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A synthetic NPR host? AI startup WellSaid Labs makes amazing ‘Planet Money’ voice clone

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For longtime listeners of NPR’s “Planet Money,” there are few voices as recognizable and iconic as that of Robert Smith, one of the show’s former hosts. But even the most experienced and discerning ears might struggle to tell the difference between the journalist and his voice clone. The accuracy is inspiring, or terrifying, depending on your perspective.

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Mars Express celebrates 20th birthday with a livestream from the red planet

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The spacecraft, consisting of the orbiter and the Beagle-2 lander, was dubbed "Express" due to the close proximity between Earth and Mars at the time of its launch. The orbits of the two planets had brought them closer together than they had been in more than 60,000 years.

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How are nonprofits using AI and ChatGPT? The focus is on the donor dollars

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Team Rubicon assisted communities damaged by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. The nonprofit has worked with Microsoft Philanthropies to improve its tech capabilities. (Team Rubicon Photo) The nonprofit sector — which encompasses some 1.6 million organizations in the U.S. alone — has joined the ChatGPT and AI digital frenzy. The philanthropic ventures are eager to use the tools to improve internal operations and fulfill their missions by boosting their efficiency and better targeting

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Long-awaited Microsoft Paint refresh finally adds a dark mode option

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Windows Insiders are set to witness the first substantial update to Paint in years this week. The update introduces a dark mode to the app and enhances usability in various other aspects. Much like other Windows built-in applications, Paint's dark mode will be activated based on the user's system setting.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Voices from the Amazon walkout: Why some employees are speaking out and pushing back

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One of the signs at the Amazon employee walkout this week. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Hundreds of Amazon employees walked out of the office in Seattle this week — gathering between the company’s towers while holding signs, participating in chants, and listening to speakers urge the tech giant to do better. It was part of a global walkout that organizers said drew participation from more than 2,000 Amazon employees worldwide, seeking bolder action on climate change, and a reversal of

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Crafty CTO - Untitled Article

Crafty CTO

It’s infuriatingly hard to understand how closed models train on their input Simon Willison digs into the question of whether the big closed LLMs are training their models based on users’ input. As Willison says: I’ve been wanting to write something reassuring about this issue for a while now. The problem is… I can’t do it. I don’t have the information I need to credibly declare these concerns unfounded, and the more I look into this the murkier it seems to get … The fundamenta