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New "vibe coded" AI translation tool splits the video game preservation community

Gaming Alexandria faced backlash for using AI-assisted machine translations of historical gaming documents, with critics arguing the inaccurate translations damage credibility, while supporters contend AI tools are necessary to make hundreds of thousands of untranslated pages searchable.

Photography

fromwww.theguardian.com

5 days ago

Negatives are photographic truths': the collector who fled Russia with a haul of second world war images

A photojournalist collects 35,000 World War II negatives to preserve authentic, undistorted historical documentation of the war from multiple nations.

fromLos Angeles Times

40 years ago

Daughter Traces Builder's Role at Hearst Castle

He was flamboyant, all right. But he was much more than that. He was an extremely colorful personality and a close friend of The Chief (Hearst). His input went beyond that of the builder and overlapped into the interior design and even in the choice of furnishings.

History

LA real estate

fromLos Angeles Times

38 years ago

Only in Laguna : From Cottages to Castles, Area's Architecture Is Unique

Karen Wilson Turnbull documents Laguna Beach's architectural history from the 1880s to 1940s through pen-and-ink renderings in her self-published book featuring diverse architectural styles.

UK news

fromwww.standard.co.uk

3 weeks ago

Grenfell families launch legal fight to save staircase wall that bears haunting handprints

Families of Grenfell Tower fire victims are pursuing legal action after the government denied their request to preserve handprints and markings left by residents on stairwell walls during the 2017 disaster.