Tag: Software
AI voice scams are on the rise – here’s how to stay safe, according to security experts
AI voice-clone scams are on the rise, according to security experts Voice-enabled AI models can be used to imitate loved ones Experts recommend agreeing a safe phrase with friends and family The next spam call you receive might not be a real person – and your ear won’t be able…
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Why you’re wrong about AI art, according to the Ai-Da robot that just made a $1 million painting
Science fiction promised us robot butlers, but it seems they rather fancy themselves as artists instead. And who can blame them? On November 7, a painting of the mathematician Alan Turing by an AI-powered robot called Ai-Da sold at auction for a cool $1,084,000 (around £865,000). That’s a more appealing…
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Netflix removes AI art poster for Arcane after an outcry from creators
Netflix has pulled a poster for season two of its popular show Arcane as fans noticed that AI had been used to make the promotional art. Arcane is made by Riot Games and French animation studio Fortiche for Netflix and is a critical darling for its visual artistry, combining digital…
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Amazon is investing billions in its favorite AI and it’s not Alexa – yet
Amazon just invested another $4B in Anthropic Most believe Claude will be Alexa AI’s brains Why isn’t Amazon sharing updates about its popular chatbot? Amazon Alexa’s 10-year anniversary passed without fanfare and, in particular, without the major AI update we were promised in 2023. Now, though, as Amazon invests over…
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YouTube’s new AI tool will create backgrounds for your videos – so you don’t have to clean up your place
YouTube has augmented its Dream Screen AI tools for short-form videos. You can now use Dream Screen to generate video backgrounds for Shorts using text prompts. Up to now, Dream Screen made image backgrounds, but now it leverages Google DeepMind’s video-generation model, Veo to expand into videos as well. To…
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Plex is overhauling its apps with a redesign and under-the-hood upgrades
Plex is getting a major rework, which includes a redesign with improved navigation and more prominent artwork. The streaming service has been working on the overhaul for almost two years. The team rewrote the apps from scratch to unify the codebase and make the Plex experience more consistent, streamlined and…
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