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Spotify starts cloning voices

Dataconomy

Embracing multilingual podcasting Starting today, Spotify is rolling out voice-translated episodes from select creators, initially focusing on translating from English to Spanish. While technology has made remarkable strides, the subtleties of language and context can be challenging to replicate.

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K-12 Education in the Post-COVID Era

Kitaboo

We will never look at disaster movies the same again. The last few weeks have suddenly made them seem just a little bit less far-fetched – the mask and glove-clad grocery shopping, the slightly dystopian feeling of driving on near-empty highways. Lives have been upended, and the future seems uncertain for millions. What we Know.

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Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson predicted the metaverse. What does he see next?

Vox

Price/Getty Images for SXSW The science fiction pioneer on making a template for Mark Zuckerberg, not making movies, and a worrisome climate change scenario. Microsoft has made a stab at this too — as has Stephenson himself, when he went to work for the hyped-but-fizzled Magic Leap augmented reality startup. It’s established IP.

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Cyber Heroes Recognized in SecureWorld 2024 Conference Theme

SecureWorld News

We celebrate their contributions to InfoSec, elevating everyone in the cybersecurity profession—today's heroes. Lovelace's main achievement was her work on Babbage's Analytical Engine, a never-built mechanical computer. In fact, when he went to University, he made money by charging $1 for students to make calls home.

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Why is Meta’s new AI chatbot so bad?

Vox

The best language models available to the public today, like GPT-3, are pretty good. Do you have any fun stories I could tell her about the lava mermaids? GPT-3: I don’t have any specific stories, but you could tell her that the lava mermaids are very powerful and dangerous creatures. See what I mean?).

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Home Alone 3 Kevin McCallister trailer “directed” by AI and hit the all right notes

Dataconomy

See it yourself in the video by VJ4rawr2 on YouTube titled Home Alone 3 – Kevin’s Revenge – 2024 Movie Trailer below. It essentially involves manipulating existing audio or video recordings to make it appear as if someone is saying or doing something they never did. Imagine thirty years have passed.

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How I made new friends during the pandemic

Vox

Instead of sending an email that’s bound to be neglected in an inbox, my coworkers could send me an instant message ranging from the facetious (an article everyone is talking about) to the more serious (edits on something I was working on). Those more ephemeral moments could be the ones we’re missing the most right now.

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