Wed. 1/13 - Pablo Escobar's Hippos Are Out of Control

Pablo Escobar’s pet hippos have multiplied and are ravaging part of Colombia’s capital. An AI that can create very impressive and artistic images from text commands. Maybe a little too impressive. And a discovery in England this week that could’ve been way worse.

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Links:

• Pablo Escobar's hippos are the world's largest invasive species (Washington Post)
• American Hippo by Sarah Gailey
• American Hippopotamus (Atavist Magazine)
• A radish in a tutu walking a dog? This AI can draw it really well (CNN)
• DALL·E: Creating Images from Text (OpenAI)
• 'Human foot' in Gateshead field turns out to be potato (BBC)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter