Remix Master: Apple buys AI Music startup.
Entertainment

Remix Master: Apple buys AI Music startup.

Music generated by learning algorithms got a major push with Apple’s acquisition of a startup that makes automated mash-ups. Apple purchased AI Music, a London startup whose software generates new music from existing recordings.

February 16, 20222 min read
Remix Master: Apple buys AI Music startup.
Entertainment

Remix Master: Apple buys AI Music startup.

Music generated by learning algorithms got a major push with Apple’s acquisition of a startup that makes automated mash-ups. Apple purchased AI Music, a London startup whose software generates new music from existing recordings.

February 16, 20222 min read
Voices for the Voiceless: Generative AI models are creating voices for Hollywood and video games.
Entertainment

Voices for the Voiceless: Generative AI models are creating voices for Hollywood and video games.

Musicians and filmmakers adopted AI as a standard part of the audio-production toolbox. What happened: Professional media makers embraced neural networks that generate new sounds and modify old ones. Voice actors bristled.

December 22, 20212 min read
Voices for the Voiceless: Generative AI models are creating voices for Hollywood and video games.
Entertainment

Voices for the Voiceless: Generative AI models are creating voices for Hollywood and video games.

Musicians and filmmakers adopted AI as a standard part of the audio-production toolbox. What happened: Professional media makers embraced neural networks that generate new sounds and modify old ones. Voice actors bristled.

December 22, 20212 min read
Artistry Is Obsolete: Is AI Making Human Artists Obsolete?
Entertainment

Artistry Is Obsolete: Is AI Making Human Artists Obsolete?

Is human creativity being replaced by the synthetic equivalent? The fear: AI is cranking out increasingly sophisticated visual, musical, and literary works. AI-generated media will flood the market, squeezing out human artists and depriving the world of their creativity.

October 27, 20212 min read
Artistry Is Obsolete: Is AI Making Human Artists Obsolete?
Entertainment

Artistry Is Obsolete: Is AI Making Human Artists Obsolete?

Is human creativity being replaced by the synthetic equivalent? The fear: AI is cranking out increasingly sophisticated visual, musical, and literary works. AI-generated media will flood the market, squeezing out human artists and depriving the world of their creativity.

October 27, 20212 min read
Rules for Recommenders: China Bans Harmful Recommendation Algorithms
Entertainment

Rules for Recommenders: China Bans Harmful Recommendation Algorithms

China moved toward a clamp down on recommendation algorithms.What’s new: China’s internet regulatory agency proposed rules that include banning algorithms that spread disinformation and threaten national security.

September 15, 20211 min read
Rules for Recommenders: China Bans Harmful Recommendation Algorithms
Entertainment

Rules for Recommenders: China Bans Harmful Recommendation Algorithms

China moved toward a clamp down on recommendation algorithms.What’s new: China’s internet regulatory agency proposed rules that include banning algorithms that spread disinformation and threaten national security.

September 15, 20211 min read
New Life for Old Songs: Audio demixing algorithms are pulling voices and instruments from music recordings.
Entertainment

New Life for Old Songs: Audio demixing algorithms are pulling voices and instruments from music recordings.

Neural networks can tease apart the different sounds in musical. Companies and hobbyists are using deep learning to separate voices and instruments in commercial recordings, Wired reported.

April 7, 20211 min read
New Life for Old Songs: Audio demixing algorithms are pulling voices and instruments from music recordings.
Entertainment

New Life for Old Songs: Audio demixing algorithms are pulling voices and instruments from music recordings.

Neural networks can tease apart the different sounds in musical. Companies and hobbyists are using deep learning to separate voices and instruments in commercial recordings, Wired reported.

April 7, 20211 min read
Deciphering The Brain’s Visual Signals: AI uses brain activity to create images.
Entertainment

Deciphering The Brain’s Visual Signals: AI uses brain activity to create images.

What’s creepier than images from the sci-fi TV series Doctor Who? Images generated by a network designed to visualize what goes on in peoples’ brains while they watch Doctor Who.

March 24, 20212 min read
Deciphering The Brain’s Visual Signals: AI uses brain activity to create images.
Entertainment

Deciphering The Brain’s Visual Signals: AI uses brain activity to create images.

What’s creepier than images from the sci-fi TV series Doctor Who? Images generated by a network designed to visualize what goes on in peoples’ brains while they watch Doctor Who.

March 24, 20212 min read
Your Words, Their Voices: How game makers and marketers are cloning voices using AI.
Entertainment

Your Words, Their Voices: How game makers and marketers are cloning voices using AI.

Voice clones — the audio counterpart to deepfaked images — are poised to invade popular media and entertainment. Professionals and amateurs alike are using AI to emulate the voices of human actors, Wired reported.

March 17, 20212 min read
Your Words, Their Voices: How game makers and marketers are cloning voices using AI.
Entertainment

Your Words, Their Voices: How game makers and marketers are cloning voices using AI.

Voice clones — the audio counterpart to deepfaked images — are poised to invade popular media and entertainment. Professionals and amateurs alike are using AI to emulate the voices of human actors, Wired reported.

March 17, 20212 min read
Robots to Hollywood — Call My Agent: A talent agency specializes in automated actors.
Entertainment

Robots to Hollywood — Call My Agent: A talent agency specializes in automated actors.

Seeking a robot star for your movie, music video, or bat mitzvah? You need a new breed of talent scout. Ai-gen-cy is an artist management firm that exclusively represents robots, reports GeekWire.

April 8, 20201 min read

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