Welcome to Saturday, the middle of August, and in the States, August wants to remind us that the summer isn't over yet. As we continue to hydrate, we bring you Shouts from an artist who does magical things on a small tiny scale. The sunflowers are blooming in North Dakota and a brief history of the CAPT|CHA. Deepfakes are coming to music and a museum of toasters. That's a full day right there!

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Our favorite Shouts go to indie artists and stories about people, things, or sounds with unique traits or angles. Moss And Fogg, another repeat recommendation, found another one. A layout and spotlight of the artist Tatsuya Tanaka who creates miniature scenes using common items like a comb, a notebook, and even potato chips. It's another example of creative people being creative.

Moss And Fogg picked up a story on Colossal that dives a little deeper into Tanaka. The article says Tanaka creates one of these miniature scenes every day and has for years, the Colossal article was published in 2018, and at that time, Tanaka had created over 2,500 dioramas.

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As a resident of a state with a sunflower on the flag, I was surprised by this story about North Dakota and its magnificent Sunflower fields. Smithsonian has a story on sunflowers and the best time to see them; hint – the best time is now.

A quick read on The Hustle website is a story on the always annoying CAPTCHA you may have noticed is getting harder and harder to verify. As AI continues to beat CAPTCHAS, developers must create harder ones; the problem is that humans can't prove they are humans anymore. Sounds like a Skynet play from Terminator to me. 

From the 1950s and the Turing Test to the 2000s and the invention of Completely Automated Public Turing | Computers and Humans Apart. The new tests trying to outsmart the AI bots are coming with images and sounds to help reduce bots that fill things out online. In the race to solve problems using AI, how many will AI be able to beat?

The Financial Times reported, and Chorus shared the story of the start of talks between Google and Universal Music. Navigating the tricky path between licensing rights, compensation, and what is considered a "Deepfake" is going to be a mountain to climb, with or without the CAPTCHA⁉️

New Tune - Artist to Watch - One of a kind Mix.

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!

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