Tag: computing
YouTube can spot those AI-produced faces and music tracks you’re seeing all over
YouTube is continuing to tapdance ahead of the rush of AI-produced content popping up on the platform with a new set of tools to spot when AI-generated people, voices, and even music appear in videos. The newly upgraded Content ID system is expanding from looking for copyright infringement to looking…
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Would you take guitar lessons from an AI-powered Jimi Hendrix? The future could have a purple haze…
If you’re a guitar player then you’ve probably heard about, or used, the Ultimate Guitar app for Android and iOS, for finding the chords and lyrics to thousands of popular songs. If you produce podcasts or record your own songs, then you’ve probably also heard of Audacity too, which we…
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Discord changes course and lowers free upload limit to 10GB – how will that affect you?
In April 2023, I reported on Discord fixing one of its biggest problems: increasing the free upload limit for file sizes in serves. It had been a pathetic 8MB for years for non-paying users but was increased to 25MB. Great news, right? It truly was a sign that the extremely…
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I switched to a Pixel 9, here’s what the iPhone 16 needs to do to win me back, and it’s not what you think
Apple is about to launch the brand new iPhone 16 at its “Glowtime” event on September 9, and it’s made me wonder what it could do to win me back. When the Google Pixel 9 range came out I switched to a Google Pixel 9 Pro. Having been an iPhone…
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Ever wanted to be in a commercial? This airline will do just that, through the power of AI
You can be a lead in a romantic film promoting an airline and global travel, or at least your face can do so thanks to a new Qatar Airways campaign. The airline has a new AI Adventure campaign combining a short film and deepfake tools as a way of literally…
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AI video tool recreates Super Mario Bros. but it’s so glitchy
An 8-bit plumber with a mustache and a taste for mushrooms was the height of cutting-edge entertainment in 1985. Now, an AI model can recreate the entire game based on some basic prompts (and with sometimes hilarious glitches in the process). The MarioVGG demonstrated in a new academic paper by…
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