Deepfakes in the Sky is my new band name.
Google paused AI-generated satellite imagery after journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts raised alarms about #deepfakes in the sky — one called the potential for abuse and #disinfo "literally boundless." https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5914652/google-adds-ai-to-satellite-images-raising-fears-of-deepfakes-in-the-sky #ai #dystopia
This is awesome for accessibility, but I'm immediately wondering what all I could do with it to make music, discrete communication, heads-up displays… more tongue dexterity for everyone. https://www.augmental.tech/ #accessibility #assistivetech #sf
RE: https://mastodon.social/@booknotification/117015791420402774
I want to boost this, but also feel like I shouldn't boost this.
The EU is making AI labels compulsory for content designed to look real — images, audio, text.
Didn't know Google was doing this already: SynthID, launched in 2023, has put an invisible watermark on more than 100 billion images and 60,000 years' worth of audio so people can check if something's AI-generated. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/31/ai-labels-to-be-compulsory-on-authentic-looking-content-under-eu-rules
Chongqing Punk Says Anything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AmbJvIjWO4 #cyberpunk
In reply to @james.
Neuromancer illustrations by Billy Norrby, from the 2021 Suntup special edition. https://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/1vaomsk/neuromancer_illustrations_by_billy_norrby/ #cyberpunk
Peter Dinklage as the Wicker Wizard. I'm in. WICKER trailer, 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjVMQ4TdPFc #basketweaving
I love these. #Painter Jean Despujols (1886–1965), via Shiny Squirrel Dispatch. https://substack.com/@theshinysquirrel/note/c-294035086 #reading
I love that KOReader breathes life into older Kindles that Amazon keeps trying to kill off https://koreader.rocks/ #eink #reading