Spotify may use AI to make host-read podcast ads that sound like real people

May 23, 2023

With Spotify’s AI DJ, the company trained an AI on a real person’s voice — that of its head of Cultural Partnerships and podcast host, Xavier “X” Jernigan. Now, the streamer may turn that same technology to advertising, it seems. According to statements made by The Ringer founder Bill Simmons, the streaming service is developing […]

Spotify may use AI to make host-read podcast ads that sound like real people by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Apple invites media to WWDC 2023 keynote, where AR headset is expected to debut

May 23, 2023

Apple has sent out official invitations to select media to attend its WWDC 2023 keynote in person at the company’s Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California. The keynote is set to take place at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on June 5. It’ll also be streamed live at the same time for anyone […]

Apple invites media to WWDC 2023 keynote, where AR headset is expected to debut by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Kenya’s Tawi takes on auditory processing disorder to win Microsoft Imagine Cup

May 23, 2023

Microsoft’s student tech-for-good competition, the Imagine Cup, has crowned this year’s winner: Tawi, a team from Kenya that applied machine learning tools to helping kids with auditory processing disorder understand others better. APD is a hearing condition in which someone hears sound just fine but their brain has trouble processing it. This can lead to […]

Kenya’s Tawi takes on auditory processing disorder to win Microsoft Imagine Cup by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch