Tag: computing

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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macOS Sequoia has yet another cool feature to look forward to, this time adding a way to customize your AirPods Audio experience

It seems like every day, there is a new macOS Sequoia feature to look forward to, or some kind of improvement in Apple’s incoming OS, with a freshly spotted one opening up the doors to improved accessibility on the audio front. MacRumors has been busy playing with the macOS 15…

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Meta Quest 3’s next update steals the Vision Pro’s best productivity feature… kinda

The Meta Quest 3 looks set to be taking yet another step towards being an Apple Vision Pro that doesn’t cost $3,499 / £3,499 / AU$5,999, by taking yet another feature from the Apple headset for itself. This time it’s a new window layout style, though it’s not really fair…

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Surface Pro Copilot+ review: The best Surface tablet ever made, no thanks to AI

It’s taken 12 years, but Microsoft has finally made an Arm-powered Surface tablet that I don’t want to toss out of a window. The new Surface Pro, one of the company’s first Copilot+ AI PCs, is astoundingly fast and power-efficient, thanks to Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Elite chip. It can…

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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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