TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Play-to-earn games like StepN require players to purchase an NFT before they can participate, while other crypto video games offer users pricey upgrades such as virtual avatars and distinctive skins or costumes. Concept art for Halliday’s platform Image Credits: Halliday.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In 2024, Google released Gemini Ultra, a state-of-the-art foundation model that requires 50 billion petaflops. Serving them requires more than 10,000 NVIDIA GPUs mainly for AI inference, he said in an interview (subscription required). million users.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2022

. “By providing creators with tools to quickly and easily produce quality content, QuickVid helps creators increase their content output, reducing the risk of burnout,” Habib told TechCrunch in an email interview. QuickVid is already testing Stable Diffusion for generating avatar pics. It’s easy to use.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I jacked into The Matrix Awakens today after watching our exclusive interview with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss — they play Neo and Trinity, I’m sure you know — and hearing breathless praise around its Game Awards debut. And it’s free to download on those consoles right now, so you should really give it a go. Image: Epic Games.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The state of the art in VR still requires thousands of dollars of PC gaming hardware, with plenty of drawbacks (like requiring a tethered headset and graphics that still don’t measure up to what 2021’s best flatscreen games can offer). On the one hand, the statement here is almost laughably obvious.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. Last night's event brought back memories for me - of what it was like 13 years ago doing demonstrations at nonprofit conferences about online communities for arts organizations.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2022

AI art apps are having a moment — thanks to Lensa AI. This week, TC’s Sarah Perez spotted the rise of AI art apps all over the App Store , seemingly jumping off the success of Lensa AI’s viral avatar generators. I’ll be there with my favorite colleagues to interview top experts at a one-day founder summit.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

The pair say they tricked their way into various meetings with European politicians and even a live interview on Latvian TV. They did so by cold-calling and emailing their targets from fake addresses, using a real picture of Volkov as their digital avatar. The case of the fake deepfake.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

The Tate Modern has a great web application where you can create your own collection of six pieces of art around a theme, with your own labels. deviantART does an awesome job of this, allowing people to "skin" websites with art/graffiti which is then accessible to members. Good sharing point #2: Share with others who don't have access.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I started off in Camden, Maine to teach at the PopTech Fellows program, New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts for a session with arts marketers , and finally to Washington, DC to attend a briefing at the White House and to keynote the last BlogPotomac conference. We've been in and out of touch over the years, but always virtually.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Curated Loop is calculating that its target users might be looking for a high-end outfit for special events (parties, job interviews, ski holidays etc) but also as statement daywear (perhaps to spice up their Instagram feed) — or even for ‘date-wear’ (it’s working on a Valentine’s Day tie-up with a dating app).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Yeti For crafting branded content that is also a stand-alone piece of art The accessories and gear brand has long produced short films that tell compelling stories tied to the outdoors, but last year it managed to evolve that genre in an inspiring way.

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Futurism

APRIL 9, 2025

In the wake of OpenAI releasing its new server-melting image generator that went viral for creating soulless simulacra of Studio Ghibli-style illustrations, CEO Sam Altman is slamming the haters including, it seems, the man whose art he's cribbing. Were AI doing anything to democratize art and speech, we'd be inclined to agree.

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