Tag: artificial intelligence

Character.AI institutes new safety measures for AI chatbot conversations

Character.AI has rolled out new safety features and policies for building and interacting with the AI-powered virtual personalities it hosts. The new measures aim to make the platform safer for all users, but particularly younger people. The update includes more control over how minors engage with the AI chatbot, more…

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How AI can turn your home video into a Hollywood blockbuster

Want to star in an animated film as an anthropomorphic animal version of yourself? Runway’s AI video creation platform has a new AI tool to do just that. The new Act-One feature may make motion-capture suits and manual computer animation unnecessary to match live action. Act-One streamlines what is usually…

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A new AI feature can control your computer to follow your orders

An unseen, non-human hand moving the cursor across your computer screen and typing without using the keyboard in fiction is usually a sign of malicious AI hijacking something (or a friendly ghost helping you solve mysteries like the TV show Ghost Writer). Thanks to Anthropic’s new computer use feature for…

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Kevin Bacon, Julianne Moore, Thom Yorke, and 10K+ creators sign warning against AI use of their work

More than 10,000 professional actors, musicians, writers, and other creators have signed a petition urging against AI using their work without permission for training. British composer Ed Newton-Rex wrote the statement and set up the signature collection. The ranks of signers include many famous names. They range from Hollywood stars…

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Gemini will soon call and text for you, without you needing to unlock your phone

Google is continuing to infuse the Gemini Live AI assistant across Android phones with the ability to make calls and send messages, even when your phone is locked, on its way. As discovered in a piece of as-yet unreleased code by Android Authority, the update would further cement Gemini as…

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Meld your photos with your imagination using Midjourney’s new AI image editing tools

Midjourney’s AI image creator is adding major new editing options to its platform, as announced by CEO David Holz on Discord. You’ll be able to edit an uploaded image using generative AI, as you could only do with images that AI has created until now. Notably, this will be a…

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