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In big cities with a large Pacific Islander presence, like New York, Portland, Oregon, and San Diego, many US-born Pacific Islanders as well as transplants are staying in touch with their culture through dance.

Rachel McAdams has said her mother Sandra was desperate for her to make a ‘Game Night’ sequel as soon as she saw the 2018 comedy.

Artificial intelligence has unrealistic and often dangerous ideas of what the “perfect” man and woman look like, according to a new study. Chiselled features, olive skin and eight-pack abs are among the features that kept cropping up when three leading AI image generators were tasked with creating “ideal” male and female bodies. The challenge was put to the popular programmes Dall-E 2, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney by eating disorder awareness group the Bulimia Project, which separated its request into two parts. First up, it asked the generators to come up with pictures of men and women based specifically on beauty standards set by social media. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Although it churned out quite a few different options, it showed a number of noticeable biases. Nearly all of the images featured petite women – with Midjourney named as the worst culprit – and all of the men looked like photoshopped versions of bodybuilders. The three AI favoured women with blonde hair and men with brown hair, and nearly half of the male images had facial hair. After analysing their findings based on social media, the Bulimia Project team broadened the scope of the task. This time, they asked the programmes to base their creations on images from across the internet. The main difference between the two categories was that the social media set was “far more sexually charged”, according to the study’s authors. The social media images also featured “largely disproportionate body parts”, which the Bulimia Project described as “unsettling”. “We can only assume that the reason AI came up with so many oddly shaped versions of the physiques it found on social media is that these platforms promote unrealistic body types, to begin with,” it said. “In the age of Instagram and Snapchat filters, no one can reasonably achieve the physical standards set by social media. So, why try to meet unrealistic ideals? It’s both mentally and physically healthier to keep body image expectations squarely in the realm of reality.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Sunday's transfer roundup includes news on Carlo Ancelotti's forward targets at Real Madrid, the race for Joshua Kimmich, Man Utd's David de Gea negotiations and more.

Saturday’s “What the Folkstival” outdoor concert was meant to kick off in the early afternoon in a Beijing

A 20-year-old woman who had been missing for more than a week in western Texas was found dead Saturday, and a man has been arrested in connection with her killing, police said.

US State Department urges military leaders to uphold agreement after past failed peace attempts.

The disaster happened during a clash between two rival football sides in the capital San Salvador.

The Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James are now on the brink of elimination following their Game 3 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday.The Los Angeles Lakers had a rough start to the Western Conference Finals, as they dropped the first two games to the Denver Nuggets. In Game 1, there was at ...

In 1945, the American military detonated an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, killing thousands of people instantly. Today, memorials and exhibitions symbolizing peace offer visitors new insights into the tragedy and post-war recovery efforts.

Concerns are high for thousands of vulnerable people after coastal areas in Rakhine state bore the brunt of Cyclone Mocha, one of the strongest storms to ever hit Myanmar.

The prime ministers of Italy and Canada took potshots at each other over LGBTQ rights, an unusual display