A.I. News Round-up: Grimes: "Remix me!"; Captions On; New Wearable Tech
Lots of interesting news items from across our A.I. universe, here are a few highlights.
Grimes Encourages Remixing of Her Songs
https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1650304051718791170?s=20
After a combative incident where an AI mixer created a duet between Drake and the The Weekend which shot up the charts on Spotify - artists lowered the boom and got the song pulled on copyright issues. Now artist Grimes has decided to do EXACTLY the opposite:
I'll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings.
Turn on the Captions!
Prime Video is introducing their new accessibility feature "Dialogue Boost," which increases the volume of dialogue relative to background music and effects, creating a more comfortable and accessible viewing experience. It is available on select Amazon Originals and movies, and can be used by anyone, not just customers who are hard of hearing. It is available across all devices that support the Prime Video experience.
Who Owns the Tech Behind Stable Diffusion?
https://sifted.eu/articles/stability-ai-fundraise-leak
Stability AI, a generative AI startup, raised a $101 million Series A round in October 2022, but was later revealed to have not developed the Stable Diffusion code and not own the intellectual property to it. Leaked messages and pitch decks suggest the company was claiming to have "co-created" products developed by other generative AI organizations, when they had only provided compute grants. The company is now looking to raise a new round of funding in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Data at Your Fingertips
https://txt.cohere.com/embedding-archives-wikipedia/
Cohere has released a massive archive of embedding vectors for download, allowing developers to rapidly get started with commonly used datasets. The data consists of millions of Wikipedia articles in multiple languages, broken down into passages with an embedding vector calculated for each. These embedding archives can be used to build search systems, vector databases, and explore Wikipedia topics.
New AI Tech from Former Apple Folks
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/21/humane-ai-powered-wearable
Imran Chaudhri, former Apple employee, unveiled a prototype of his AI-powered wearable device during his TED talk. It works without a cell phone and uses voice and gestures for input. The device projects information onto objects and can answer phone calls. Humane, Chaudhri's startup, has raised $230 million, with investors including Microsoft and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.