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There are many enduring mysteries to the human condition: Why are we here? Who made the universe? And, most importantly, could the Mona Lisa rap?Microsoft has announced a new artificial intelligence technology called VASA-1, which can turn a photo of someone’s face and a short clip of their voice into a lifelike computer-powered video. And thanks to this breakthrough, the company was able to create a lifelike video of Leonardo da Vinci’s famed painting, the Mona Lisa, performing actress Anne Hathaway’s viral 2011 rap, Paparazzi.Microsoft just dropped VASA-1.This AI can make single image sing and talk from audio reference expressively.…

For the Tomahawk Leader MADISON – Tomahawk High School (THS) student Rachael Reilly placed third in the cosmetology competition at the SkillsUSA Wisconsin Leadership and Skills Conference in Madison last week.  Joss James of Mineral Point High School finished in first place, while Elkhorn Area High School’s Judy Rodrigues took second. First-place finishers in numerous categories will compete at the 2024 National SkillsUSA Championships in Atlanta, Ga., in June. Reilly. Photo courtesy of Logan Rudis. The 51st annual event featured more than 1,500 middle school, high school and college/post-secondary students participating in over 80 skilled and technical trades competitions. “Founded…

After months of bringing in less than $100 a day, Audrey Finocchiaro and her then-boyfriend Sam Lancaster were close to walking away from their coffee cart.They built the wooden cart with bicycle tires and a kickstand in her parents’ basement in 2016, maxing out her credit card’s $1,500 limit to afford materials, and called it The Nitro Cart. That summer, they took it to any event that would take them, from sheep shearing events to farmers markets across Rhode Island, serving small batches of nitrogen-infused cold brew.”Sam and I had been popping up every day together, and when you’re not…

Today’s live coverage has ended, but there’s still plenty to catch up on. Follow Tuesday’s live coverage as testimony resumes.David Pecker was called as the first witness in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial following opening statements Monday. For the first time in history, prosecutors presented a criminal case against a former American president to a jury, accusing Trump of a scheme to prevent damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. Here’s what to know: What the case is about: Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to bury stories…

Staff from the Office of Innovation and Economic Development will be sharing their expertise during the Marketing Unleashed workshop and are always available to assist the region’s small businesses in a wide variety of ways. (Photo by Russell Bailey) August 16, 2023 Small businesses can sign up now for no-cost marketing workshop by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Operating a successful business in today’s world requires successful marketing strategies. To help, the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is offering Marketing Unleashed, creative strategies for small businesses on Aug. 28. Organizers say this is the region’s…

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Bulgaria holds the 15th spot worldwide in terms of average salaries for individuals engaged in freelance professions, boasting an average wage of $148. Freelancing is a contractual profession where individuals, known as “freelancers,” leverage their skills and expertise to offer services to various clients, rather than being formally employed by a single organization. A recent study conducted by software company Bookipi, utilizing data from the Upwork platform, delved into the realm of freelance rates across 40 different nations. The investigation aimed to uncover the average compensation received by freelancers across various services such as logo design, video editing, and data…

LLMs such as ChatGPT might just be the next cybersecurity worry, according to the latest findings by researchers. Previously believed to only be able to exploit simpler cybersecurity vulnerabilities, LLMs have shown a surprisingly high proficiency in exploiting complex ones as well. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) found that GPT-4 demonstrates a scarily high proficiency in exploiting ‘one-day’ vulnerabilities in real-world systems. In a dataset of 15 such vulnerabilities, GPT-4 was capable of exploiting an alarming 87% of them. This is a striking contrast to other language models like GPT-3.5, OpenHermes-2.5-Mistral-7B, and Llama-2 Chat (70B), as well as vulnerability…