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The Dangers of AI Art and Deepfakes

AI art is generated using billions of images and examples of art. When you enter a prompt, the AI art generator builds an image for you by combining many of these examples into a single image. Deepfake technology is similar, but it involves manipulating real photographs and videos of people and places. This technology can make it look like a person did or said something that they never did. Both of these technologies can be used in a harmless way, but cybercriminals have learned to use them maliciously. Continue reading

Bank of the Pacific’s New Team and New Location in Lake Oswego Specialize in Commercial Banking with a Personal Touch

Bank of the Pacific’s New Team and New Location in Lake Oswego Specialize in Commercial Banking with a Personal Touch

Banking has gone through significant changes in recent decades with innovations in technology and the advent of online banking. Many people and business owners bank entirely online these days, and most cannot identify a banker at their financial institution by name. What is more, many banks have centralized in big cities, leaving small communities behind. Bank of the Pacific is an exception. Continue reading

Bank of the Pacific's Early Support Helped Ensure the Future of the New Willapa Center in Raymond

Bank of the Pacific’s Early Support Helped Ensure the Future of the New Willapa Center in Raymond

Many may remember the grim event in December 1998 that left 85 people without a home and with no possessions. When the Willapa Hotel in Raymond burned down, the one silver lining was that every resident was accounted for. The Willapa Community Development Association took ownership of the property after the tragedy, with a plan to replace what the community had lost. Twenty-six years later, the Willapa Center’s grand opening brought something good out of the ashes. Continue reading