Retouched images of Netanyahu’s wife, distributed by the state, ignite a fiery ethics debate

Israel’s official state photos from last year portend to show history in the making. They include images of Prime Minister ...

Elon Musk's X limits some sexual deepfakes after backlash, but Grok will still make the images

NBC News asked Grok in its standalone app, the Grok X tab and website to transform a series of photos of a clothed person who ...

Elon Musk’s Grok bot restricts sexual image generation after global outcry

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Thursday started restricting the ability for non-paying users to create deepfake, sexualized ...

What is the year of 365 buttons? And what does it mean?

A TikTok user's comment about "365 buttons" launched 2026's first major meme. Here's what happened and why it blew up.

What is 365 buttons? Everything you need to know about 2026’s first viral TikTok trend

2026 has its first viral TikTok trend: 365 buttons. Confused? We’re here for you. The 365 buttons craze started with a TikTok ...
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High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Models

Abstract: By decomposing the image formation process into a sequential application of denoising autoencoders, diffusion models (DMs) achieve state-of-the-art synthesis results on image data and beyond ...

What’s Next for Venezuela After Maduro? One Expert Has Some Surprising Answers.

Trump's incursion into Venezuela isn’t the next Iraq War, he says, but there’s still plenty to be concerned about.

'Remove her clothes': Global backlash over Grok sexualized images

Elon Musk's AI tool Grok faced growing international backlash Monday for generating sexualized deepfakes of women and minors, ...