The Associated Press has battled with the White House

Perhaps the people I thought I knew, I did not know at all. And perhaps the people who thought they knew me, did not know me at all.There is a reckoning under way. Like most reckonings, big or small, near or distant, it can be messy and painful.

We are trying to navigate a pitiless world that, on the disagreeable whole, punishes dissent and rewards compliance.To those friends who have opted for distance, I say this: I am convinced that you believe what you’re doing is right and just. So am I.I write not to wound. I write to insist.

I insist that Palestinian lives matter.I insist that Palestinians cannot be erased by edict, force, and intimidation.

I insist that mourning should not be a daily ritual for any people.

I insist that justice cannot be selective and humanity must be universal.Over the years, the studio has grown into a 30-person team of experts in varied disciplines such as psychology, architecture, cognitive science, journalism and design. The studio has collaborated with diverse institutions such as museums, prisons and churches, as well as the likes of the United Nations, and uses technology to bring “emotions and humanity” to data visualisation.

Then, in around 2019, with the rise of generative artificial intelligence – a model of machine learning that uses algorithms to create new content from data scraped from the internet – the team began to explore image-generating technology, following the release of ChatGPT.As they did, Garcia thought of the grandmother from Syria and how this technology might help someone like her by constructing images based on memories.

He believes that memories – captured through records like photographs – play an integral role in connecting generations.“Memories are the architects of who we are. … It’s a big part of how social identities are built,” he says.