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Why The Taylor Swift AI Photos Are A Bigger Deal Than Just An Angry Celeb

Plenty of social networks had been briefly residence to the AI-generated Swift photos, together with X (previously Twitter), Facebook, and Reddit, in accordance with CNN. Though all three corporations have eliminated the content material, critics argue {that a} extra proactive strategy is required to deal with this drawback going ahead, significantly now that generative AI is available to the common particular person. Many web sites and on-line communities exist that dabble within the creation and dissemination of this type of express content material, and whereas some states and international locations have legal guidelines in place that make doing so unlawful, others have not moved as quick because the evolution of the know-how itself. 

Swift is not the primary superstar to fall sufferer to the know-how, however her recognition means the difficulty has been dropped at the general public’s consideration in an enormous manner, and that will assist spur the motion of laws that addresses the issue — that is all however assured if, as claimed by Daily Mail, Swift’s alleged contemplation about taking authorized motion leads to an precise lawsuit or two. Meanwhile, although it’s, for all intents and functions, unimaginable to forestall the creation of this type of express materials as a result of existence of offline AI turbines, corporations could quickly leverage AI-powered proactive scanning know-how to detect these photos earlier than they’re made publicly obtainable — comparable know-how is already used to detect CSAM.

The finest automobiles Autocar lived with in 2023

Each 12 months a string of automobiles we are able to briefly name ‘our personal’ arrive at Autocar towers, able to be examined over a set of months and subjected to the rigour of a journalist’s on a regular basis life.

In getting attending to stay with them as in the event that they had been ours, we are able to dig into the less-obvious high-points and gritty flaws that solely increase their heads after an intensive interval of testing.

Some of our automobiles present a way more memorable expertise than others. Without additional ado (and deliberation), then, listed below are our picks of Autocar’s 2023 fleet.

The long-distance award

For the automobile we’d most wish to tackle a really lengthy journey

Winner: Bentley Flying Spur

Runner up: Toyota GR Supra

No want for a play-off or penalties right here: the Bentley Flying Spur was only a single vote away from having extra nominations than each different automobile on this 12 months’s fleet put collectively. 

Steve Cropley sorted Crewe’s best and – unsurprisingly – “enjoyed every mile”. Chief sub-editor Kris Culmer loved studying about Cropley having fun with it a lot that he voted for the Bentley with out ever having pushed it… 

Bentley Flying Spur driving

Deputy highway take a look at ed Richard Lane marvelled at “the magical combination of connection to the machine but isolation from the road”, whereas Mark Tisshaw (that’s me, by the way in which) stated “nobody does seats like Bentley” whereas pondering the grammatical protocol for quoting oneself within the third particular person. 

Lane’s highway take a look at desk colleague Illya Verpraet, all the time the iconoclast, was one to place ahead the Toyota GR Supra “for its excellent driving position, nice seats and good old ‘dumb’ cruise control that doesn’t have a mind of its own and which helps to make this a very relaxing long-distance car”. 

I used to be stunned to not see extra votes for the Alpina D3 S, though in voting for it, Cropley’s My Week In Cars podcast co-host (new episodes each Wednesday out of your favorite podcast supplier) Matt Prior maybe defined why: “The Alpina D3 S, so long as it was on the continent so I didn’t have to stress about potholes.”

How To Merge Cells In Microsoft Excel And Google Sheets

When you merge cells in Excel or Google Sheets, it’s important to understand what actually happens. The merge cells function combines the cells themselves, not their contents. Although spreadsheet programs can perform mathematical operations using formulas, merging cells is not a shortcut for this purpose.

If you merge two cells that contain content, only the content of the leftmost cell will be preserved in the resulting merged cell. The contents of any other merged cells will be deleted. You can’t merge cells to combine numbers or words. If you want a larger cell to contain the combined contents, you must first copy and paste the contents from the component cells into the lead cell before merging them; otherwise, you will lose all the content.