From the Editor’s Desk: What We’ve Lost ⭐

The personal technology industry, now run by some of the worst human beings on earth, was started by dreamers.
IEEE

Self-Training Large Language Models for Improved Visual Program Synthesis With Visual Reinforcement

Abstract: Visual program synthesis is a promising approach to ex-ploit the reasoning abilities of large language models for compositional computer vision tasks. Previous work has used few-shot ...
BBC

Ireland launches world first scheme to provide basic income for artists

The Basic Income for the Arts programme follows a pilot scheme launched to help the arts sector recover after Covid-19 Artists based in the Republic of Ireland could be paid €325 (£283) a week by the ...
The Guardian

Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent

When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows Ireland is creating a scheme that will give artists a weekly income in the hope of ...