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� � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Meta scrambles to stop political advertisers using its generative AI tools - Fortune Europe    A month ago, Meta unveiled a set of generative AI tools for advertisers. “We believe that these features will unlock a new era of creativity that maximizes productivity, personalization and performance for all advertisers,” enthused monetization infrastructure VP Matt Steiner at the time. Well, not all advertisers, as it turns out. The social giant is now banning the tools’ use in making ads related to “housing, employment or credit or social issues, elections, or politics, or related to health, pharmaceuticals or financial services.” This is so Meta can work on building “the right safeguards for the use of generative AI in ads that relate to potentially sensitive topics in regulated industries.” We’re probably going to see more sharp course corrections of this sort, as tech conglomerates start to spot problems churned up by their frantic race for AI relevance. I’m not sure why the proprietor of Facebook and Instagram, which are constantly struggling to rein in political disinformation, took a moment to figure out that this task would not be made easier by giving everyone tools to generate convincing fakes—but here we are. I can only imagine the cognitive dissonance going on within Google, which is giving people the means to generate faux copy while also trying to maintain a search engine that points users to useful, original content. Continued here How NBA star Damian Lillard turned a common foot injury into a sneaker business - CNBC    While playing college basketball at Weber State University, Damian Lillard suffered a broken bone in his right foot as a junior that kept him out of all but nine games of the 2010-2011 season. That was just one of the multiple foot injuries and issues like plantar fasciitis that Lillard, now an NBA All-Star point guard for the Portland Trailblazers, has dealt with over his playing career. Exacerbating issues related to his flat feet, Lillard said the injuries stemmed from the lack of support he was getting from the standard insoles found in basketball sneakers. That led Lillard, aided by a business proposal from his agent Nate Jones, to launch Move, a footwear insoles performance brand, something he believes not only can assist professional athletes like himself and those that aspire to reach that level but anyone who finds themselves on their feet often. Continued here Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium What was Ivanka Trump's job in Trump Organization? Her role explained - Newsweek    Hold us accountable by rating this article's fairness Ivanka Trump is expected to provide testimony in her father's fraud trial on Wednesday. New York Attorney General James is suing former President Donald Trump for $250 million, accusing him of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to obtain benefits such as better bank loans and reduced tax bills between 2011 and 2021. Trump maintains his innocence in the case, accusing prosecutors of targeting him for political purposes. The lawsuit is civil, not criminal, meaning he will not face jail time. Continued here Quilts That Keep You Up at Night - The New Yorker    Michael A. Cummings, a seventy-­seven-year-old quilt artist based in Harlem, is the only person he knows of who has slept beneath one of his works. “I have put my quilts on my bed when I was cold,” Cummings said the other day. “When I first got to New York, I was putting layers on top of me on the bed, and I couldn’t move, hardly, because it was so heavy. But I was warm.” Eventually, his mother and his sister told him about electric blankets. Over the years, he has made some quilts for friends with babies, but none made it into a crib. “One woman I know, she just put it on the side of the baby bed, and the baby looked at it,” he said. Cummings’s work typically hangs in galleries, museums, foundations, and embassies—the realm of art. The Whitney has exhibited quilts since 1971; more recently, A$AP Rocky wore a quilted blanket to the Met Gala, and the fashion designer Emily Bode has outfitted Harry Styles and Bad Bunny in quilted ­garments. Quilting, though, can conjure images of hot-glue guns, pipe cleaners, and old ­ladies at JOANN stores—the world of ­crafting. Cummings doesn’t like the classification. “I don’t think it should exist,” he said. “There shouldn’t be a division. It’s all art.” Cummings was standing in the back room of Hunter Dunbar Projects, a gallery in Chelsea that’s putting on his first retrospective, called “Storyteller.” He wore a red quarter-zip sweater and a hounds­tooth newsboy cap and led a tour of some of the pieces. Continued here

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