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Toys ‘R’ Us uses OpenAI’s Sora to make a brand film about its origin story and it’s horrifying
26 Jun

Toys ‘R’ Us uses OpenAI’s Sora to make a brand film about its origin story and it’s horrifying

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The rise of artificial intelligence in our media and entertainment industries has raised a lot of concerns about programs like Open Al’s text-to-video maker Sora replacing the artistic endeavors and aspirations of humans. If those AI made movies are anything like a new brand film about the Toys 'R' Us toy store chain's origin story, the only thing we’ll have to fear is watching them.Toys ‘R’ Us’s current owner WHP Global worked with the Emmy nominated creative agency Native Foreign to create a short brand film called The Origin of Toys ‘R’ Us using OpenAI’s text-to-video creator Sora. The film premiered…
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OpenAI has delayed its seductive ChatGPT voice assistants
25 Jun

OpenAI has delayed its seductive ChatGPT voice assistants

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If you’ve been dreaming about spending your summer whispering sweet nothings into the digital ears of one of the seductive ChatGPT voice assistants that OpenAI showed off last month, you’ll have to dream a little longer. On Tuesday, the company announced that its “advanced Voice Mode” feature needs more time in the oven “to reach our bar to launch.” The feature will be available to a small group of users to gather feedback, and then launch to all paying ChatGPT customers in the fall.“We’re improving the model’s ability to detect and refuse certain content,” OpenAI posted on X. “We’re also…
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ChatGPT is now available in many Volkswagen models
25 Jun

ChatGPT is now available in many Volkswagen models

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ChatGPT is now available with many Volkswagen models, including all vehicles in the electric ID family, the new Golf, Tiguan and Passat. This integration is only in Europe, for now, with North America coming soon.What does this mean exactly? ChatGPT has been integrated into Volkswagen’s own voice assistant IDA to complement the service and add more features, sort of like how Apple is handling its own . This means that customers can better communicate with the vehicle using natural language, which allows the assistant to “answer questions about various topics.” IDA could already handle voice-controlled climate adjustments and navigation, but…
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Google is reportedly building AI chatbots based on celebrities and influencers
25 Jun

Google is reportedly building AI chatbots based on celebrities and influencers

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Google is reportedly building new AI-powered chatbots based on celebrities and YouTube influencers. The idea isn’t groundbreaking — startups like Character.ai and companies like Meta have products like this — but neither is so far.Google’s celebrity chatbots will be powered by the company’s Gemini family of large language models according to The Information, which on Monday. The company is trying to strike partnerships with influencers as well as celebrities, and is also working on a feature that will let people create their own chatbots simply by describing their personalities and appearance — something that Character.ai already . A fun fact:…
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Record labels sue AI music generators for ‘massive infringement of recorded music’
24 Jun

Record labels sue AI music generators for ‘massive infringement of recorded music’

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Major music labels are taking on AI startups that they believe trained on their songs without paying. Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group sued the music generators Suno and Udio for allegedly infringing on copyrighted works on a “massive scale.”The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) initiated the lawsuits and wants to establish that “nothing that exempts AI technology from copyright law or that excuses AI companies from playing by the rules.”The music labels’ lawsuits in US federal court accuse Suno and Udio of scraping their copyrighted tracks from the internet. The filings against the AI…
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Apple reportedly even held talks with Meta about an AI partnership as it plays catch-up
23 Jun

Apple reportedly even held talks with Meta about an AI partnership as it plays catch-up

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Apple is apparently looking to take all the help it can get to integrate generative AI into its . According to a report by the , citing sources with knowledge of the discussions, Apple has held talks with Meta about the possibility of using the company’s generative AI model. It also reportedly had similar discussions with startups Anthropic and Perplexity. As of now, though, nothing has been finalized, WSJ reports.At WWDC earlier this month, Apple officially announced its much-rumored partnership with OpenAI that will with the upcoming generation of the devices’ OS. During the event, Apple’s senior VP of software…
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Mood-Based Music: A WhatsApp Chatbot That Curates Personalized Playlists
23 Jun

Mood-Based Music: A WhatsApp Chatbot That Curates Personalized Playlists

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This is a submission for the Twilio Challenge What I Built I built a WhatsApp chatbot using Twilio that generates a personalized playlist of 5 songs based on the user's current mood. When a user sends a message to +1 (856) 975-0130 starting with "Hi", the bot prompts them to share how they are feeling. It then analyzes the sentiment of their response and curates a playlist to match their emotional state. Demo You can try out the chatbot by sending a WhatsApp message to +1 (856) 975-0130 (You can use QR code below). Start your message with "Hi" and…
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Is It Spam?
23 Jun

Is It Spam?

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This is a submission for Twilio Challenge v24.06.12 What I Built Everyone who has dealt with spam calls knows how stressful it can be getting a call from an unknown number. Maybe you are waiting for a call from a job application, or your childs teacher, or the doctor. There are a thousand reasons you may need to keep yourself available to unknown callers. But you don't want to pickup spam callers, letting them know your number is active and that you answer, only to start getting more spam calls. Well what I've built is a product that utilizes Twilio…
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Apple will reportedly withhold new AI features in Europe due to regulations
22 Jun

Apple will reportedly withhold new AI features in Europe due to regulations

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Apple reportedly said on Friday that it would delay iOS 18’s marquee AI features in the European Union, conveniently blaming Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations. The company claimed it would block the launch of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring on the Mac and SharePlay Screen Sharing in the EU this year, according to Bloomberg, which reported the news.“We are concerned that the interoperability requirements of the DMA could force us to compromise the integrity of our products in ways that risk user privacy and data security,” the company said in a statement to Bloomberg. Apple didn’t expand on how DMA regulations…
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Embracer Group plans to use AI in game development
20 Jun

Embracer Group plans to use AI in game development

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Embracer Group is making the move to using AI in game development following the mass layoff and game cancellations months ago. The parent company of THQ Nordic, Gearbox Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics - Eidos Montreal detailed in its (via ) that it is adopting an AI policy to its game production model, despite the controversy around the use of AI in the games industry and beyond. It said that not using AI will lead to the company lagging behind other major game developers and publishers like EA, Sony, Square Enix and Ubisoft, claiming that the tech will help expedite the…
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