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Microsoft releases MAI-Image-2, ranked #3 on the text-to-image Arena leaderboard behind models from Google and OpenAI, available in the MAI Playground (Jose Antonio Lanz/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/361791/microsoft-mai-image-2-text-image-model-review

Microsoft Launches MAI-Image-2 Text-to-Image Model—And It's Better Than Expected
Microsoft's AI image generator offers impressive realism and text rendering, but strict content limits and 1:1-only output hold it back.

Generative "AI" has no idea what it is doing, a story in four images.
The first image is my original drawing (a Venn diagram) with a white background. The second is the same image after I removed the background using GIMP, i.e., made the background layer transparent. The third image is an effort by the "AI system" that is offered as part of my Wordpress setup to create a transparent background. In fact, it has created a new background that is a grey and white grid, a…

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Le télétravail améliore légèrement la productivité, selon l’Insee
https://www.lemonde.fr/emploi/article/2026/05/20/le-teletravail-ameliore-legerement-la-productivite-selon-l-ins…

Le télétravail améliore légèrement la productivité, selon l’Insee
Les entreprises qui ont augmenté et maintenu la part de salariés télétravailleurs après le Covid-19 ont vu leur productivité augmenter d’un point, conclut une étude publiée le mardi 19 mai par l’organisme français. L’amélioration des conditions de travail et du management sont des facteurs d’explication déterminants.

“When you care about animals, it breaks your heart when the law requires you to do this.” - Former Lab Worker #AnimalRights

TOXICITY.inc—End Animal Toxicity Testing
Lab workers are sounding the alarm on animal toxicity testing. See the evidence. Act now.

New single 'Spitting Image' by NYC's TARANEH has kind of a Portishead meets Elastica, Breeders, or Veruca Salt kinda feel, so obviously, I love it.
https://taraneh.bandcamp.com/track/spitting-image
Iranian-American singer/songwriter Taraneh Azar is behind this…

Dank zwei Zufällen: Hubble fotografiert unerwartet zerbrechenden Kometen
Nur weil das eigentliche Beobachtungsziel nicht ins Visier genommen werden konnte, hat Hubble einen anderen Kometen fotografiert – mit spektakulärem Ergebnis.

Bridge Owner Donated $1 Million to MAGA Inc. PAC Before Trump Blasted New Span (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/politics/trump-canada-bridge-maga-inc-donation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N1A.4KG5.HBGmw-AuX3-V&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260220/p140#a260220p140

Adobe launches Firefly Custom Models in public beta, letting users train AI image generators on their own assets; the custom models are private by default (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/897243/adobe-firefly-ai-custom-models-ima…

Adobe’s AI image generator can now be trained on your own art
Adobe is launching customizable AI image generators that can mimic specific artistic styles and character designs.

Engo3: Smarte Sportbrille mit Display verzichtet auf Kamera, Mikro und KI
Die neue engo3 blendet Leistungswerte direkt ins Sichtfeld ein. Auf Kameras, Mikros und KI verzichtet sie allerdings komplett.

„Elden Ring“-Film kommt 2028 in die Kinos
Die Verfilmung des Videospiels „Elden Ring“ beginnt in diesem Frühjahr. Ins Kino soll der Film erst 2028 kommen – unter anderem mit Nick Offerman.
https://www.…