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AI Layoffs and Character.AI Group Chats
Plus the RIAA wants voice cloning sites on a piracy watchlist
Nathaniel Whittemore
October 12, 2023
The AI Breakdown First Five - Thursday October 12, 2023
Today on the First Five:
5. RIAA Wants Voice Cloning Sites on Gov’t Watchlist
4. ElevenLabs Dubbing
3. Character AI Group Chats
2. State of AI Report
1. Adobe Launches New Firefly Image Generation Tools
5. RIAA Wants Voice Cloning Sites on Gov’t Watchlist
The Recording Industry Association of America is serious about its copyright protections. The group has requested that the US government add voice cloning sites to an official list of entities that promote counterfeiting and piracy.
Translation:
Technology opened a door for artists on major labels to make money outside of the label's control, and RIAA wants the government to criminalize it.— Benn Jordan (@bennjordan)
1:42 PM • Oct 12, 2023
4. ElevenLabs Dubbing
The dubbing wars heats up! Startups like Wondercraft have been advancing with dubbing for podcasts and videos, and recently both Spotify and YouTube have announced integrations of similar features. ElevenLabs joins the party with 29-language dubbing.
Two* new ElevenLabs models out:
1. An impressive dubbing model converts videos to new languages, preserving original voices/performances.
2. A spectacular music model converts songs into karaoke versions, perfectly modeling drunk but earnest singers.* These are the same model.
— Jonathan Fly 👾 (@jonathanfly)
4:58 AM • Oct 10, 2023
3. Character AI Group Chats
Chat with your friends - both real and AI - in a single place. Character.AI launches group chat features even as some internet denizens have brought up concerns about Meta’s new AI personalities.
Introducing ✨Character.AI Group Chat✨
Your fave Characters and fave humans, all in one place.
#CAIGroupChat creation will be rolling out to c.ai+ this week. Any registered user can join for free from an invite link. 🫶
Read more here: go.c.ai/groupchat_2
— character.ai (@character_ai)
8:22 PM • Oct 11, 2023
2. State of AI Report
If you’re the type of person who likes a big think summary of a massive disruptive global change, check out stateof.ai For the 6th year, the team at Airstreet have published a report reflecting on how far the industry has come in the previous year and…surprise, surprise…this one is a doozy.
🪩The @stateofaireport 2023 is now here.
Our 6th installment is one of the most exciting years I can remember. The #stateofai report covers everything you *need* to know, covering research, industry, safety and politics.
There’s lots in there, so here’s my director’s cut 🧵
— Nathan Benaich (@nathanbenaich)
6:42 AM • Oct 12, 2023
1. More AI Startup Layoffs - Should We Be Concerned?
Over the summer, startups at a handful of AI companies were presented by the media as a major sign of hype waning. Now, The Information is reporting that Deepgram has cut 20% of staff. Our take at The AI Breakdown is that this is a pretty natural process in an industry that has seen a ton of funding and startups. Consolidation is inevitable!
BONUS: Reading Unopened Papyrus Scrolls Buried in Pompei
Today we are announcing a major breakthrough in the Vesuvius Challenge: we have read the first word from an unopened Herculaneum scroll.
The word is "πορφυρας" which means "purple dye" or "cloths of purple."scrollprize.org/firstletters
Congratulations to 21yo computer science… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Nat Friedman (@natfriedman)
2:10 PM • Oct 12, 2023
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