Disney and Universal lawsuit may be killing blow in AI copyright wars

Minions are characters in films produced by Universal Pictures Cinematic/Alamy Disney and Universal have filed a lawsuit against AI image generator Midjourney alleging mass copyright infringement that enables users to create images that “blatantly incorporate and copy Disney’s and Universal’s famous characters”. The action could be a major turning point in the legal battles over…

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Patrick McDowell links with Sparxell to showcase plant-based sustainable pigments

Patrick McDowell, the London-based designer known for his sustainable luxury designs, has announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Sparxell. Sparxell is a nature-inspired colour platform technology company that creates biodegradable colourants free from plastic and toxic chemicals using plant-based cellulose.  It’s actually the first company to create 100% plant-based biodegradable pigments using natural cellulose and at…

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US military wants to grow giant biological structures in space

DARPA envisions growing structures hundreds of metres long Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo The US military is brainstorming ways to build large structures in space, from telescope antennas to elevator tethers. By growing these objects in microgravity using biological organisms, they hope to avoid the costly and painstaking process of launching components from…

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Startup ForSight Robotics That Makes Robots For Cataract Surgery Raises $125 Million In Second-Largest Fundraise For A Surgical Robotics Firm

ForSight Robotics founders (left to right) Daniel Glozman, Joseph Nathan and Moshe Shoham ForSight Robotics Millions of people get cataract surgery every year. What if a robot could do it better than humans? Cataract surgery is one of the world’s most common medical procedures, with more than 4 million of them done each year in…

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Black holes could act as natural supercolliders — and help uncover dark matter

As federal funding cuts impact decades of research, scientists could turn to black holes for cheaper, natural alternatives to expensive facilities searching for dark matter and similarly elusive particles that hold clues to the universe’s deepest secrets, a new Johns Hopkins study of supermassive black holes suggests. The findings could help complement multi-billion-dollar expenses and…

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