December 2023

Respeecher’s ethics-first approach to AI voice cloning locks in new funding

December 6, 2023

Ukrainian synthetic voice startup Respeecher is finding success despite not just bombs raining down on their city, but a wave of hype that has raised up sometimes controversial competitors. A new $1M in funding should help the company add a few studios to its media and gaming clients. Respeecher is perhaps best known for being […]

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Meta AI adds Reels support and ‘reimagine,’ a way to generate new AI images in group chats

December 6, 2023

Alongside other AI updates announced today, Meta AI, the company’s generative AI experience, is gaining new capabilities starting today, including the ability to create new AI images when prompted as well as support for Reels. The former, a feature called “reimagine” allows users in group chats to have more fun by recreating AI images with […]

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Meta’s AI characters are now live across its U.S. apps, with support for Bing Search and better memory

December 6, 2023

Earlier this year, Meta introduced a set of AI characters, including those based on real-life celebs including the likes of Paris Hilton, Mr. Beast, Kendall Jenner, Tom Brady, Charli D’Amelio, Snoop Dog, and others, which users could chat with across Meta’s apps. Today, the company announced its 28 AI characters are fully rolled out across […]

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Meta launches a standalone AI-powered image generator

December 6, 2023

Not to be outdone by Google’s Gemini launch, Meta’s rolling out a new, standalone generative AI experience on the web, Imagine with Meta, that allows users to create images by describing them in natural language. Similar to OpenAI’s DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, Imagine with Meta, which is powered by Meta’s existing Emu image generation […]

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US senator warns governments are spying on Apple and Google users via push notifications

December 6, 2023

U.S. senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has warned in a letter to the Justice Department that unidentified governments are spying on Apple and Google phone users through their push notifications. The letter says his office received a tip last year that government agencies in foreign countries were “demanding” push notification records from the tech giants. Push […]

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Deep tech exits: Not just science fiction anymore

December 6, 2023

Many earth-changing deep tech solutions are being commercialized, and successful exits continue to increase in number and size.

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Is business software too cheap?

December 6, 2023

The software market isn’t exactly suffering, so why are some enterprise software vendors trading so cheaply? The answer is more obvious than you’d think.

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