Category Archives: ai

Amazon’s Audible will begin inviting a select group of US-based audiobook narrators to train AI on their voices, the clones of which can then be used to make audiobook recordings. From a report: The effort, which kicks off next week, is designed to add… Continue reading Audible To Start Generating AI Voice Replicas of Select Audiobook Narrators→

Alorica — which runs customer-service centers around the world — has introduced an AI translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers in 200 different languages. But according to the Associated Press, “Alorica isn’t cutti… Continue reading ‘AI May Not Steal Many Jobs After All’→

This week after striking for over a month, videogame performers reached agreements with 80 games this week, reports the Associated Press. “SAG-AFTRA announced the agreements with the 80 individual video games on Thursday. Performers impacted by the wor… Continue reading Videogame Performers’ Union Hails New 80-Game Agreement as Preserving Human Creativity→

Altera AI’s home page says their mission is “to create digital human beings that live, care, and grow with us,” adding that their company builds machines “with fundamental human qualities, starting with friends that can play video games with you.”

An… Continue reading 1,000 Autonomous AI Agents Collaborating? Altera Simulates It In Minecraft→

An anonymous reader shares a report: ChatGPT’s 200 million weekly active users have helped propel OpenAI, the company behind the chatbot, to a $100 billion valuation. But outside the mainstream there’s still plenty of money to be made — especially if … Continue reading The Underground World of Black-Market AI Chatbots is Thriving→

OpenAI plans to launch a new AI model, GPT-Next, by year-end, promising a 100-fold increase in power over GPT-4 without significantly higher computing demands, according to a leaked presentation by an OpenAI Japan executive. The model, codenamed “Straw… Continue reading OpenAI Japan Exec Teases ‘GPT-Next’→