Meta develops AI to bring children's drawings to life

Meta (formerly Facebook) researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can identify and automatically animate the human-like figures in children's drawings with a high success rate, and without any human guidance. https://ift.tt/3GYFybR

A look at Russia's efforts to censor Western social media with fines and takedown requests, as most posts Russia wanted removed in 2021 were pro-Navalny content (BBC)

BBC:
A look at Russia's efforts to censor Western social media with fines and takedown requests, as most posts Russia wanted removed in 2021 were pro-Navalny content  —  Google and Meta face the threat of multi-million-dollar fines for failing to delete content that the Russian government considers illegal …

Technology can play key role in taking education to last mile: VP Venkaiah Naidu

Naidu said there is a need for a value-based transformation in the education system, as envisioned in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. https://ift.tt/3p6M6yK

Sources: China is expanding its practice of taking minority stakes in private Chinese tech companies to include firms possessing large amounts of key data (Reuters)

Reuters:
Sources: China is expanding its practice of taking minority stakes in private Chinese tech companies to include firms possessing large amounts of key data  —  The Chinese government has been expanding its practice of taking minority stakes in private companies beyond those specialising …

Corellium, which makes Android and iOS virtualization software, over which it is being sued by Apple, raises a $25M Series A from Cisco Investments and others (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Corellium, which makes Android and iOS virtualization software, over which it is being sued by Apple, raises a $25M Series A from Cisco Investments and others  —  None of the funds from Paladin Capital and Cisco Investments will be going on Corellium's copyright fight with Apple, as the startup looks to expand.

TikTok to tweak its algorithm to avoid problematic content

Short video platform TikTok has announced that it is changing 'For You Page' algorithm to "avoid showing users too much of the same content". https://ift.tt/32eRrLm