How cruise ships became a catastrophe for the planet | It's ComplicatedCruising is booming – 2023 ticket sales have surpassed historic levels and 2024 has seen the launch of the largest cruise ship ever built. But as cruise tourism's popularity has increased, so have the pollution problems it brings. To customers, it may not be evident that any problems exist, since some cruise line companies claim to be becoming more climate-friendly. The truth can be quite different. Josh Toussaint...
Human or AI? The future of beauty standardsImages created by AI are getting exponentially better, to the point where many people are unable to separate them from the real thing. As this technology continues to develop, challenges to our perception of what is real are immense, and our trust in what we are seeing is eroded. These fake people are already changing industries such as modelling and marketing, but can they offer a more diverse reflection of humanity than has historically been a...