Monthly Archives: October 2022

These are the astounding winners of the Siena International Photo Awards 2022

The winners of the Siena International Photo Awards have been announced, with a number of images selected from thousands of photos submitted by photographers from 140 countries.  It celebrates the works of all manner of photographs in categories that include nature, architecture, street photography and more. The winning images are being exhibited in Siena, Italy…

How to create a RealMoji

Lost for words on how to react to your friend’s latest BeReal? Try sending a RealMoji instead. Here’s how to create one in just a few taps.  For those out of the loop, BeReal is a social network that encourages you to share a spontaneous photo of whatever you’re up to with your friends at a…

This retreat led to an award-winning research proposal

Editor’s note:Google’s Computer Science Education Research (CS-ER) awardsprovide one year of funding for scientific research and pilot-stage ideas focused on improving CS learning and teaching. Today’s post is authored by Dr. Ain Grooms and Dr. Stefanie Marshall, whose research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education received a 2022 CS-ER award. Learn more about…

Get ready for the next generation of AI

To receive The Algorithm in your inbox every Monday, sign up here. Welcome to the Algorithm!  Is anyone else feeling dizzy? Just when the AI community was wrapping its head around the astounding progress of text-to-image systems, we’re already moving on to the next frontier: text-to-video.  Late last week, Meta unveiled Make-A-Video, an AI that generates…