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Pablo Escobar’s pet hippos have multiplied and are ravaging part of Colombia’s capital. An AI that can create very impressive and artistic images from text commands. Maybe a little too impressive. And a discovery in England this week that could’ve been way worse.
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Pablo Escobar's hippos are the world's largest invasive species (Washington Post) American Hippo by Sarah Gailey American Hippopotamus (Atavist Magazine) A radish in a tutu walking a dog? This AI can draw it really well (CNN) DALL·E: Creating Images from Text (OpenAI) 'Human foot' in Gateshead field turns out to be potato (BBC) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter