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Real-world Music Plagiarism Detection With Music Segment Transcription System

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

As a result of continuous advances in Music Information Retrieval (MIR) technology, generating and distributing music has become more diverse and accessible. In this context, interest in music intellectual property protection is increasing to safeguard individual music copyrights. In this work, we propose a system for detecting music plagiarism by combining various MIR technologies. We developed a music segment transcription system that extracts musically meaningful segments from audio recordings to detect plagiarism across different musical formats. With this system, we compute similarity scores based on multiple musical features that can be evaluated through comprehensive musical analysis. Our approach demonstrated promising results in music plagiarism detection experiments, and the proposed method can be applied to real-world music scenarios. We also collected a Similar Music Pair (SMP) dataset for musical similarity research using real-world cases. The dataset are publicly available.


A New Dataset and Benchmark for Grounding Multimodal Misinformation

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

The proliferation of online misinformation videos poses serious societal risks. Current datasets and detection methods primarily target binary classification or single-modality localization based on post-processed data, lacking the interpretability needed to counter persuasive misinformation. In this paper, we introduce the task of Grounding Multimodal Misinformation (GroundMM), which verifies multimodal content and localizes misleading segments across modalities. We present the first real-world dataset for this task, GroundLie360, featuring a taxonomy of misinformation types, fine-grained annotations across text, speech, and visuals, and validation with Snopes evidence and annotator reasoning. We also propose a VLM-based, QA-driven baseline, FakeMark, using single- and cross-modal cues for effective detection and grounding. Our experiments highlight the challenges of this task and lay a foundation for explainable multimodal misinformation detection.


From full bars to no service: The best and worst areas for mobile signal in the UK revealed - so, do you live in a connectivity black spot?

Daily Mail - Science & tech

FBI under pressure over open airport five miles from Charlie Kirk assassination hit as private jet'vanishes' after shooting MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd fired over'disgusting' on-air comments about Charlie Kirk shortly after conservative star was assassinated Elite sniper breaks down Charlie Kirk assassin's sick plot... and reveals tiny detail everyone's missed: The gun. MAUREEN CALLAHAN: Charlie Kirk's body wasn't even cold... before the fighting started again. Do these ghouls not see where this is headed? Charlie Kirk's powerful tribute to murdered Ukrainian refugee hours before his own assassination: 'America will never be the same' Musk dethroned as richest person by forgotten Wall Street darling's founder as stock soars 42% Charlie Kirk dead at 31: What we know so far about MAGA star's death at Utah campus that sent shockwaves around the world as FBI botches arrest and Trump promises ultimate punishment TMZ forced to apologize after staff heard erupting in laughter as Charlie Kirk's death was announced Sweater weather starts here - the cozy, chic pieces from Soft Surroundings you'll actually wear all season Trump issues Oval Office address over Charlie Kirk's assassination: 'This is a dark moment for America' Fierce debate erupts over'non-human' technology in space after video captures UFO surviving Hellfire strike Is this Charlie Kirk's killer? This Oscar-nominated actress, 68, will soon reunite with her ex in Spain for their daughter's wedding, can you guess who?


Poland intercepts Russian drones returning from attacking Ukraine

Al Jazeera

How is Russia replenishing its military? What is a'coalition of the willing'? How China forgot promises and'debts' to Ukraine How are Europe, the US pulling apart on Ukraine? Poland has intercepted Russian drones that were flying over its airspace after completing a mission in western Ukraine. It's the first time a NATO member nation has fired shots in Russia's war on Ukraine.


One of Chantal Akerman's Best Films Is in Legal Limbo

The New Yorker

One of Chantal Akerman's Best Films Is in Legal Limbo The Belgian-born director's 1994 coming-of-age masterwork, about a precocious teen-ager's romantic audacity, can't be reissued because of its needle drops. Much of direction is production: the material conditions under which a movie is made plays a major role in the creative process. Movie lovers tend to think of producers as dictators of formulas, oppressors of originality, the enemies of art, but that just reflects the unfortunate history of studio filmmaking in Hollywood and elsewhere. In fact, producing a movie can be a kind of art in itself, a practical imagining of possibilities for filmmakers that they wouldn't themselves have come up with. The complete retrospective of Chantal Akerman's work that runs at from September 11th to October 16th includes a superb instance of this phenomenon--of visionary production fostering directorial artistry--in her "Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels," an hour-long movie from 1994.


Alien: Earth adds surprisingly good TV dimension to veteran sci-fi

New Scientist

After fifty years of books, games and movies, what more could the Aliens franchise deliver? The description "genre-defying" gets thrown around a lot these days - it is a convenient sticking plaster for any film or series that hasn't quite figured out what it wants to be. That said, it is an apt term for the Alien franchise. Ridley Scott's 1979 movie Alien, in which Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is part of a crew trapped on a spaceship with a salivating, scorpion-like "xenomorph", had such blood-curdling visuals that it made an indelible impact on both science fiction and horror films. But while the deadly parasite and its psychosexual torment were ever present, subsequent instalments tried their hand at being everything from a blockbuster to a prison flick to a philosophical drama.


AI Is Coming for YouTube Creators

The Atlantic - Technology

At least 15 million videos have been snatched by tech companies. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. W hen Jon Peters uploaded his first video to YouTube in 2010, he had no idea where it would lead. He was a professional woodworker running a small business who decided to film himself making a dining table with some old legs he had found in a barn. It turned out that people liked his candid style, and as he posted more videos, a fan base began to grow.


NATO warns Russia after Poland shoots down 'huge number' of drones that violated its airspace

FOX News

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Scientists are finally learning what's inside mysterious 'halo' barrels submerged off US coast

Daily Mail - Science & tech

The suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination has been captured, FBI director Kash Patel announced MSNBC sparks outrage for'disgusting' Charlie Kirk comments following Utah shooting Tragedy as Charlie Kirk's wife left behind with two young children after conservative activist is fatally shot A DEI mayor, an inconvenient crime and video they never wanted you to see: MAUREEN CALLAHAN knows why the Left has sympathy for that killer... but none for his victim Sweater weather starts here - the cozy, chic pieces from Soft Surroundings you'll actually wear all season We only had one symptom we dismissed... but then we were diagnosed with the rarest form of melanoma Soft-touch prosecutor let felon walk free... before crook'slit Auburn professor's throat in random attack' I tried the 30 cent'miracle chill pill' before a big event.. now I'm taking it for everything Donald Trump and House Republicans lead prayers for Charlie Kirk's family after conservative star is fatally shot Prince Harry says his father King Charles is'great' following their first meeting in 19 months... which was over a cup of tea and just 55 minutes long Liberal media defends thug who killed Ukrainian woman in cold blood: 'This man was hurting' Knifeman accused of stabbing Ukrainian refugee to death gives chilling reason for the attack... as he speaks for the first time from jail on the murder that shocked America Fox News reveals new lineup and elevates star White House reporter who's sparred with Trump Horrific new details of passenger injuries after they were'thrown' around Delta flight during'severe turbulence' Scientists are finally learning what's inside mysterious'halo' barrels submerged off US coast Scientists are just beginning to learn what is inside thousands of mysterious'halo' barrels submerged off the US coast. The barrels were discovered in the deep waters of the San Pedro Basin, near Los Angeles, in 2021. Scientists were initially worried that the barrels could contain DDT, a toxic pesticide that was banned in 1972 due to its serious environmental and health impact. However, a new study now shows that the barrels contain an unknown caustic alkali waste, which is creating eerie halos as it leaches into the sea floor. Using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian, the researchers carefully collected samples at a set distance from barrels with halos.


Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) review: Subtle never seemed so obvious

Popular Science

The new Gen. 2 QuietComfort Ultra earbuds reinforce everything Bose active noise cancellation does right. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Washington-Dulles airport, red-eye to Berlin, time to kill and batteries to fill. Time was that would force a hard choice, because time was that the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Bluetooth earbuds didn't charge wirelessly. Drop the new QC Ultra Gen. 2 case on the Qi pad, however, and it blinks to life, no awkward adapters or extra plugs required.