NVIDIA populates virtual worlds
Software company NVIDIA is releasing an AI-powered object-generator that can help fill virtual worlds with an endless array of vehicles, animals, and other miscellanea to make them feel lived in.
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The Internet is becoming fluent in “algospeak”
People online are using "algospeak," a mixture of seemingly innocent emojis and codes, to discuss controversial or illegal topics in plain sight.
Source+ creates an opt-out tool for AI art-generators
A new partnership called Spawning is developing the go-to tool for creators to opt-in or out of allowing their work to be used by AI-generative tools.
Photogenics sets up an avatar-modeling division
LA-based model agency Photogenics is debuting a new avatar division to allow brands to hire virtual avatars for events, marketing, or product drops within the metaverse.
Stability AI imagines a billion-dollar valuation
Stability AI, the developer behind popular AI-art generator Stable Diffusion, is in the process of raising $100 million from investors, which could greatly expand the company’s various ambitions with its tech.
Xiaomi debuts a humanoid robot
At an event earlier this week, Xiaomi debuted a humanoid robot prototype called the CyberOne, which can process not only the world around it, but supposedly a wide range of human emotions.
Lionsgate’s upcoming Fall tones down cursing with deepfake tech
The filmmakers behind Lionsgate’s new movie, Fall, turned to AI to change its many uses of the F-word after the studio demanded it needed to get a PG-13 rating.
AI connects the living and the dead
Artificial intelligence platforms are piecing together video clips and recorded conversations to craft a virtual recreation of people who have passed away.
omgkirby crowdsources a musical act
Web3 music project omgkirby is proving that music can be made with both AI and thousands of voting members.
People are too trusting of deepfakes
People are too trusting of deepfakes Future. Bad news for humanity— not only are we bad at recognizing A.I.-generated faces; we find them to be more trustworthy. With deepfakes now making their way into world affairs, we may all be questioning what is real and what is fake… creating an opportunity for entrepreneurial developers […]