Voice actors speak out against the threat of AI technology

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Dubbing artists from around the world are acting to stop unregulated human voice generation. Voice actors from around the world are coming together and speaking up against the unregulated use of AI technology to generate and clone human voices. These artists are concerned that this use of artificial intelligence will threaten their work and livelihoods. “We’re fighting a very big monster,” said Mexican voice actor Mario Filio, who has done voiceover dubbing for Will Smith, for King Julien, the party-focused lemur in the “Madagascar” movie, and who voices Obi-Wan Kenobi…

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Samsung might choose Bing search engine as default

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Alphabet shares tumbled upon the initial announcement that Google might no longer have exclusivity. As the news broke that Samsung is thinking about replacing Google with the Bing search engine from Microsoft as a default on all its devices, Alphabet’s shares initially fell by more than 4 percent in premarket trading. The electronics company from South Korea has not set the choice in stone but is considering the option. According to a report in the Globe and Mail, just the fact that Samsung is even thinking of choosing the Bing…

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Google CEO Pichai tells employees to fix Bard AI problems

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The artificial intelligence function had a rocky launch, to say the least, with its unpredictable results. A leaked Google memo issued company-wide by the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai has requested that employees use two to four hours from their day to improve Bard AI and make the search function usable. Shortly after the botched unveiling, Google announced it knew the feature wasn’t ready for launch. Employees at Google are now all a part of the company’s plan to work out all the kinks in the Bard AI function to help…

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Artificial intelligence model accurately predicts novel drug compound response in humans

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The length of time needed from a drug’s creation to its FDA approval is an exceptionally long one. A new application for artificial intelligence in the development of therapeutic compounds has the potential to one day help to reduce the amount of time needed for a new drug to receive its approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The current path takes more than a decade and can cost close to a billion dollars. A CUNY Graduate Center research team has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that may substantially…

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DALL-E artificial intelligence tool creates art based on typed descriptions

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The software from the OpenAI research lab in Silicon Valley instantly produces the described image. The DALL-E artificial intelligence tool was first unveiled earlier this year by the Silicon Valley OpenAI research lab. It is considered to be one of the most powerful AI systems in the world for image creation. All a user needs to do is type a description, and DALL-E instantly generates an image in the requested artistic style or in the form of a realistic (or mostly realistic) looking photograph. “It’s incredibly powerful,” said University of…

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