updated guidelines

app.py

@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ import time
 import traceback
 from validation import validate_json, validate_croissant, validate_records
 import requests
-import base64
-
-def image_to_base64(path):
-    with open(path, "rb") as f:
-        encoded = base64.b64encode(f.read()).decode()
-    return f"data:image/jpeg;base64,{encoded}"
 
 def process_file(file):
     results = []
@@ -35,10 +29,8 @@ def process_file(file):
     return results
 
 def create_ui():
-    img_src = image_to_base64("static/logo.png")
-
     with gr.Blocks(theme=gr.themes.Soft()) as app:
-        gr.Markdown(f"""<p align="center"><img src="{img_src}" alt="NeurIPS Logo" width="400"/></p>""")
+        gr.HTML("<p align='center'><img src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/Logo_for_Conference_on_Neural_Information_Processing_Systems.svg' alt='NeurIPS Logo' width='400'/></p>")
         gr.Markdown("# 🔎🥐 Croissant JSON-LD Validator for NeurIPS")
         gr.Markdown("""
         Upload your Croissant JSON-LD file or enter a URL to validate if it meets the requirements for NeurIPS submission. <a href="https://blog.neurips.cc/2025/03/10/neurips-datasets-benchmarks-raising-the-bar-for-dataset-submissions/">Read more about why this is required.</a>.