Tag: Arrested
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Russian Archaeologist Arrested in Poland Amid Ukraine Probe Into Crimean Excavations
A senior archaeologist at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has been arrested in Poland at the request of Ukrainian authorities, according to The Art Newspaper, who are seeking his extradition over alleged illegal excavations carried out in Crimea. Alexander Butyagin, who heads the Hermitage’s department focused on ancient archaeology of the northern Black read more
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Alaska College Student Arrested for Eating AI Artwork Speaks Out: ‘AI Chews up and Spits out Art’ Made By Other People.’
The University of Alaska Fairbanks undergraduate arrested earlier this week for eating an AI-generated artwork on view in an MFA exhibition has since addressed his controversial meal. Graham Granger, a student in the school’s film and performing arts program, was charged Wednesday with class B misdemeanor criminal mischief for tearing up a set of Polaroids read more
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Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest
Artists and other creative people (not to mention, ahem, journalists) have been deeply concerned about the way that their work has been hoovered up by tech companies to fuel artificial intelligence–powered image and text generators. In 2023, several digital artists filed a class action lawsuit targeted at Stability AI, Midjourney, and the image-sharing platform DeviantArt, read more
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Four Additional Suspects Arrested in Connection to Louvre Museum Heist
Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last month, USA Today reported. Two men and two women between the ages of 31 and 40 were arrested on Tuesday and are being questioned, according to statements made by French prosecutors on Tuesday. read more
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