Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer
Arts

Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer

GANs are adept at mapping the artistic style of one picture onto the subject of another, known as style transfer. However, applied to the fanciful illustrations in children’s books, some GANs prove better at preserving style, others better at preserving subject matter.

September 30, 20202 min read
Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer
Arts

Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer

GANs are adept at mapping the artistic style of one picture onto the subject of another, known as style transfer. However, applied to the fanciful illustrations in children’s books, some GANs prove better at preserving style, others better at preserving subject matter.

September 30, 20202 min read
Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures
Arts

Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures

An artist is using deep learning to create realistic portraits of historical figures like Napoleon Bonaparte, Vincent Van Gogh, and England’s first Queen Elizabeth.

July 8, 20201 min read
Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures
Arts

Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures

An artist is using deep learning to create realistic portraits of historical figures like Napoleon Bonaparte, Vincent Van Gogh, and England’s first Queen Elizabeth.

July 8, 20201 min read
AI’s Got Talent: The AI Song Contest replaced Eurovision during the pandemic.
Arts

AI’s Got Talent: The AI Song Contest replaced Eurovision during the pandemic.

Music that features a “singing” koala bear took the prize in one of Europe’s highest-profile AI competitions yet. A team of Australian programmers, designers, and musicians won the inaugural AI Song Contest with a koala-tinged track called “Beautiful the World.”

May 20, 20202 min read
AI’s Got Talent: The AI Song Contest replaced Eurovision during the pandemic.
Arts

AI’s Got Talent: The AI Song Contest replaced Eurovision during the pandemic.

Music that features a “singing” koala bear took the prize in one of Europe’s highest-profile AI competitions yet. A team of Australian programmers, designers, and musicians won the inaugural AI Song Contest with a koala-tinged track called “Beautiful the World.”

May 20, 20202 min read
Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music
Arts

Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music

A new generative model croons like Elvis and raps like Eminem. It might even make you think you’re listening to a lost demo by the Beatles. OpenAI released Jukebox, a deep learning system that has generated thousands of songs in styles from country to metal and soul.

May 6, 20202 min read
Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music
Arts

Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music

A new generative model croons like Elvis and raps like Eminem. It might even make you think you’re listening to a lost demo by the Beatles. OpenAI released Jukebox, a deep learning system that has generated thousands of songs in styles from country to metal and soul.

May 6, 20202 min read
Algorithm and Blues: Shimon is a musical robot that writes its own lyrics.
Arts

Algorithm and Blues: Shimon is a musical robot that writes its own lyrics.

Bored with your Spotify playlists? Let this robot singer/songwriter take you on a trip “Into Your Mind.” A music-composing, marimba-playing robot named Shimon has learned to write and sing its own lyrics, IEEE Spectrum reports.

March 25, 20202 min read
Algorithm and Blues: Shimon is a musical robot that writes its own lyrics.
Arts

Algorithm and Blues: Shimon is a musical robot that writes its own lyrics.

Bored with your Spotify playlists? Let this robot singer/songwriter take you on a trip “Into Your Mind.” A music-composing, marimba-playing robot named Shimon has learned to write and sing its own lyrics, IEEE Spectrum reports.

March 25, 20202 min read
History in Hi Res: How machine learning can enhance archival footage
Arts

History in Hi Res: How machine learning can enhance archival footage

While deep learning is taking us into the future, it’s also opening windows into the past. A Redditor brought 100-year-old silent film footage of New York City into the 21st century by automatically sharpening the picture, boosting the frame rate, and adding color.

March 4, 20201 min read
History in Hi Res: How machine learning can enhance archival footage
Arts

History in Hi Res: How machine learning can enhance archival footage

While deep learning is taking us into the future, it’s also opening windows into the past. A Redditor brought 100-year-old silent film footage of New York City into the 21st century by automatically sharpening the picture, boosting the frame rate, and adding color.

March 4, 20201 min read
Forecasting Blockbusters: Movie studios are using AI to predict box office success.
Arts

Forecasting Blockbusters: Movie studios are using AI to predict box office success.

Could a black box become Hollywood’s crystal ball?What’s new: Warner Bros. is using an AI-powered tool that predicts a movie’s box-office success, according to Hollywood Reporter.

January 15, 20201 min read
Here Be Dragons: AI Dungeon 2 generated the script for a short movie.
Arts

Here Be Dragons: AI Dungeon 2 generated the script for a short movie.

AI is contributing to paintings, music, and now a whimsical fantasy video. The Squire is an amateur romp through a snowy realm of knights in armor and damsels in distress. The script was composed by AI Dungeon 2, an interactive text-adventure game based on the GPT-2 language model.

January 15, 20201 min read
Forecasting Blockbusters: Movie studios are using AI to predict box office success.
Arts

Forecasting Blockbusters: Movie studios are using AI to predict box office success.

Could a black box become Hollywood’s crystal ball?What’s new: Warner Bros. is using an AI-powered tool that predicts a movie’s box-office success, according to Hollywood Reporter.

January 15, 20201 min read

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