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TIL a Neural Network (AI) for converting satellite images to street maps learned to "cheat" by subtly encoding the original image in the output.

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Rjga TIL that after WW2, cuttings from Washington DC’s cherry trees–originally a gift from Japan–were sent back to Japan to restore the Tokyo collection decimated by US bombing during the war
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