Wednesday, August 28, 2024

China and the Olympic Success

China's performance in 2024 Paris's Olympic was spectacular. 

Table tennis, diving, swimming and tennis contributed to the gold medals won.

The article here offers some insights into how China achieved Olympic success. Population, geographic diversity and funding are key factors, among others.














Image credit - West Central Tribune
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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Detecting AI Image Fakery

Look for  missing fingers, garbled text and unlikely architecture are some of the clues in identifying AI fake image, according to this article.

https://tech.co/news/ways-detect-ai-images-examples article

   Image from the article above. An example of garbled text.

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