‘We can stitch together our past’: the AI-generated time-travellers vlogging from history

Prompt something better than Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” I dare you. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images AI covers and remixes of songs are already a blight on the internet. Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are awash in flat reggae versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," dinky country renditions of The Weeknd, and monotonous Motown reimaginings of AC/DC. Now, a new tool from Spotify will make them even easier to generate and share. Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) signed a licensing deal that will allow users to generate remixes and covers from UMG's catalog. How exactly it will work, beyond being "powered by generative AI technology," or how much it will cost, is unclear. They're positioning this as a premium subscription add-on … Read the full story at The Verge.

Google's AI integration in Search and YouTube could reshape digital ecosystems, impacting user engagement and altering market dynamics. The post Google revamps Search and YouTube with Gemini AI features at I/O conference appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Google's AI integration in Search and YouTube could reshape digital ecosystems, impacting user engagement and altering market dynamics. The post Google revamps Search and YouTube with Gemini AI features at I/O conference appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.

Google is going all in on AI-driven shopping even as some competitors back off. At Google I/O, the company unveiled the latest iteration of its AI commerce tools: a "Universal Cart" that works across different retailers and Google products like Gemini - and eventually YouTube and Gmail, too. Users can add products to Google's universal cart as they browse Search and chat with Gemini and then check out through Google. The cart will also track prices, provide in-stock notifications, suggest potential discounts, and alert shoppers to potential issues with their selections. Despite the transformative changes AI has brought to the workplace, … Read the full story at The Verge.

Glendale Community College president Tiffany Hernandez apologized for the mistakes and eventually offered many students a do-over. | Screenshot: YouTube The use of AI-powered tools to announce students as they walk on stage during graduation and commencement ceremonies has grown in popularity over the past few years, but it's not always succeeding at the one job it's there for. Many schools have switched to these systems as a way to ensure names are being pronounced correctly, but during a recent livestream of a Glendale Community College commencement ceremony in Phoenix, Arizona, the AI announcer mispronounced some names and skipped others entirely as a result of timing issues as graduates walked across the stage. The ceremony was paused at least twice in an attempt to fix the issues, whi … Read the full story at The Verge.

YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18 - meaning just about anyone can have the platform hunt for potential deepfakes of themselves. The likeness detection feature uses a selfie-style scan of a person's face to monitor YouTube for lookalikes. If there is a match, YouTube alerts the user; the person then has the option to request that YouTube remove the content. YouTube has said in the past that it has found the number of removal requests to be "very small." YouTube began testing the feature with content creators, and then expanded it to government officials, politicians, journalists, and fina … Read the full story at The Verge.

A crypto strategist known for making timely Bitcoin calls is warning that BTC may have a sudden correction after returning to the $70,000 range. The pseudonymous trader Cheds tells his 50,500 YouTube subscribers that Bitcoin is facing strong resistance and may enter a downtrend, unless BTC can flip $85,000 into support. The analyst believes Bitcoin’s […] The post Veteran Crypto Trader Warns Bitcoin Now Facing Big Resistance, Says BTC Must Breach Key Level To Confirm Bottom appeared first on The Daily Hodl.