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The Oscars announces new rules for using AI. Sort of.

Mashable Tech

The Academy and each branch will judge the achievement, taking into account the degree to which a human was at the heart of the creative authorship when choosing which movie to award." Then, it will be up to the Academy's voters to decide whether the movie deserves the award.

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AI-driven audio cloning startup gives voice to Einstein chatbot

TechCrunch

You’ll need to prick up your ears for this slice of deepfakery emerging from the wacky world of synthesized media: A digital version of Albert Einstein — with a synthesized voice that’s been (re)created using AI voice cloning technology drawing on audio recordings of the famous scientist’s actual voice.

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Louis Vuitton’s $2,890 light-up speaker looks like something Thanos would steal

The Verge

Louis Vuitton has revealed its next foray into tech products: the $2,890 Horizon Light Up Speaker, which looks less like either a gadget or a piece of high fashion, and more like an artifact of untold cosmic power from the next Marvel movie. The Horizon features a three-inch subwoofer, two 0.75-inch and AirPlay 2 for wireless audio.

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What happens when a virtual streamer doesn’t own her body?

The Verge

She commissioned it from an artist for $5,000 and even kept the receipts as proof. And for her thousands of fans on Twitch , this is what they see when she streams herself playing Minecraft , watching movies, or just sitting around chatting in her room. Vtubers need to buy specific rights for how their bodies can be used.

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Make the most of wearing a mask

The Verge

There are craftspeople selling their designs on individual sites, artists putting out weird and wonderful constructions, and larger companies providing funny, snide, or positively frightening masks. If Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were making movies today, these are the masks they’d be dancing in. And why not? Holiday mask by Vida.

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Wonder Dynamics puts a full-service CG character studio in a web platform

TechCrunch

And most importantly, it’s meant to make artists’ jobs easier, not replace them outright. “The goal all along was to make a tool for artists, to empower them. An artist making a model and textures and so on is only the very first step. “We want artists to create their own.

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Our 7 favorite startups from the Wayra London 2013 demo day

The Next Web

The promise of personalized TV recommendations is nothing new, but where many take a service-specific approach, Tank Top TV wants to be the defacto movie and TV recommendation service. To achieve this, the software can understand when a person gets stressed by listening to their voice.

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