133 posts tagged ‘AI’
Seed investment: Andreessen Horowitz backing AI startup linked to nonconsensual porn of real people
Boing Boing,
Andreessen Horowitz is a key investor in Civitai, an AI image-generating service that reportedly profited from nonconsensual porn generated using its platform. 404Media's Emanual Maiberg reports that job listings exposed the link, and that the company did not respond to inquiries. — Read the rest
Edith Piaf's life will be the subject of an AI film, with the blessing of her estate
AV Club,
In the wake of a new SAG-AFTRA contract with historic (if not as comprehensive as some would like) protections around artificial intelligence, a new film based entirely on an A.I. recreation of a deceased artist is in the works. Per Variety, Edith, a biopic of the late, great French singer Edith Piaf, will be “first… Read more...
Airbnb acquires secretive firm launched by Siri co-founder
TechCrunch,
Airbnb has acquired a secretive new AI startup, GamePlanner.AI, the company announced this morning. CNBC reports that the purchase price was around $200 million, a figure that TechCrunch was unable to confirm at publication time. GamePlanner was co-founded by Adam Cheyer and Siamak Hodjat. Cheyer famously helped co-launch the startup Siri, which Apple acquired and […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A New Edith Piaf Biopic Will Use AI to Re-create Her Voice
Vulture,
You can’t spell “Edith Piaf biopic” without AI.
Andreessen Horowitz backs Civitai, a generative AI content marketplace with millions of users
AI image generator Stable Diffusion already has a lot of fans, and now those experimenting with the new AI technology to develop their own models have a place to share their work with other enthusiasts. A startup called Civitai — a play on the word Civitas, meaning community — has created a platform where members […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Your A.I. Companion Will Support You No Matter What
The New Yorker,
New chatbots offer friendship, intimacy, and unconditional encouragement. Do they mitigate isolation or exacerbate it?
Why the Godfather of A.I. Fears What He’s Built
Geoffrey Hinton has spent a lifetime teaching computers to learn. Now he worries that artificial brains are better than ours.
Robotics Q&A: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson
[A version of this Q&A first appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.] Over the next few weeks, TechCrunch will be running a series of Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. I’ve spoken with Matthew Johnson-Roberson several times since he was named the director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.