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Thousands of performers who signed their voice rights away in perpetuity years ago are now being forced to compete with AI-cloned versions of their voices (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times) 02-07-2023

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: Thousands of performers who signed their voice rights away in perpetuity years ago are now being forced to compete with AI-cloned versions of their voices  —  Performers forced to compete with themselves as companies’ use of technology for cloning prompts calls to update copyright law Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Apple is exploring hearing health and body-temperature features for AirPods, while planning cheaper models and a shift to a USB-C port for the case (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) 02-07-2023

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is exploring hearing health and body-temperature features for AirPods, while planning cheaper models and a shift to a USB-C port for the case  —  Apple is working on a slew of changes for its popular AirPods earbuds, seeking to expand its wearables business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

How researchers at Amazon and other companies are making AI-powered devices and bots more conversational by tackling the voice disentanglement issue (Bernhard Warner/New York Times) 02-07-2023

Bernhard Warner / New York Times: How researchers at Amazon and other companies are making AI-powered devices and bots more conversational by tackling the voice disentanglement issue  —  For Alexa to speak like a Dubliner, Amazon researchers had to crack a problem that’s vexed data scientists for years: voice disentanglement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Q&A with Yoel Roth, Twitter's former head of trust and safety, on Twitter's content moderation approach, the whirlwind first two weeks under Elon Musk, and more (Poynter) 01-07-2023

Poynter: Q&A with Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety, on Twitter’s content moderation approach, the whirlwind first two weeks under Elon Musk, and more  —  Yoel Roth explains how moderation rules evolved at Twitter, the fight against harassment and why he no longer drives a Tesla Lees verder op Tech Meme

California regulators plan to decide on July 13 whether to allow 24/7 Waymo and Cruise driverless cabs in San Francisco; city officials fume over having no say (Trisha Thadani/Washington Post) 02-07-2023

Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: California regulators plan to decide on July 13 whether to allow 24/7 Waymo and Cruise driverless cabs in San Francisco; city officials fume over having no say  —  To their dismay, local officials have no control over whatever the state decides  —  SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Valve won't publish Steam games that use copyright-infringing AI artwork, contrary to reports claiming that the company will not allow any AI-generated content (Wes Davis/The Verge) 02-07-2023

Wes Davis / The Verge: Valve won’t publish Steam games that use copyright-infringing AI artwork, contrary to reports claiming that the company will not allow any AI-generated content  —  On Thursday, various outlets reported on a June Reddit post from user potterharry97 saying that Steam would no longer be publishing games with AI-generated content. Lees verder op Tech Meme