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Rafael Salazar ~ Artist & Sculptor
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Rafael defies the assumption of his medium employing techniques to push his images toward abstraction.
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rafael-salazar · 6 months ago
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Mesmerizing Landscapes of Bora Bora by Mick Gow
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rafael-salazar · 2 years ago
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OpenAI’s GPT-4 exhibits “human-level performance” on professional benchmarks
Multimodal AI model can process images and text, pass bar exams. OpenAI plans to release GPT-4’s text capability through ChatGPT and its commercial API, but with a waitlist at first. GPT-4 is currently available to subscribers of ChatGPT Plus. Also, the firm is testing GPT-4’s image input capability with a single partner, Be My Eyes, an upcoming smartphone app that can recognize a scene and…
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rafael-salazar · 2 years ago
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AI is rewriting the rules of creativity. What does it mean for human imagination?
AI is rewriting the rules of creativity. What does it mean for human imagination?
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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Inside the race to build the best quantum computer on Earth
Inside the race to build the best quantum computer on Earth
Quantum chandelier RIGETTI COMPUTING / JUSTIN FANTL Google’s most advanced computer isn’t at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, nor anywhere in the febrile sprawl of Silicon Valley. It’s a few hours’ drive south in Santa Barbara, in a flat, soulless office park inhabited mostly by technology firms you’ve never heard of. An open-plan office holds several dozen desks.…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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Hacker Steals $1.7 M. in NFTs on OpenSea, Leaving Users Confounded
This past Saturday, a slew of OpenSea users found that their accounts had been hacked. Rumors that $200 million worth in NFTs had been stolen quickly circulated, and OpenSea users flocked on Twitter asking for support and clarification. In the following days, the hack was confirmed to be much smaller than previously thought. Only 17 users lost tokens—254 of them, to be exact, estimated to be…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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Sotheby’s Withdraws CryptoPunks Sale, Leading to Widespread Speculation in Crypto Space
Energy was high at last night’s Sotheby’s auction “Punk It!,” the first evening sale dedicated exclusively to NFTs at the storied auction house. The lot was composed of 104 “CryptoPunks,” a historic and popular PFP NFT collection designed by Larva Labs in 2017. The estimate for the lot was $20 million–$30 million, but in the end, the lot didn’t sell at all. “nvm, decided to hodl,” tweeted its…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Metaverse—But Were Too Afraid to Ask
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Metaverse—But Were Too Afraid to Ask
By Josh Condon – 2/19/2022 How do you navigate an immersive virtual world that’s still mostly conceptual yet manages to generate billions of visits and even more dollars? Buckle up, because the deeper you go, the weirder it gets. One of the most buzzed-about destinations of 2022 is barely developed and widely misunderstood, starting with the fact that it isn’t, strictly speaking, real. And yet…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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How to create and sell your own NFT
How to create and sell your own NFT
No doubts. It is one of the acronyms of the year. NFTs or non-fungible tokens have become one of the hottest crypto ecosystem trends of 2021 with global sales increasing 55% from $250 million to $389 million. As we know, NFTs are unique collectible crypto assets and have been around since 2012, when the concept of Bitcoin “coloured coins” emerged. These coins were simply marked satoshis or…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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From paper to coveted NFT: she is Fira, the first Colombian crypto artist
From paper to coveted NFT: she is Fira, the first Colombian crypto artist
Fira, first Colombian crypto artist Until a few months ago, Fira published her works of art for free on her social networks. Her dream of being a renowned artist began in a notebook, in which she has hundreds of portraits of her favorite and even family members, and then filling the walls of her home with her art. “I always dreamed that my strokes would reach everyone and that they would have…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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Artists say NFTs are helping thieves steal their work at a jaw-dropping rate
Artists say NFTs are helping thieves steal their work at a jaw-dropping rate
Visitors stand in front of an immersive art installation titled “Machine Hallucinations – Space: Metaverse” by media artist Refik Anadol, which will be converted into NFT and auctioned online at Sotheby’s, at the Digital Art Fair, in Hong Kong, China, on Sept. 30, 2021. By Kevin Collier – NBC News Digital thieves had stolen from Aja Trier before.  Trier, a painter in San Antonio, often riffs…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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Thieves Steal Gallery Owner’s Multimillion-Dollar NFT Collection: ‘All My Apes Gone’
Bored Ape Yacht Club, #9410, 2021OPENSEA “I have been hacked. All my apes gone. This just sold please help me,” wrote gallery owner Todd Kramer, of New York’s Ross + Kramer Gallery, in a since-deleted tweet posted on December 30. A phishing scam had drained his Ethereum wallet of 15 NFTs valued at a total of $2.2 million, including four apes from the “Bored Ape Yacht Club” collection. The thief…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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2021 Has Been the Year of the NFT. But What Exactly Is an NFT?
An NFT, or nonfungible token, is displayed on a billboard in Time Square, New York, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. Images of NFTs were displayed on billboards throughout Times Square during NFT.NYC, a conference for all things related to NFTs. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) A year has gone by since NFTs entered mainstream culture. Earlier this week, we brought you an article on the NFT  highlights of 2021. For…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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#BuyArtnotCandy
#BuyArtnotCandy A Fine Art America group of artists is leading the Change for Valentine’s Day from artist Sharon Cummings idea to create an option for Giving Your Loved ones #Art instead of Candy on February 14th! All artists are welcome to Join in and participate with their “LOVE” inspired artworks to post using the #BuyArtnotCandy hashtag on every Social Media of their preference to promote…
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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No NFT, no comment — how digital art dominated 2021
No NFT, no comment — how digital art dominated 2021
Melanie Gerlis In a year of tech innovation, buyers and sellers have had to grapple with new systems of value and ownership — or lose out
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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New Voting Rules Figure Series by Rafael Salazar Artist from Colombia Copyright 2021 – All rights reserved by Rafael Salazar. #NewVotingRules #Vote #NoVote f you are looking for a special custom piece please contact me at: Website: RafaelSalazar.com Twitter: @Rafael_SalazarS Pinterest: RafaelSalazar Instagram: @rafael_salazars https://www.instagram.com/p/CXAGqtGgNnt/?utm_medium=tumblr
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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25% Off Wall Art ~ Black Friday
25% Off Wall Art ~ Black Friday
Shop for Canvas Prints, Framed Prints, Posters, Wood Prints, Metal Prints, Acrylic Prints & Tapestries ~ Order now to Avoid Rush ~ Be ready to enjoy the Holidays with RafaelSalazar.com
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rafael-salazar · 3 years ago
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Free Ground Shipping on All U.S Orders
Free Ground Shipping on All U.S Orders
Art Collectors ~ Free Ground Shipping on All U.S Orders ~ Offer Ends TONIGHT at Midnight Eastern U.S Time ~ Order Now at RafaelSalazar.com
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