How will AI impact loneliness in the US?
AI-powered mental health services are being deployed to help with “significant loneliness”.
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Google makes text-to-music a reality
Google’s been clear about what the public version of MusicLM can & can’t do.
AI leaps could create “decacorns”
Recent advancements in natural language processing have already resulted in astounding AI technology like ChatGPT and Google Bard. But some believe that the tech’s about to make huge waves in other industries — potentially turning startups into $100+ billion companies. Fantastic beastsTech investor Amir Khan thinks three firms are particularly well-positioned to leverage AI’s recent strides. Hold your horsesMajor […]
AI voice cloning tech isn’t going anywhere
The Future. As deepfakes become more ubiquitous online, they could force the music industry to consider whether artists own the sounds produced by their vocal cords. Instead of punishing copycats, labels might gain more from embracing the new tech and finding ways to monetize it. What’s the new tech anyway?So-Vits-SVC is a free, open-source voice […]
AI wants to automate dating
What if avatars could be your wingman or chat on dating apps for you?
TikTok moves to create generative-AI avatars
TikTok wants to transform you into an AI-generated avatar.
Grimes wants fans to deepfake her music
Grimes is embracing that her likeness will be co-opted for AI.
People secretly work multiple jobs with ChatGPT
The Future. While remote work led some enterprising people to work two jobs simultaneously… ChatGPT has employees multiplying themselves and working three to four positions. It’s the tech-enabled apex of hustle culture. If enough people learn how to leverage AI to work multiple occupations simultaneously, having a single job may, strangely, be a thing of […]
Author Stephen Marche builds a co-writer with AI
Author and journalist Stephen Marche “wrote” the novel Death of an Author using three AI systems. The AI co-writer, named Aidan Marchine (also an AI-generation), may test the limits of what constitutes “creation” and actual “writing” in the eyes of the literary industry, the law, and, ultimately, the reading public. A Marche & Marchine novel […]
Reddit wants a piece of generative -AI’s success
Reddit has a bone to pick with AI companies.