soon Traditionally, these tools trace back a text's writing style to determine if it's written by humans or a bot. They assume text written by humans is always legitimate and the text generated by bots is always fake.