Remove Artist Remove Avatar Remove Generation
article thumbnail

Nike just bought a virtual shoe company that makes NFTs and sneakers ‘for the metaverse’

The Verge

The apparel giant just announced the acquisition of RTFKT Studios , which it calls “a leading brand that leverages cutting edge innovation to deliver next generation collectibles that merge culture and gaming.”. million at the time.

Virtual 145
article thumbnail

WellSaid attracts $10M A round for higher quality synthetic speech

TechCrunch

Not only that, but the speech was generated considerably faster than real time, where other high-quality options often operated at a tenth real time or slower — meaning three minutes of speech would take one minute to generate by WellSaid and half an hour or more by Tacotron.

Avatar 99
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Are Foundation Models?

NVIDIA AI Blog

Like the prolific jazz trumpeter and composer, researchers have been generating AI models at a feverish pace, exploring new architectures and use cases. A year after the group defined foundation models, other tech watchers coined a related term generative AI. One timeline describes the path from early AI research to ChatGPT.

article thumbnail

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ).

article thumbnail

AmazeVR gets another $15M to forge the future of immersive concerts 

TechCrunch

AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. . Users would join as avatars, hang out with other users, and experience VR concerts together.

article thumbnail

Unveiling a New Era of Local AI With NVIDIA NIM Microservices and AI Blueprints

NVIDIA AI Blog

Over the past year, generative AI has transformed the way people live, work and play, enhancing everything from writing and content creation to gaming, learning and productivity. For example, LLMs take text as input and produce text as output, image generators convert text to image, speech recognizers turn speech to text and so on.

Local 110
article thumbnail

Who’ll make the next million-dollar NFT?

The Verge

Generative profile picture NFTs are all the rage, but creators say it’s not just about the money The first time Tom Williamson and Rob Mehew tried to make an NFT project, they landed on unicorns. They called the project Faticorns , generated 10,000 of the creatures, and put them all on sale. So far, the generative NFT model has worked.

Project 117