48 Hours in Tokyo With My AI Travel Companion
People use AI pals for all sorts of reasons. Here’s what happens when you take one on a solo trip to Japan….
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Spotify Wrapped Now Includes an AI-Generated Podcast Analyzing Your Listening Habits
Want to hear two robots chat about your music taste? This Wrapped season, Spotify and Google teamed up to make that dream (or nightmare) a reality….
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The Red Elephant in the Room at AfroTech
At the annual tech conference for Black professionals, all eyes were on AI—but many also braced for the impact of a Trump administration that has promised to kill DEI….
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The $50 Million Movie ‘Here’ De-Aged Tom Hanks With Generative AI
As Hollywood studios, actors, and writers wrangle over the use of AI in films, a major new release has fully embraced it….
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‘BBL Drizzy’ Was the Beginning of the Future of AI Music
Will Hatcher got internet famous when Metro Boomin sampled his AI-generated song for a diss track released during the Kendrick Lamar–Drake beef. That was just the beginning….
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Filmmakers Are Worried About AI. Big Tech Wants Them to See ‘What’s Possible’
Amazon is hosting AI filmmaking competitions. Meta is letting directors test Movie Gen. As tech companies develop new tools, they need filmmakers to show they can be used responsibly….
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Anyone Can Turn You Into an AI Chatbot. There’s Little You Can Do to Stop Them
Character.AI lets users create bots in the likeness of any person—without requiring their consent….
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‘Piece by Piece’ Director Morgan Neville Will Never Use AI Again
Back in 2021, Morgan Neville thought using AI to recreate the late Anthony Bourdain’s voice would be an interesting Easter egg in his documentary. He ended up being a canary in Hollywood’s AI coal mine….
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How to Generate an AI Podcast Using Google’s NotebookLM
A little-known AI notebook tool from Google is going viral for its Audio Overviews that mimic the speech cadence of podcasters. Here’s how to try it out….
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