FTC Bans AI
Plus Descript Launches New Tool
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
August 16, 2024
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Here’s What’s On The Menu For Today
🤖 FTC Bans AI
✨ Descript Adds A New Feature
📰 News Hot Off The Press
💰️ Newly Added AI Tools
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TRENDING STORIES
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Descript has added a new AI feature for automatic multicam editing
Descript has launched a new AI voice cloning feature that allows users to create a digital replica of their own voice. With just a few minutes of recorded audio, the AI can generate a natural-sounding voice that can be used for voiceovers, podcasts, and other audio content.
The AI voice is created from a short recording of the user's voice (around 2-5 minutes)
The generated voice sounds very natural and captures the user's unique vocal characteristics
This feature opens up new possibilities for content creators to scale their voice work
How Meta animates AI-generated images at scale
Meta has developed a groundbreaking system that can animate AI-generated images at an unprecedented scale, bringing static images to life with fluid, lifelike motion.
The system leverages advanced machine learning techniques to analyze the structure and content of images, allowing it to generate realistic animations
Meta's approach enables the animation of a wide variety of image types, from portraits to landscapes, while maintaining high fidelity to the original image
By processing images in parallel across multiple GPUs, Meta's system can animate images at a massive scale, potentially enabling new forms of visual communication
FTC finalizes rule banning fake reviews, including those made with AI
The FTC has finalized a rule banning companies from creating or selling fake reviews, including AI-generated ones, with penalties for those who violate it.
The rule targets deceptive practices like incentivizing reviews, undisclosed insider reviews, company-controlled review sites, and trading fake followers/views.
It was first proposed last year but there are concerns about enforcing it on global marketplaces where many fake reviews originate outside the U.S.
The FTC can now take action against companies that ignore the new regulation.
QUICK BITS
MORE NEWS
Meet Black Forest Labs, the startup powering Elon Musk’s unhinged AI image generator (link)
Study suggests that even the best AI models hallucinate a bunch (link)
NEA led a $100M round into Fei-Fei Li’s new AI startup, now valued at over $1B (link)
Why AI is no substitute for human teachers (link)
Descript has added a new AI feature for automatic multicam editing (link)
Google AI Overviews gains new citations and links, plus more (link)
SoftBank discussed AI chips tie-up with Intel to rival Nvidia (link)
Eric Schmidt Walks Back Claim Google Is Behind on AI Because of Remote Work (link)
SAP partners up to make AI more practical (link)
Kaiser Permanente rolls out Abridge’s AI documentation tool (link)
Barbara Jovanovic reveals the secrets of scaling content creation using AI (link)
Chatbots in science: What can ChatGPT do for you? (link)
How Kingfisher is using AI to make DIY more accessible – and boost sales (link)
How Meta animates AI-generated images at scale (link)
How does the BBC use AI for journalism? (link)
Hedge Funds Battle to Turn ChatGPT from Intern to Analyst (link)
MIT releases comprehensive database of AI risks (link)
Apple’s Next Big Thing Is Reportedly an iPad on a Robot Arm (link)
X’s new AI image generator will make anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun (link)
Ex-Google CEO says successful AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to ‘clean up the mess’ (link)
FTC finalizes rule banning fake reviews, including those made with AI (link)
Actors can license AI voice clones in union deal (link)
EliseAI lands $75M for chatbots that help property managers deal with renters (link)
Google Gemini’s voice chat mode is here (link)
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