Tag: artificial intelligence

YouTube may be planning to give us new AI song generators this year – and this time the music labels could let it happen

The battle between the music industry and the rampant, often copyright-infringing, use of AI to train and compile data sets has been heating up for quite some time. But now YouTube is reportedly negotiating with record labels to pay for that privilege instead. It seems that Sony Music Entertainment, Universal…

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Amazon is reportedly working on its own AI chatbot that might be smarter than ChatGPT

Amazon is reportedly working on its own AI chatbot, codenamed “Metis”, that’ll operate in a similar vein to ChatGPT.  According to Business Insider, who spoke “to people familiar with the project,” the new platform will be accessible through a web browser. They also viewed an internal document revealing the chatbot’s…

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Watch the AI-produced film Toys”R”Us made using OpenAI’s Sora – and get misty about the AI return of Geoffrey the Giraffe

Toys”R”Us premiered a film made with OpenAI‘s artificial intelligence text-to-video tool Sora at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival. “The Origin of Toys”R”Us” was produced by the company’s entertainment production division Toys”R”Us Studios, and creative agency Native Foreign, who scored alpha access to Sora since OpenAI hasn’t released it to the…

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This app can add AI narration to any site or text – here’s how to make it work

Artificial intelligence-powered audio creator ElevenLabs has brought its synthetic voices to the iPhone with a new iOS app. The ElevenLabs Reader App will read out any uploaded text or website using ElevenLabs’ library of synthetic and cloned voices, even your own if you want.  The new app essentially turns books,…

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Google may be making AI versions of celebrities for you to chat up in YouTube

Google is working on creating artificial intelligence-powered chatbots mimicking famous people and fictional characters, according to a report from The Information. These AI celebrities, YouTube influencers, and imaginary people will also serve as a template for users to build their own generative AI chatbots with customized personalities and appearances. At…

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AI music makers face recording industry legal battle of the bands that could spell trouble for your AI-generated tunes

Artificial intelligence music makers Suno and Udio have been hit with major lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and major music labels for copyright infringement. The suits mark the latest battle over generative AI and synthetic media and the debate over whether they represent original creations…

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