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This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI

The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.

A new tool lets artists add invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online so that if it’s scraped into an AI training set, it can cause the resulting model to break in chaotic and unpredictable ways.

The tool, called Nightshade, is intended as a way to fight back against AI companies that use artists’ work to train their models without the creator’s permission. Using it to “poison” this training data could damage future iterations of image-generating AI models, such as DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion, by rendering some of their outputs… More.

Reprogramming of energy metabolism restores cardiac function after infarction in mice

After birth, the human heart loses its regenerative capacity almost completely. Damage to the heart muscle—for example, due to a heart attack—therefore usually leads to a permanent loss of function in adults. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research have now shown for the first time in mice that a change in the energy metabolism of heart muscle cells enables heart regeneration.

In the animals, heart function could thus be restored to a large extent after a . The study, published in the journal Nature, is groundbreaking and could enable completely new therapeutic approaches.

The loss of regenerative capacity in adults hearts is due, among other things, to the loss of the ability of cells to divide after birth. This is accompanied by a in the energy metabolism of the heart cells: Instead of obtaining energy from sugars, which is known as glycolysis, the heart muscle cells now obtain their energy largely from fats. This form of energy production is known as fatty acid oxidation.

Want to fly sustainably to your private jet? Lilium has you covered

The company has engineered an all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet, designed to offer leading capacity, low noise, and high performance with zero operating emissions, to the note of ten million dollars.

A German electric aviation company, Lilium, is preparing to make a bold entry into the United States market with its Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The company announced its partnership with Texas-based full-service air brokerage and management company, EMCJET, to tap into the private jet market, in a statement.

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Lilium envisions a zero emission future where elite travelers, including corporate executives and existing private jet owners, can seamlessly connect from their local airport to their destination, avoiding congested airspace and reducing their carbon footprint. “It’s a great helicopter replacement,” said the head of partnerships and network in Lilium’s US-based office, Matthew Broffman, to The Verge.

Scientists discover continent that had been missing for 375 years

Geoscientists discovered a continent that had been hiding in plain sight for almost 375 years.

Historically, there’s been speculation about whether a continent known as Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Māui in the Māori language exists.

According to TN News, Zealandiais 1.89 million square miles in size. It was part of a supercontinent called Gondwana, which included most of Western Antarctica and Eastern Australia, over 500 million years ago.