A music tool created tracks using voices from famous singers
YouTube is testing a new AI-generated deepfake feature, Dream Track, that can produce songs from any artist in the style of nine artists including Alec Benjamin, John Legend and Charlie Puth. It can also work as a backing track. The tool is powered by Google’s DeepMind’s music generation model called Lyria. A backing track can be made using the software.
The creators of TikTok have been challenged by shorter shorts with music-making artificial intelligence
YouTube has rolled-out a new feature called Dream Track that can auto-generate music tracks from text or hummed tunes. Called ‘Lyria’, the feature was created by Google’s DeepMind. Users can enter prompts like ‘a ballad about how opposites attract, upbeat acoustic’ to create a track. When a track is changed, it’ll carry a SynthID watermark that is inaudible to the naked ear.
The company’s CEO will be a star witness in the trial
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday took the stand during the ongoing antitrust trial of the US Department of Justice (DOJ). Pichai was called by Alphabet to testify at the trial over whether Google abused its market dominance in search to suppress competition. Pichai also led the team that built the company’s Chrome browser.
California has ordered Cruise self-guided cars to be off the roads
Google’s self-driving startup Cruise has been ordered to cease operations in the US state of California after one of its self-driving cars struck and dragged a pedestrian in San Francisco earlier this month. The DMV issued an indefinite suspension because of safety issues with the vehicles. This comes after the US NHTSA opened an investigation into Cruise citing pedestrian safety concerns.
The leak of the next big chip fromQualcomm is full of artificial intelligence
Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon chip will support a variety of camera tools, including the ability to remove objects from videos and expand areas of a photo, as per a report. The chip will be used in the Snapdragon S24 line, which is anticipated in the first quarter of next year, the report added. The chip will reportedly be built with Google’s own AI-powered chips.
Graphcore was the UK’s artificial intelligence champion
Google Executive Vice President of Hardware, Software, and Services Rick Osterloh revealed the first Pixel was launched in 2016 and was called ‘Pixel’. “At the first launch, I see a few individuals who were at the first launch seven years ago and they explained thatPixel is designed to bring together hardware and software with artificial intelligence at the centre,” he said.
The best feature of the phone is guaranteed to be updated
Google has announced that it’ll release its new Pixel 8 and 8 Pro smartphones with over seven years of Android and security updates. This comes days after Apple announced that its new iPhone models will have security updates for at least five years. Google has claimed that the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will also be free from hardware-related issues for seven years.
ThePixel 8 is a little bit smarter than the previous one
Google on Monday unveiled its latest Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones with a starting price of $699 and $999 respectively. The Pixel 8 will be the first phone to get Google’s ‘Android U’ update, while the Pixel 8 Pro will get Google’s ‘Android 20’ update. Both the Pixel 8 models will get at least seven years of Android updates, Google said.
It will have seven years of Android updates for the Pixel 8 series
Google on Tuesday unveiled Pixel 8 and 8 Pro smartphones which will get seven years of OS, security, and feature drops updates. Users will receive the latest updates every few months and new features with Feature Drops every few months, Google said. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro support face unlocking with the same amount of security as fingerprint unlocking.
Bing is worse than GOOGLE, and Apple could fix it, according to Nadella
Google CEO Satya Nadella, in a recent interview, said that search engines “are the organising layer of the internet” and added that they’re looking at artificial intelligence (AI) to “improve it”. He added that AI has the potential to shake up the market a bit but also believes it could further entrench Google’s dominance.