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The morning started with a message from a friend: “I used your photos to train my local version of Midjourney. I hope you don't mind”, followed up with generated pictures of me wearing a flirty steampunk costume.I did in fact mind. I felt violated. Wouldn't you? I bet Taylor Swift did when deepfakes of her hit the internet. But is the legal status of my face different from the face of a celebrity? Your facial information is a unique form of personal sensitive information. It can identify you. Intense profiling and mass…

Emotions-in-the-LoopExploring the Legal Framework for Emotion in Emotion Recognition TechImage by Comuzi / © BBC / Better Images of AI / Mirror D / CC-BY 4.0Recently I have started writing the series Emotions-in-the-Loop, where in the pilot (“Analyzing the Life of (Scanned) Jane”) I imagined an ultimate personal assistant interconnected with various personal devices and equipped with multiple emotion recognition systems. The reasons I wrote the first admittedly very sci-fi-like essay were:Having some fun before tangling…

A Texas judge ruled Thursday that a Houston-area school district legally punished 18-year-old student Darryl George, who was suspended multiple times for wearing his hair in locs. Administrators at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu removed George from class on August 31, citing a dress code that limits the length of boys’ hair and has made him serve either in-school suspension or participate in a disciplinary program off campus since that time. George’s legal team said that the student’s punishment over…

James Gunn won’t direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 4. (Picture Credit: Facebook) James Gunn gave the Marvel Cinematic Universe 3 enjoyable Guardians of the Galaxy movies to cherish forever. The director presented some underdogs of the Marvel world in the most fascinating imaginable ways. His films had a fantastic ensemble cast consisting of Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillen, Pom Klemetieff, Vin Diesel as Groot (voice acting), and Bradley Cooper as Rocket (voice acting). In 2023, James directed…

“Draw the Law” analysis. Credit: The Law Teacher (2023). DOI: 10.1080/03069400.2023.2282860 Most Year 5 children will know little about the law and their rights, yet at the stroke of midnight on their 10th birthday, they become criminally responsible in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. With this in mind, and drawing inspiration from Channel 4's…

On July 25, 2021, Pedro Huertas, an American doctor trying to cross from Canada into the U.S. at the Highgate Springs border crossing in Vermont, told a border guard he was bringing one $2,000 stone statue with him.  He was lying. A search of his vehicle revealed nine bubble-wrapped packages of various sizes, one of them long and thin, others small, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. court. When border guards asked Huertas what was inside, he and his wife would not respond to their questions.Three of the…

Right now, YouTube has a massive task on its hands. It has to simultaneously provide generative AI tools for creators to create media and police AI-generated media so that it doesn’t infringe on copyright. A huge example of YouTube’s struggle is the song “Heart On My Sleeve”, a song using AI-generated vocals from The Weeknd and Drake. Well, YouTube is working on AI music tools that will let people clone notable artists; the catch is that it will be legal this time. What most people don’t realize is that whenever someone…

Image via Soap2Day Pirating services like Soap2Day have become more prevalent in recent years, but following the site shut down many people are looking for new ways to stream their favorite content for free. Rather than going down a pirating rabbit hole, here are 10 safe, free, and legal alternatives. YouTube Image via YouTube YouTube offers an array of movies for free with ads on their site. While some movies require payment or subscription, films like I, Robot, How to Train Your Dragon, and The Perks of Being…

The arrival of music streaming services has given us access to tens of millions of songs at the click of a button or the tap of a finger—almost all the tunes in history ready and waiting to be streamed on demand. There’s more choice than ever before, and all for around $10 or so a month, depending on the service you choose.Video Chat - From Sci-Fi to Sci-FactYou don’t have to pay, though: There’s also more music available for free than ever before. In fact, you could easily fill the rest of your days listening to music…

Photo via Marvel Studios With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at long last making its Disney Plus debut, Marvel fans are revisiting the stunning superhero sequel all over again. And among all the other benefits of having the movie on streaming, it’s allowing them to thirst over the film’s villain from the comfort of their own home. Namor the Sub-Mariner (Tenoch Huerta) instantly made a big impact on folks with his long-awaited MCU arrival, so obviously the hope is high that he’ll return before long. Naturally,…