Software engineer creates classic SimCity-style map of NYC—and argues that AI will be good for creatives, actually

Isometric NYC is the one-man effort of Andy Coenen, attempting to render all of New York City in an isometric pixel art style distinctly reminiscent of the SimCity series. But rather than laboriously ...
GitHub

Neural Graphics Model Gym

Please be aware that this is a beta release. Beta means that the product may not be functionally or feature complete. At this early phase the product is not yet expected to fully meet the quality, ...
GitHub

HOSIG: Full-Body Human-Object-Scene Interaction Generation with Hierarchical Scene Perception

Hello everyone, thanks for your patience. HOSIG has now been accepted by AAAI 2026. Related code and data will be released gradually over the next three months. Please stay tuned. 📢 6/Jan/26 - The ...
The New York Times

Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Without Their Eyes

Mr. Gourault is a filmmaker. He interviewed online workers from Venezuela, Kenya and the Philippines who annotate images to train A.I. systems. How does a machine learn to read the world? The data ...
The New York Times

He Is Being Sued in the U.S. for Human Rights Abuses. He Could be Deported First.

Rafael Quero Silva faces a lawsuit brought by five people who say he oversaw their abuse and mistreatment as a military officer in Venezuela. But he could be deported before the case is heard. By ...