A discussion of recent news and events.
Clavister and NXP join forces to boost AI cybersecurity in automotive sector
Read original at Just Auto →<DIV><div><p>This partnership comes in the wake of new UN regulations that require heightened cybersecurity measures for vehicles. </p><p><span>March 28, 2025</span></p><!-- sarticle-actions start --><!-- .gdm-article-actions --> <!-- article-actions end --></div><div><div><figure><picture><source media="(min-width: 990px)" srcset="https://www.
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</p><!-- sponsored-whitepaper sponsored hidden sponsored-with-form --><p>This collaboration comes in the wake of new UN regulations that demand heightened cybersecurity measures for vehicles.</p><p>Utilising Clavister’s AI technology within NXP’s OrangeBox Automotive Connectivity Domain Controller Development Platform, the collaboration seeks to secure connected vehicles by preventing malware intrusions and enabling real-time detection of cyber threats into automotive subsystems.
</p><p>Clavister CEO John Vestberg said: “We are excited to be working with NXP Semiconductors, one of the most prominent leaders in the automotive industry, to explore how Clavister’s cutting-edge AI-based cybersecurity technology can be used to secure the connected vehicles of today and tomorrow.”</p><p>The integration of Clavister’s AI and machine learning capabilities with NXP’s i.
MX 9 platform is designed to identify denial-of-service attacks by analysing vehicle network traffic.</p><p>This move aims to fortify the security of next-generation vehicles against the increasing threat of cyberattacks.</p><p>NXP Semiconductors automotive edge processing, global product marketing, senior director Jim Bridgwater said: “With the increasing adoption of connected services, vehicles are more vulnerable to cyberattacks than ever.
</p><p>“This growing threat demands sophisticated cybersecurity solutions capable of identifying and preventing new attack vectors. Our collaboration with Clavister brings advanced AI-powered attack detection to the OrangeBox ecosystem, empowering automakers to build AI-driven telematics with robust security against cyber threats.
”</p><p>The urgency for enhanced cybersecurity in the automotive sector has been underscored by the introduction of UN Regulation No. 155 by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).</p><p>This regulation mandates cybersecurity management systems for vehicle manufacturers to protect against cyber risks throughout a vehicle’s lifecycle.
</p><p>In light of these regulatory pressures, automotive companies are actively seeking advanced cybersecurity solutions.</p><!-- sponsored-whitepaper sponsored hidden sponsored-with-form --><!-- Newsletter banner start --><!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href=""> --><!-- Newsletter banner end --></div></DIV>
Viral Studio Ghibli-style AI images showcase power – and copyright concerns – of ChatGPT update | CNN
Read original at CNN →<DIV><section data-editable="main" data-track-zone="main" data-reorderable="main"> <article data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/article/instances/cm8s5hizb004q2cp2dxfj3tce@published" role="main" data-drag-disable="true" data-unselectable="true" data-regwall-disabled="false" data-subscription-only="false" data-paywall-disabled="false"><section data-tabcontent="Content"><main><div data-editable="content" itemprop="articleBody" data-reorderable="content"><p><cite><span data-editable="location"></span><span data-editable="source">CNN</span> — </cite></p><p data-uri="cms.
cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s5hizb004p2cp22ax2culj@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">Just days after OpenAI launched its most advanced AI image generator to date, a social media trend imitating the work of Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli is demonstrating both the technology’s power and the copyright concerns it raises.
</p><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy00013b5vauido25o@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">The latest update to GPT-4o, released Tuesday, features many practical advancements, including more accurate text rendering and the ability to follow more detailed, complex prompts.
But it has also been trained at length on a “vast variety of image styles,” according to a post on OpenAI’s website, stunning users with its ability to generate still images and videos reminiscent of their favorite animations, from “South Park” to classic <a href="https://x.com/BennettWaisbren/status/1905247775190864381" target="_blank">claymation.
</a></p><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy00023b5v0i7mwj0j@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">But one style quickly flooded X and Instagram, as users of ChatGPT (and OpenAI’s text-to-video service, Sora) began emulating the work of beloved animation studio behind movies like “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle.
”</p><div data-editable="settings" data-url="https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/mmdspaw-ec001.jpg?c=original" data-original-width="2790" data-original-height="1508" data-original-ratio="0.5405017921146953" data-observe-resizes="" data-component-name="image" data-name="MMDSPAW_EC001.jpg" data-uri="cms.
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com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/mmdspaw-ec001.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill" alt="A still from 2001's "Spirited Away" of Haku (in dragon form) and Chihiro by Studio Ghibli." onload="this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')" onerror="imageLoadError(this)" height="1508" width="2790" loading="lazy"></picture></div><p data-uri="cms.
cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy00033b5vkx1qh4f2@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">Some recreated scenes from pop culture or politics in the Japanese company’s iconic style, including a <a href="https://x.com/PJaccetturo/status/1905151190872309907" target="_blank">reworked trailer</a> for “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” <a href="https://x.
com/timeimmemorial_/status/1905262678521582027" target="_blank">scenes</a> from “The Sopranos,” and Donald Trump and JD Vance’s heated real-life White House exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.</p><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy00043b5v3uathqhp@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">Unsurprisingly, some of the most viral posts put a Ghibli spin on popular memes, including the “<a href="https://x.
com/heyBarsee/status/1904891940522647662" target="_blank">distracted boyfriend</a>,” the “bro explaining” meme (pictured top) and the infamous image of <a href="https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1904915503505670246" target="_blank">Ben Affleck smoking</a>. Another viral X post depicted the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, <a href="https://x.
com/Jason/status/1905031350681321867" target="_blank">playing with cutlery</a> — an image based on the recent video of the billionaire balancing spoons during a dinner hosted by Trump in New Jersey.</p><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy00053b5vbtebwseu@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">Also widely shared, however, is a 2016 <a href="https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=ngZ0K3lWKRc" target="_blank">video</a> in which Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki describes AI-generated art as an “insult to life itself.” Miyazaki is known for his hand-drawn animation and painstaking frame-by-frame method.</p><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy00063b5v6yitjofr@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">“I am utterly disgusted,” he says in the video, responding to a video of a monster character generated using text prompts.
“If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it, but I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.”</p><div data-editable="settings" data-url="https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2014-11-09t120000z-1478189358-gm1eab91hqd01-rtrmadp-3-film-governorsaward.
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onload="this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')" onerror="imageLoadError(this)" height="1600" width="2096" loading="lazy"></picture></div><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy00073b5v1ba6gk48@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">OpenAI’s updated image generator has also prompted renewed discussions over the role of AI and art.
It comes just weeks after nearly 4,000 people <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/style/christies-ai-auction-open-letter-tan/index.html">signed an open letter</a> calling on Christie’s auction house to cancel a first-of-its-kind sale dedicated solely to AI art over concerns that the programs used to create some generative digital pieces are trained on copyrighted work and exploit human artists.
</p><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy00083b5vrrqh0b0f@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman made light of the trend on X, <a href="https://x.com/sama/status/1904921537884676398" target="_blank">joking</a> that after “a decade trying to help make superintelligence to cure cancer or whatever” it was Studio Ghibli images that had generated viral interest in his work.
</p><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy00093b5v50l0j2mv@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">“Mostly no one cares for first 7.5 years, then for 2.5 years everyone hates you for everything,” he wrote. “Wake up one day to hundreds of messages: ‘Look I made you into a twink Ghibli style haha’” Altman added, referring to a gay slang term for men who are young, boyish and slim.
</p><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm8s62yvy000a3b5vxfvc1mcb@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">As is often the case with AI-generated art, the images raise various copyright questions — not only around Studio Ghibli’s work but of the images being reimagined.
When CNN prompted ChatGPT to reproduce some of the Ghibli-style memes, the service refused, saying that ” the request didn’t follow our content policy.”</p><p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/footnote/instances/cm8s5j3uj00083b6mml77kjar@published" data-editable="text" data-article-gutter="true">CNN’s Jacqui Palumbo contributed to this story.
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GLOBALink | China leads the world in agricultural technology: Pakistani expert
Read original at Xinhua →<DIV><div datatype="content" data="datasource:20250326b58c44761c29477db4dd41cddf5728a0" id="detail"><p>A Pakistani agricultural expert has praised China for leading the world in agricultural technology, particularly in the use of AI, smart machinery, and other innovative solutions. #GLOBALink</p></div></DIV>
AI-Generated Art Gets Its Own Sleek Print Magazine
Read original at Forbes →The newly launched AI Art Magazine features artwork from around the world, including this image from ... [+] Irish conceptual artist Kevin Abosch.The AI Art MagazineArt made with artificial intelligence is ubiquitous online, appearing on platforms from Instagram and Reddit to websites hosting generative AI tools themselves.
Now, artists have a new and somewhat ironic outlet for showcasing their digital, algorithm-assisted creations: paper.A polished new print publication, The AI Art Magazine, focuses entirely on AI and art, as its name suggests. The first issue, which came out Dec. 6, spans 176 pages filled with artwork submitted in response to an international open call and selected by jurors — artists, graphic designers, technologists and one AI-generated judge named Xiaomi that looks part robot, part anime character.
The independently funded biannual magazine, which is published in Germany, costs 22 euros (roughly $22.95) and doesn’t include ads, at least not yet.“This project is fueled by pure passion and a shared vision to chart the course for the future of AI art,” reads a magazine mission statement. “It is a collective effort, driven by a community that dares to imagine, innovate and inspire.
”The cover of the magazine's inaugural issue features work by Japanese artist Emi Kusano, who shares ... [+] her approach to AI in an interview.The AI Art MagazineThe jurors include Boris Eldagsen, who turned down a prestigious photography award after revealing he’d generated the winning image with AI to provoke debate.
In brief blurbs, the judges share why they chose to feature particular works, while accompanying essays and interviews allow the creators to elaborate on their artistic process, what excites them about incorporating AI into their work and their views on its strengths, weaknesses and limitations.“It is a world-shaping technology that needs the voices of artists to engage with it critically and creatively, to ask where it might fail us and how it might better our lives,” artist Kevin Esherick says in a Q&A.
“The best way to understand these technologies is to work with them.”Esherick was just 20 when his older brother died, and it’s a loss he feels daily. The piece featured in the magazine, a hazy, dreamlike image of his late sibling, is part of his deeply personal series “I’m With You,” which imagines a world where his brother is still here to share in life’s moments.
The Brooklyn-based artist trained an AI model on pictures of his brother, then disrupted the image generation process, leaving only a cloudy imprint of his form. Esherick produced more than 100,000 images for the collection, then narrowed them down to 24, naming each after a song his brother loved or would have loved.
In “Especially in Michigan 2024,” seen in the magazine, it’s as if his deceased family member exists behind a veil, in another realm of consciousness.“For me, these pieces are reflections on grief and memory, absence and presence, joy and hope,” Esherick says. “They’re about possibility, what could’ve been, and what lives on.
”The magazine itself centers on what’s possible at a time when artists are grappling with what AI means for them, their futures and creativity on the whole. The inaugural issue includes 50 images in all, with the next issue scheduled for the summer.Essays and interviews allow a slect number of featured creators to elaborate on their artistic ...
[+] process and what excites them about incorporating AI.The AI Art MagazineIn “Multiple Sclerosis – Ataxia,” Sabine von Bassewitz tries to visually convey the experience of a relapse marked by spasticity and movement difficulties, not to mention emotional upheaval. The work depicts an artist sitting on the floor drawing with a disembodied hand while wearing a shoe on one arm.
“I find it very difficult to describe the symptoms verbally in a way that my listeners can understand,” the German photographer says in the magazine. “I often get the impression that even the neurologist treating me doesn’t fully understand even though she is very familiar with the subject. Midjourney, on the other hand, seems to understand me.
”‘AI Is A Reality And Will Not Disappear’In the past couple of years, AI has fundamentally transformed the art landscape as widely used generative tools like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and OpenAI’s Dall-E enable anyone to create images simply by inputting text prompts. This rapidly evolving field has sparked passionate, and often divisive, debate among creatives.
Some embrace machine learning as a tool that can steer them in weird and wonderful directions, while others are angry their work is being stolen from the internet to train AI datasets without credit or compensation. Many also fear it will steal their livelihoods.“I fully understand traditional artists' concerns,” Mike Brauner, the magazine’s publisher and co-founder, said in an email interview.
“However, you need to recognize that AI is a reality and will not disappear. We are at the very beginning of something groundbreaking, and I can only encourage every artist to familiarize themselves with the new possibilities.”ForbesGoogle Challenges Artists To Defy AI Cliches, With Striking ResultsBy Leslie KatzBrauner, founder of Hamburg-based creative agency Polardots Studio, co-founded the magazine alongside illustrator Christoph Grünberger, author of the book Age of Data: Embracing Algorithms in Art & Design, which focuses on the aesthetics and creativity of a new generation of designers turning to algorithm-supported tools.
The pair chose to produce the magazine with open-thread binding to contrast digitally created art with traditional bookmaking, “resulting in a striking homage to the fusion of modern technology and classic artistry.”While The AI Art Magazine is currently print-only, Brauner revealed plans to launch a companion online database where artists can display their work.
“We received an overwhelming number of submissions from 40 countries for our first open call,” he said, “and we really want to give those a stage to present themselves.”"We are at the very beginning of something groundbreaking," says Mike Brauner, publisher and ... [+] co-founder of the new biannual magazine.
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Apple Intelligence vs Google Gemini vs Galaxy AI: what are the differences?
Read original at PhoneArena →The past couple of years have been a wild ride in the tech world. Namely because AI became such a huge buzzword that everyone wants on that particular bandwagon. Google announced a few different AI projects — from Bard to DeepMind to Gemini (it’s all unified under the Gemini name now, thankfully), Samsung released its With all of these manufacturers and developers throwing AI features at us, most of which cover the same ground, it quickly becomes a confusing mess.
Which one does what, who has exclusive features, who does it best?Let’s take a step back, take a deep breath, and look at all the currently known features for Apple’s AI, Google’s Gemini, and Galaxy AI.We will be including the promised features as well — since Apple is still in the middle of rolling out the complete Apple Intelligence feature set.
We figured it’s better to throw them in as well, so we can have a clearer picture of which platform is going for what, even if it’s not quite there yet.Apple AI - No | Gemini - Yes | Galaxy AI - Yes Both the Google Pixel and Galaxy phones offer live translation on a call between a few of the bigger languages.
It's not flawless, but can be helpful in certain scenarios.Smart replyApple AI - Yes | Gemini - Yes | Galaxy AI - PartialThe language models can pretty accurately interpret what a message you have received is about, and then generate a more elaborate reply for you. Apple AI and Gemini do this in email and text, Galaxy AI currently only does if in the Messages app (texts).
Compose and rewrite textApple AI - Yes | Gemini - Yes | Galaxy AI - YesYou can have the AI arrange your text neatly, compose entire paragraphs, or change the tone and style of a piece of text. Apple’s AI can also call up the help of ChatGPT for longer, more elaborate, essay pieces. In any case, all three assistants here cover this feature.
Image-related AI features Generate imagesApple AI - Yes | Gemini - Yes | Galaxy AI - PartialApple has its own Image Playground, which generates animation-style images that generally aren’t… very diverse or usable. But, again, with ChatGPT baked into iOS 18, you can just ask it to generate more realistic images, or ones in different styles.
It’s worth noting that Apple also has the new “Genmoji”, which will specifically generate emoji-style images based on your image prompts. These are… met with lukewarm reception, as they kind of defeat the purpose of expressing yourself with emoji — the fun is in their limited numbers and trying to create different combinations and meanings.
Google’s Pixel Studio is also a bit better at making images out of thin air, but it’s still a bit limited — specifically, it will refuse to do human figures. Google also has the Emoji Lab, which will mix the characteristics of two emoji into one to create a sort of Franken-moji. These are a bit more fun than Genmoji.
Samsung’s AI can currently generate images from your own hand drawings, but doesn’t currently have the feature to make them from text prompts, nor emoji generators.Visual searchApple AI - Yes | Gemini - Yes | Galaxy AI - YesApple AI has the new Visual Intelligence feature — press and hold the Camera Control button and then you can use the viewfinder to either ask ChatGPT or Google what you are looking at.
Both Google and Samsung phones have Gemini with access to the camera, which works much like Visual Intelligence. There’s also Circle to Search, where you can perform an image search of anything you currently have on your screen.Magic eraserApple AI - Yes | Gemini - Yes | Galaxy AI - Yes This has been on Samsung and Google phones long before it was attributed to AI.
Magic Eraser is a “generative eraser” tool, meaning it will delete any object from a photo and try to generate the missing background, based on context around it. Apple now has the Clean Up tool in Photos, which does much the same. One can argue that Apple’s tool is a bit more “AI”, since it will immediately identify and suggest which objects you may wish to delete from a photo.
Auto crop out subject from a photoApple AI - Yes | Gemini - No | Galaxy AI - Yes Again, this has been around before the AI craze. Essentially, you can tap and hold on an object in a photo, and the software will “identify” its boundaries and allow it to “lift” it from the photo. Then, drag it to paste into another app, or generate a copy of that image with a transparent background.
It’s a pretty useful tool for making YouTube thumbnails, and has been available on iPhone and Galaxies for a couple of years now.Pixel exclusive: Photo Unblur, Reimagine, Add me, Magic EditorApple AI - no | Gemini - yes | Galaxy AI - noGoogle’s been working on image-related tricks for some years now.
The Photo Unblur feature will analyze and remove the blur from any picture in Photos. Even if you uploaded an old camera photo!Magic Editor allows you to rotate and change the positioning of a photo. If you end up moving outside the lines of the original photo, Magic Editor will try to generate more background, based on the image.
Reimagine can change entire subjects in a photo based on a text prompt. Like “Make the grass yellow” or “Make the sky cloudy”. Add me is a cool way to take a group picture without needing outside help. One person takes a photo of the group, then someone else steps in and directs the original photographer to take their spot in the frame.
The AI will stitch picture 2 with picture 1 to make the entire group look as if they were together at the same time.Some of these may come to other Android phones via a Photos update — Unblur is available, Magic Editor is in testing, and Reimagine may also be pushed at some point. But Add me, for example, is specifically a Pixel Camera feature.
General AI featuresContextual understanding and multi-layered commandsGoogle’s Gemini is the leader here. The conversational Gemini Live model is currently available, and in general, Gemini’s capabilities are comparable to ChatGPT’s. You can have Google’s assistant answer questions from the web, brainstorm or lead a conversation with you, or reach for limited information within apps and your account.
Apple’s Siri is supposedly getting a major overhaul this March, where it will also be able to follow conversations but also do complex, multi-layered tasks. Like pull information from one app to apply it to a query for another app. For the time being, we do have access to CharGPT, which is quite deep and elaborate, straight through Siri.
Bixby is currently lagging behind, but from what we know about One UI 7, which should be launching with the Galaxy S25, Samsung’s assistant should be getting a lot smarter. Apparently, it will be powered by Samsung’s own LLM model — Gauss — and Google’s Gemini. We’ll see how that pans out, but there are huge promises for a conversational style and multi-app operations.
Exclusive AI features right nowApple IntelligenceApple put a huge emphasis on re-doing how notifications are delivered with the help of AI. For one, messages that are more “important” will be automatically pushed to the top of your feed. Secondly, AI will be used to summarize long messages or chat strings, so you can get a better idea of what’s going on at a glance.
At least that’s the general idea. The execution is not quite there yet, with some summaries being pretty vague or funny.The same treatment has been applied to the Email app, where a new Priority tab will be filtered and summarized by AI.Google GeminiGoogle did a couple of unique moves with its AI implementation.
One is the new Screenshots app — any screenshots you ever take will be collected here, and AI image recognition will slap a few tags onto it. So, you can easily search for it later. Like “Phone number of plumbing service” or “Poster of a show with dates on it”.The other unique feature is in none other than the Weather app.
In the same spirit as summarizing a long article, Gemini will give you a quick recap of the weather forecast at the very top. Yeah, the level of usefulness here is arguable.Then, we have a slew of other smart Google features, which were released long before everything had “AI” on it, but definitely fall under the umbrella:Call screeningDirect my callHold for meClear CallingReserve with GoogleSamsung Galaxy AISamsung started off 2024 strong, with a slew of features in Galaxy AI.
However, by the end of the year, it’s definitely lacking in unique or distinct features. Of course, this should change in early 2025 — we’ll see if Samsung manages to cook up something new and different, which the competition does not yet have.
