PARIS — Was the Balenciaga coat a wakeup call?
After a photo-realistic image of Pope Francis wearing a white puffer coat from the brand caused an online frenzy earlier this week, Elon Musk, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, and Skype cofounder Jaan Tallinn signed an open letter calling for corporations to curb their development of artificial intelligence.
They were among the many tech leaders stating that the rapidly evolving systems pose “profound risks to society and humanity.”
As unlikely because it could seem that the pope could be dressed by Demna, when the Midjourney-generated AI image went viral, most individuals couldn’t tell that it was fake. It was the primary time many became aware of AI’s capabilities, and left the general public to grapple...
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