25 posts tagged ‘YouTube’
YouTube Now Sells the AI Soul of Your Favorite Musician
Gizmodo,
YouTube is licensing out the voices and styles of popular artists with its first set of AI music experiments, announced Google in a blog post Thursday. Dream Track will allow creators to make short, AI-generated songs, using the voices of artists like Charlie Puth, T-Pain, and John Legend. Read more...
DeepMind and YouTube release Lyria, a gen-AI model for music, and Dream Track to build AI tunes
TechCrunch,
Back in January, Google made some waves — soundwaves, that is — when it quietly released some research on AI-based music creation software that built tunes based on word prompts. Today, its sister business Google DeepMind went several steps further: it has announced out a new music generation model called Lyria that will work in […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A New Music Video Expands the Lore of Lofi Girl
Vulture,
The scarf belonged to her mother! This is huge.
YouTube expands its 1080p Premium option to more devices
YouTube is expanding a few new features for premium users, the company announced on Wednesday. The platform is expanding its enhanced bitrate version of 1080p HD to more devices, expanding the ability to continue watching YouTube across different devices to smart TVs and tablets, rolling out badges that showcase achievements and launching new offers on […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
YouTube: creators must disclose AI use
Boing Boing,
YouTube plans to remove content and ban creators who do not disclose the use of AI in their productions. Such videos will be prominently marked, the company says. We believe it's in everyone's interest to maintain a healthy ecosystem of information on YouTube. — Read the rest
Live vicariously (and deliciously) with this Japanese food review channel
Culinary tourism is a big deal as of late, but if you can't head over to Osaka for genuine takoyaki every night (or you're just curious about what Shake Shacks are like over there), Japan Eat has you covered. The channel posts near-daily about strange or interesting food from all across Japan, delivered in a short, digestible format packed full of of engaging narration. — Read the rest
YouTube Cracks Down on Future 'AI Drakes' With Updated Policies
YouTube released new policy updates on Tuesday to combat AI-generated content that resembles the voice and style of music artists. Earlier this year, “Heart on My Sleeve,” a song that sounds like a track made by Drake and The Weeknd, created with generative AI, garnered over 600,000 plays and was even considered for a … Read more...
YouTube Music on HomePod
mjtsai,
Tim Hardwick: YouTube Music is now available directly on Apple’s HomePod and HomePod mini, thanks to new Siri integration support in the YouTube Music app.The change means subscribers to the streaming service can now choose to use voice commands to start YouTube Music on a HomePod, without having to append “on YouTube Music” to every […]