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
Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.
Entertainment

Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.

Are you secretly yearning to have a My Little Pony character voice your next online presentation? A new web app can make your dreams come true. 15.ai translates short text messages into the voices of popular cartoon and videogame characters.

April 1, 20201 min read
Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.
Entertainment

Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.

Are you secretly yearning to have a My Little Pony character voice your next online presentation? A new web app can make your dreams come true. 15.ai translates short text messages into the voices of popular cartoon and videogame characters.

April 1, 20201 min read
Machine Learning Churning: The hottest AI startups of 2020, according to CB Insights
Entertainment

Machine Learning Churning: The hottest AI startups of 2020, according to CB Insights

Many of this year’s hottest AI companies are taking the spotlight from last year’s darlings.What’s new: CB Insights, which analyzes early-stage companies, published its annual list of the 100 “most promising” startups in AI.

March 11, 20201 min read
Guest Speaker: Deepfake method syncs up mouth movements with words.
Entertainment

Guest Speaker: Deepfake method syncs up mouth movements with words.

Deepfake videos in which one person appears to speak another’s words have appeared in entertainment, advertising, and politics. New research ups the ante for an application that enables new forms of both creative expression and

March 11, 20202 min read
Guest Speaker: Deepfake method syncs up mouth movements with words.
Entertainment

Guest Speaker: Deepfake method syncs up mouth movements with words.

Deepfake videos in which one person appears to speak another’s words have appeared in entertainment, advertising, and politics. New research ups the ante for an application that enables new forms of both creative expression and

March 11, 20202 min read
Machine Learning Churning: The hottest AI startups of 2020, according to CB Insights
Entertainment

Machine Learning Churning: The hottest AI startups of 2020, according to CB Insights

Many of this year’s hottest AI companies are taking the spotlight from last year’s darlings.What’s new: CB Insights, which analyzes early-stage companies, published its annual list of the 100 “most promising” startups in AI.

March 11, 20201 min read
Forecasting Blockbusters: Movie studios are using AI to predict box office success.
Entertainment

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

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
Deepfakes Wreak Havoc
Entertainment

Deepfakes Wreak Havoc

Will AI fakery erode public trust in the key social institutions? Generative models will flood media outlets with convincing but false photos, videos, ads, and news stories. The ensuing crisis of authority will lead to widespread distrust in everything from the financial system to democracy itself.

October 30, 20192 min read
Deepfakes Wreak Havoc
Entertainment

Deepfakes Wreak Havoc

Will AI fakery erode public trust in the key social institutions? Generative models will flood media outlets with convincing but false photos, videos, ads, and news stories. The ensuing crisis of authority will lead to widespread distrust in everything from the financial system to democracy itself.

October 30, 20192 min read

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