First case of person getting bird flu from cows confirmed

Scientists have confirmed that, for the very first time, a human has contracted the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus — not from a bird, but a dairy cow. thestar.com/news/first-cas…

'Real Simple' Makes Buying Real Simple: Magazine Launches Shoppable Issue With Pinterest featuring over 120 products mediapost.com/publications/a…

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😡😡😡😡😡Franklin County to eliminate school librarians next year cbs17.com/news/local-new…

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You can now search the web by uploading a video through Google Lens: It’s much easier to show a problem than to try and describe it in keywords, so Google’s AI will now let you do just that. theverge.com/2024/5/14/2415… theverge.com/2024/5/14/2415…

We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem / AI might be cool, but it’s also a big fat liar, and we should probably be talking about that more. Alex Cranz
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Google’s invisible AI watermark will help identify generative text and video: Google’s SynthID watermarking tool can already detect AI-generated images and audio, and now it encompasses more media. theverge.com/2024/5/14/2415… theverge.com/2024/5/14/2415…

PRH Canada & U.S. Literary Treasure, Alice Munro, Nobel Literature Laureate, Dies at 92 #TeamPRH global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/…

The North Star Fellowship is open to all Black, Brown, & Indigenous filmmakers + media artists worldwide. Selected fellows will gather for 1 wk in Maine for workshops, screenings, & excursions to gain new perspectives on the creative process. Deadline 6/3 pointsnorthinstitute.org/artist-program…

Google upgrades search engine with ‘AI Overviews’ – risks revenue drain for media companies: Google has unveiled a major overhaul to its search engine that uses AI-generated summaries to displace the links to news stories.  nypost.com/2024/05/14/bus… nypost.com/2024/05/14/bus…

Book Business AI Showcase: Shimmr and Pix
In the 2nd of a series of articles spotlighting book business–related AI startups, PW looks at Shimmr, an automated book advertising service, and Likewise's Pix, a chatbot and app that offers book recommendations publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di…

The Cases Against Book Bans: After a string of wins, potentially significant developments now loom in several key book-banning lawsuits. PW rounded up the status of some of the more closely watched book banning cases. publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

HT FutureOfStoryTelling How Perfectly Can Reality Be Simulated? Unreal Engine near-photorealistic graphics, real-world physics, interactive virtual humans,+ apps across film, architecture, & beyond. They study, scan, + simulate reality relentlessly newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

HT FutureOfStoryTelling Airbnb 'Icons' Brings Imagination to Life printmag.com/design-news/ai…

11 people are responsible for over 60% of book bans across the country.

70% of parents and community members are against book bans.

Banning books isn't a majority movement

Its fringe radicalism paid for by dark money PACs to control Americans

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