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MAI-Image-1: Microsofts erster eigener Bildgenerator
Der Bildgenerator MAI-Image-1 von Microsoft hat seinen ersten Auftritt in der LMArena gemacht.
https://www.heise.de/news/MAI-Image-1-Mi…

Microsoft unveils MAI-Image-1, its first text-to-image AI model developed in house, and says it excels at photorealistic imagery, like lighting and landscapes (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/798923/microsoft-ai-image-generator-in-house…

Microsoft AI announces first image generator created in-house
Microsoft AI announced a new text-to-image generator developed in-house.

🏈 How name, image, and likeness policies boost college football's competitive balance
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How name, image, and likeness policies boost college football's competitive balance
A study published in Management Science challenges conventional wisdom about name, image, and likeness (NIL) policies in college football, demonstrating they actively enhance competitive balance and broaden opportunities for athletes.

Work Function Mapping Across a-In2Se3 to {\alpha}-In2Se3 to {\gamma}-InSe in RF-Sputtered Thin Films
Marius O. Eji, Md. Sakauat Hasan Sakib, Joseph P. Corbett
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08767

Work Function Mapping Across a-In2Se3 to α-In2Se3 to γ-InSe in RF-Sputtered Thin Films
Indium selenide is a phase-change chalcogenide whose polymorphism enables a variety of physical properties to be tuned. Here we directly quantify the evolution of the surface work function across the amorphous-to-crystalline transition in RF-sputtered In2Se3 thin films grown on c-plane Al2O3 (001). By varying deposition temperature (100-500 °C) and film thickness, we establish processing windows for a- In2Se3, α-In2Se3, and γ-InSe, and correlate structure with electronic and morphological pr…

SynthID-Image: Image watermarking at internet scale
Sven Gowal, Rudy Bunel, Florian Stimberg, David Stutz, Guillermo Ortiz-Jimenez, Christina Kouridi, Mel Vecerik, Jamie Hayes, Sylvestre-Alvise Rebuffi, Paul Bernard, Chris Gamble, Mikl\'os Z. Horv\'ath, Fabian Kaczmarczyck, Alex Kaskasoli, Aleksandar Petrov, Ilia Shumailov, Meghana Thotakuri, Olivia Wiles, Jessica Yung, Zahra Ahmed, Victor Martin, Simon Rosen, Christopher Sav\v{c}ak, Armin Senoner, Nidhi Vyas, Pushmeet Kohli

SynthID-Image: Image watermarking at internet scale
We introduce SynthID-Image, a deep learning-based system for invisibly watermarking AI-generated imagery. This paper documents the technical desiderata, threat models, and practical challenges of deploying such a system at internet scale, addressing key requirements of effectiveness, fidelity, robustness, and security. SynthID-Image has been used to watermark over ten billion images and video frames across Google's services and its corresponding verification service is available to trusted test…

Echo-4o: Harnessing the Power of GPT-4o Synthetic Images for Improved Image Generation
Junyan Ye, Dongzhi Jiang, Zihao Wang, Leqi Zhu, Zhenghao Hu, Zilong Huang, Jun He, Zhiyuan Yan, Jinghua Yu, Hongsheng Li, Conghui He, Weijia Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09987

Echo-4o: Harnessing the Power of GPT-4o Synthetic Images for Improved Image Generation
Recently, GPT-4o has garnered significant attention for its strong performance in image generation, yet open-source models still lag behind. Several studies have explored distilling image data from GPT-4o to enhance open-source models, achieving notable progress. However, a key question remains: given that real-world image datasets already constitute a natural source of high-quality data, why should we use GPT-4o-generated synthetic data? In this work, we identify two key advantages of syntheti…

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
An interesting survival mechanism of zooplankton is the production of resistant resting or diapause eggs. Calanoid and harpacticoid copepods, rotifers, and cladocerans (as ephippia) do this when conditions are poor due to overcrowding, predation, drought, or water quality. These eggs can hatch after decades or even centuries in an egg bank. This helps to explain …

LineageOS 23 auf Basis von Android 16 ist fertig
Das Custom-ROM LineageOS 23 auf Basis von Android 16 für über 100 Geräte ist fertig. Die Entwickler gehen im Zuge der Ankündigung mit Google ins Gericht.
https://www.…

Zero-shot image privacy classification with Vision-Language Models
Alina Elena Baia, Alessio Xompero, Andrea Cavallaro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09253 https://

Zero-shot image privacy classification with Vision-Language Models
While specialized learning-based models have historically dominated image privacy prediction, the current literature increasingly favours adopting large Vision-Language Models (VLMs) designed for generic tasks. This trend risks overlooking the performance ceiling set by purpose-built models due to a lack of systematic evaluation. To address this problem, we establish a zero-shot benchmark for image privacy classification, enabling a fair comparison. We evaluate the top-3 open-source VLMs, accor…