This week, the Trump administration launched a technique for bettering the well being and well-being of American youngsters. The report was titled—you guessed it—Make Our Kids Wholesome Once more. It suggests American youngsters must be consuming extra healthily. And they need to be getting extra train.
However there’s a evident omission. The main reason for loss of life for American youngsters and youngsters isn’t ultraprocessed meals or publicity to some chemical. It’s gun violence.
This week’s information of but extra high-profile shootings at faculties within the US throws this disconnect into even sharper aid. Consultants imagine it’s time to deal with gun violence within the US as what it’s: a public well being disaster. Learn the complete story.
—Jessica Hamzelou
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How do AI fashions generate movies?
It’s been a giant yr for video era. Within the final 9 months OpenAI made Sora public, Google DeepMind launched Veo 3, and the video startup Runway launched Gen-4. All can produce video clips which are (nearly) unattainable to differentiate from precise filmed footage or CGI animation.
The draw back is that creators are competing with AI slop, and social media feeds are filling up with faked information footage. Video era additionally makes use of up an enormous quantity of vitality, many occasions greater than textual content or picture era.
With AI-generated movies in all places, let’s take a second to speak concerning the tech that makes them work. Learn the complete story.
—Will Douglas Heaven
