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Medieval knight's grave discovered under ice cream shop
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The relocation of an ice cream parlor in the Polish port town of Gdańsk marked the end of an era. Miś had operated in the same location since 1962, but a few years ago, the ice cream parlor's owners decided to relocate across the city. The vacancy presented local archaeologists with a unique opportunity, however, as the original location in the historic central district of Śródmieście sat above a medieval cemetery attached to Gdańsk's oldest church. Knowing this, experts saw a rare chance to investigate if any history had been hiding underneath all that ice cream.
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Google pauses its Gemini AI tool after critics blasted it as 'too woke' for generating images of Asian Nazis in 1940 Germany, Black Vikings and female medieval knights
Google is pausing its new Gemini AI tool after users blasted the image generator for being'too woke' by replacing white historical figures with people of color. Artificial intelligence programs learn from the information available to them, and researchers have warned that AI is prone to recreate the racism, sexism, and other biases of its creators and of society at large. In this case, Google may have overcorrected in its efforts to address discrimination, as some users fed it prompt after prompt in failed attempts to get the AI to make a picture of a white person. X user Frank J. Fleming posted multiple images of people of color that he said Gemini generated. Each time, he said he was attempting to get the AI to give him a picture of a white man, and each time.
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AI 'Time Machine' transports your photos into another historical era
If you've ever wondered what you would have looked like as a Viking, a Roman warrior or a medieval knight, look no further. Genealogy website MyHeritage has released'AI Time Machine', an online tool that can reimagine you as if you were from another historical era. The new AI tool, available on desktop and mobile web browser, turns personal photos from your phone or computer into'hyper-realistic' images. Anyone can see themselves as an ancient Greek warrior, an Egyptian pharaoh, a medieval knight, a Victorian lady, a hippie from the 1960s and much more. Here, AI Time Machine user'Nathan' appears reimagined as an Egyptian pharaoh, a Viking, a Roman army general and more.
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