Category: Technology

Overview Meta has launched Voicebox, a text-to-speech tool that uses generative AI to produce a synthetic voice 20 times faster than existing models, with only two seconds of recording. Meta said its deepfake voices are of such quality that it is not releasing all the code behind Voicebox, while it has also created a detector… Continue reading Meta Launches Voicebox: A Revolutionary Text-to-Speech Tool Powered by AI

Overview The Generative AI News (GAIN) rundown on June 8th, 2023, discusses Apple’s Vision Pro, which uses gestures instead of generative AI. The latest research on large language models (LLM) for math, science, and complex thinking from OpenAI and Google was also revealed, with Google potentially having the lead. The show also covers the generative… Continue reading “Latest Generative AI Developments: Apple’s Vision Pro Uses Gestures Over Generative AI, OpenAI and Google Lead in LLM Research” – GAIN Rundown, June 8th, 2023

Overview Mercedes-Benz has launched a three-month pilot program in which it will incorporate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into its MBUX vehicular voice assistant. The generative AI chatbot will be accessible to about 900,000 US customers, with ChatGPt embedded into MBUX through Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. Mercedes owners can check if they are eligible and sign up on… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz Integrates OpenAI Chatbot into MBUX Voice Assistant for US Customers

Overview Roast, a UK-based marketing agency, has found that Google’s conversational generative AI, Bard, names specific brands in search results much more often than OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT. In the test, 43.2% of Bard’s responses mentioned brands in answer to queries about travelling in the UK, compared to just 14.4% of ChatGPT’s responses. While Bard’s responses… Continue reading Google’s Conversational AI Bard cites brands more often in search results than OpenAI’s ChatGPT: Report

Overview Disney’s custom Alexa assistant, Hey Disney!, has finally been released on the Alexa Skill Store after a two-year partnership between Amazon and Disney. The Disney Magical Companion offers more than 1,000 conversations, stories, games, jokes, and other interactions to Amazon Kids+ subscribers and purchasers. It has more than 25 Disney characters, including Disney-owned brands,… Continue reading “Disney and Alexa team up to release ‘Hey Disney!’ custom voice assistant with over 1,000 interactions”

Overview Synthesia has raised $90m in a Series C funding round led by Accel, taking its valuation to $1bn, and also includes Nvidia and others. The UK multimedia company uses AI to create virtual humans that simulate people’s voices and appearance for use in video and audio content. With the investment, Synthesia aims to upgrade… Continue reading Synthesia secures $90m to enhance its AI-powered virtual humans

Overview The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) of the United Arab Emirates has launched Falcon 40B, an open-source large language model (LLM) with 40 billion parameters. Falcon 40B was trained on a trillion tokens of data and the technology’s creators hope to attract startups to use the LLM, which is larger than rival models. TII is… Continue reading “UAE Launches Open-Source Falcon 40B to Attract Generative AI Startups”