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Adobe’s new AI-powered Premiere Pro features eradicate boring audio editing tasks

Adobe is launching new AI-powered audio editing features in Premiere Pro, including interactive fade handles, AI-powered audio category tagging, Enhanced Speech beta feature, and quality-of-life improvements such as automatically resizing waveforms and updated clip colors. The updates aim to decrease the tedious tasks in audio editing, providing editors more time to focus on other projects. […]

Final Fantasy’ Maker Square Enix’s Next Big Game Features AI Art

Video game giant Square Enix has confirmed the use of AI-generated art in its upcoming game, Foamstars. The AI was used to create in-game album covers for the music featured in the Foamstars soundtrack. The game, a 4v4 shooter-style developed for the PlayStation, allows players to wield foam-firing guns and build terrain on-the-fly. The use […]

AI study suggests famous Raphael painting was not entirely his own work

In a breakthrough discovery, a new artificial intelligence analysis suggests that the face of Joseph in the renowned Raphael painting, *Madonna della Rosa*, housed in Madrid’s Museum del Prado, was likely not created by Raphael. The painting has been the subject of debate for centuries among art experts and enthusiasts, with some speculating on contributions […]

Database of 16,000 Artists Used to Train Midjourney AI, Including 6-Year-Old Child, Garners Criticism

Midjourney, a company utilizing generative artificial intelligence, faced backlash over the use of a Google Sheet containing the names of over 16,000 artists for training its AI text-to-image generator. The list included well-known artists, commercial illustrators, and even a six-year-old child who had contributed art to the Magic the Gathering trading card game and a […]

Artists are making creative companies apologize for using AI

In recent events, drawing tablet manufacturer Wacom faced backlash from the digital art community over the use of AI-generated images in its ads, stirring mistrust and raising concerns about the impact on creative professions. The issue was aggravated by the widespread competition in the drawing tablet market. WotC, the publisher of popular games like Magic: […]

Sources: PhotoRoom, the AI photo editing app, is raising $50M-$60M at a $500M-$600M valuation

The explosion of AI technology is ushering in a new era of startups in the mobile imaging market. One standout is PhotoRoom, an AI-based image editing app and API from Paris, which is reportedly set to raise between $50 million and $60 million in funding at a valuation between $500 million and $600 million. The […]

Microsoft DragNUWA pushes the bar in AI video with trajectory-based generation

Several AI companies, including Stability AI and Pika Labs, have been making waves in the video generation space. Microsoft AI has entered the arena with DragNUWA – a model that introduces trajectory-based generation to enhance control over video production. By open-sourcing the model, Microsoft is inviting the community to explore and experiment with it.   […]

SAG-AFTRA strikes deal for AI voice acting in video games at CES 2024

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing performers, has reached a deal with Replica Studios, an AI voice acting platform, enabling its members to license their voices to game studios, thus paving the way for professional voiceover artists to explore new digital employment opportunities. The agreement includes provisions for minimum rates, safe storage, transparency requirements, and limitations on […]

Panasonic Made a New Super Accurate In-Camera Subject Recognition AI

Panasonic unveils a new AI image recognition technology called REAL-AI, which employs a novel training program to improve object recognition accuracy.   The new technology utilizes an algorithm that actively utilizes diverse information about how objects appear, allowing for the recognition of images with multimodal distribution, which was previously difficult for AI.   Panasonic’s new […]

Getty, through iStock, introduces a new AI-powered image generator called Generative AI, which creates commercially safe images for marketing materials, social media, and online ads.   The AI image generator is trained on proprietary data from Getty Images’ libraries to avoid copyright concerns, providing legal protection to users.   Users can pay $15 for every […]

Voice cloning tech to power 2024 political ads as disinformation concerns grow

The use of AI in the 2024 US elections raises concerns about disinformation, but AI voice cloning startups, like Instreamatic, are entering the political advertising arena. Instreamatic’s AI audio/video ad platform allows candidate campaigns to quickly generate highly-targeted AI-driven contextual video and audio ads that adapt to changing events or locations.   Stas Tushinskiy, CEO […]

Open source AI voice cloning arrives with MyShell’s new OpenVoice model

OpenVoice, developed by researchers at MIT, Tsinghua University, and Canadian AI startup MyShell, is disrupting the market with open-source voice cloning. The technology allows for near-instantaneous voice cloning with granular controls, enabling precise replication of emotions, accents, rhythm, pauses, and intonation from small audio clips.   MyShell has released a pre-reviewed research paper detailing the […]

New Square Enix president pledges “aggressive” AI push in 2024

Square Enix, the Japanese publisher, is delving into generative AI, aiming to leverage its potential for both game development and internal processes. The company’s president, Takashi Kiryu, highlighted the applicability of generative AI beyond text and emphasized the potential to reshape content creation and programming processes. Additionally, Square Enix plans to aggressively apply AI and […]

A.I. Came for Our Jobs, Our Art, and Our Souls. Now It’s Coming for Our Birds.

Last week, a viral Facebook post depicted a red-and-white bird labeled a “rare Red and White cardinal” due to gynandromorphism, but closer inspection revealed it to be an A.I.-generated fantasy. Fake bird images have become widespread on social media and ethical concerns arise. The flood of fake bird images can confuse and mislead people, causing […]

Here’s How to Get Midjourney’s Incredible V6 Upgrade Working Before It’s Gone

Midjourney, the renowned AI image-generating service, has just unveiled its latest creation, Midjourney V6. This version has outdone its predecessors with its remarkably realistic and detailed photos, leaving users astounded by its capabilities. The update, which has been in development for nine months, will be available for a limited time starting today.   The V6 […]

Stable Video Diffusion is now available through Stability AI API

Stability AI, known for its Stable Diffusion text-to-image generator, has unveiled its new foundation image-to-video model, Stable Video Diffusion (SVD), accessible through its developer platform and API. This release aims to provide developers with an efficient way to integrate advanced video generation into their products. The offering competes with video generation models from Runway and […]

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