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Voice actors sue AI startup, claiming they clone their voices – CBS News Watch CBS News Two voice actors say they were hired by the AI company Lovo to provide voice clips for what they were told would be internal research. They claim the company instead cloned their voices, breaching their contracts. The actors are suing Lovo in a proposed federal class action lawsuit. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On #Voice #actors #sue #startup #claiming #clone #voices
A CBS News investigation found ChatGPT gave incorrect or incomplete answers to some questions about how to vote in battleground states ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The artificial intelligence chatbot, one of several popular large language model (LLM) products that can generate and understand written language, also gave incorrect or incomplete information about elections set to take place even sooner in other countries.CBS News asked ChatGPT a number of practical questions that a prospective voter might have about how and where to vote, deadlines to vote and other requirements for voting in the battleground states of North Carolina,…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Supershoes are reshaping distance running Since 2016, when Nike introduced the Vaporfly, a paradigm-shifting shoe that helped athletes run more efficiently (and therefore faster), the elite running world has muddled through a period of soul-searching over the impact of high-tech footwear on the sport. “Supershoes” —which combine a lightweight, energy-returning foam with a carbon-fiber plate for stiffness—have been behind every broken world record in distances from 5,000 meters to the marathon since 2020. To some, this is a…
In Studio, developers can also customize safety settings, controlling how much the character curses or talks about violence or alcohol, for example. The settings can include “goals”—things that you, the developer, want to push the player toward: a particular quest, for example. The idea is that developers can tweak these characters so they fit in the game world, and they can be set to “remember” interactions they’ve had with you before. “The character still responds with the magic of the generative AI, with the voice. You can say anything to it and they can respond in any way,” says Kylan…
Many credit the shoes with keeping runners healthy. David Kirui, a physiotherapist who’s treated many of Kenya’s top marathoners, estimates that overuse-related injuries, like stress fractures, Achilles tendinitis, and iliotibial band syndrome, are down at least 25%. Several veteran runners tell me the shoes have helped extend their careers, and therefore their earning power. “In the old shoes, after 10 marathons you’d be completely exhausted,” says Jonathan Maiyo, who’s been an elite road racer since 2007. “Now 10 marathons are like nothing.” Who benefits? Runners like those in Berardelli’s group are a chosen few. The majority of athletes training in…
How a real picture of a flamingo won top honors in AI photo contest – CBS News Watch CBS News Photographer Miles Astray entered a real flamingo image in an AI art contest, winning two awards and showcasing human creativity’s edge over machine-generated art. Here’s how the contest holder responded, and what it means for artists. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On #real #picture #flamingo #won #top #honors #photo #contest
Miles Astray is a multidisciplinary artist who writes about and photographs the world as he travels. When invited to submit a piece in the artificial intelligence category of the 1839 Awards photography competition, he decided to make a statement.”I had seen a few examples over the last couple of years where people had entered AI art into real photography competitions, most notably last year at The Sony World Photo Awards, an AI photo won the creative category there. I thought, why not turn this story around and enter a real photo into an AI competition?” Astray told CBS News.This is…
The Future of AI Games Speakers: Niall Firth, executive editor, and Allison Arieff, editorial director Generative AI is coming for games and redefining what it means to play. AI-powered NPCs that don’t need a script could make games—and other worlds—deeply immersive. This technology could bring an unprecedented expansiveness to video and computer games, opening up possibilities we can only begin to imagine. Related Coverage #Roundtables #Future #Games
How CDK cyberattack is impacting Michigan car dealerships How CDK cyberattack is impacting Michigan car dealerships 02:03 CDK Global is now calling the cyberattack that took down its software platform for its auto dealership clients “a ransom event.” In a note to clients Saturday, CDK for the first time acknowledged that the hackers that made its dealer management system, or DMS, unavailable to clients for days, are demanding a ransom to restore its systems. “Thank you for your patience as we recover from the cyber ransom event that occurred on June 19th,” CDK said in a memo to clients on Saturday, according to a copy…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Synthesia’s hyperrealistic deepfakes will soon have full bodies Startup Synthesia’s AI-generated avatars are getting an update to make them even more realistic: They will soon have bodies that can move, and hands that gesticulate. The new full-body avatars will be able to do things like sing and brandish a microphone while dancing, or move from behind a desk and walk across a room. They will be able to express more complex emotions than previously possible, like excitement, fear,…
Instead of viewing these natural tendencies as liabilities, Achim Menges, an architect and professor at the University of Stuttgart in Germany, sees them as wood’s greatest assets. Menges and his team at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction are uncovering new ways to build with the material by using computational design—which relies on algorithms and data to simulate and predict how wood will behave within a structure long before it is built. He hopes this work will enable architects to create more sustainable and affordable timber buildings by reducing the amount of wood required. Menges’s recent work has focused…
“It’s very impressive. No one else is able to do that,” says Jack Saunders, a researcher at the University of Bath, who was not involved in Synthesia’s work. The full-body avatars he previewed are very good, he says, despite small errors such as hands “slicing” into each other at times. But “chances are you’re not really going to be looking that close to notice it,” Saunders says. Synthesia launched its first version of hyperrealistic AI avatars, also known as deepfakes, in April. These avatars use large language models to match expressions and tone of voice to the sentiment of spoken…
The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine – CBS News Watch CBS News The internet is ephemeral, with the average life of a web page – before it’s changed or deleted – about 100 days. And so, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has been making backups of websites every day since 1996, with nearly 900 billion pages preserved, available to all. But making books and music freely available has led to several lawsuits brought by record labels and the book publishing industry. Correspondent David Pogue reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.…
David Samuel plays viola in the San Francisco-based Alexander Quartet. But he almost didn’t make it into this country. “I’m a Canadian citizen,” he said, “and I therefore needed a work visa if I was coming to the United States.”That artist’s visa required special documentation: “I was tasked with finding old programs, articles, interviews, anything that could demonstrate that I had contributed significantly to the field,” he said. Unfortunately, most of that stuff had disappeared from the internet over the years. Then, someone suggested he check out the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Samuel wound up finding every concert program, interview and…
Glitches force NASA to again push back return of Boeing Starliner – CBS News Watch CBS News The return of Boeing Starliner’s first crewed mission to the International Space Station has been delayed yet again, NASA announced Friday, so it can investigate several glitches with the space capsule, including multiple helium leaks and the loss of several small maneuvering engines. The re-entry had been scheduled for June 26, but likely won’t take place until before July. Mark Strassmann has details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On…
Bel Air dealership among nationwide businesses impacted by cyberattack Bel Air dealership among nationwide businesses impacted by cyberattack 02:11 Car dealers across the U.S. are floundering after cyberattacks this week on CDK Global, a maker of software used to operate their businesses, made it all but impossible to sell vehicles. Tom Maioli, who owns Celebrity Motor Car Company, which operates five luxury car dealerships across New York and New Jersey, told CBS MoneyWatch his business is “completely shut down.””We cannot process paperwork. Everything is frozen, everything is tied up — we cannot move money back and forth to pay off cars,…