A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly influenced by “overfitting” in AI models, as humans increasingly mimic AI language in writing and speech
Plus: otherworlds, cozy lit and VHS rentals Max Read / Read Max : Will A.I. writing ever be good? Alberto Romero / The Algorithmic Bridge : The Death of the English Language X: Joe McKendrick / @joemc...
How AI tools from ElevenLabs and others were used to recreate a woman's voice, lost to motor neuron disease, from just eight seconds of audio on a VHS tape
“After such a long time, I couldn't really remember my voice,” Sarah Ezekiel tells BBC Access All. “When I first heard it again, I felt like crying.
In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook executives laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market
- In 2018, an Oculus executive named Jason Rubin wrote a 50-page document headlined “The Metaverse” that he sent to a Facebook board member and some top execs. Tweets: @kevinroose , @charliefink , @su...
As tech platforms experiment with TV content, a look at how corporations controlling music and ebooks lost their strategic value to tech companies
People in tech and media have been saying that ‘content is king’ for a long time - perhaps since the VHS/Betamax battle of the early 1980s, and perhaps longer. Tweets: @craigmod , @benedictevans , @tr...
Opening up a world of educational content with YouTube for Schools
When I was in school during the 90s, watching videos in the classroom was a highlight of any week. The teacher would roll in a television on a cart, pop in a VHS tape, and then we'd enjoy whatever sc...
How Sony accidentally did the right thing with Light Peak
Sony and Thunderbolt — they go together like Memory Stick and SD, ATRAC and MP3, or Betamax and VHS. Consequently, Sony's high-speed I/O implementation is similar to Thunderbolt, but it isn't Thunder...
Digital downloads will be Blu-ray's downfall
With the fall of HD DVD, Blu-ray has assumed the throne as the next format of choice, but its reign will be short-lived. — Blu-ray won't enjoy the same decade-long dominance DVD did after it succeed...
New Disc May Sway DVD Wars
Consumers wary of buying new high-definition DVD players because of a technology war reminiscent of the days of Betamax versus VHS will soon have a new kind of DVD that might make the decision less da...
Why the World Doesn't Need Hi-Def DVD's
WHEN did you first become cynical about the electronics industry? — Was it when VHS went out of style, and you had to buy all your movies again on DVD? Was it the time(s) you never got the rebate y...