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AI Threat: 5,000 Aussie Actors Face Job Loss

Voice actors fear being replaced by AI clones, as technology advances threaten their roles in commercials, audiobooks, and video games. Even high-profile actors like Scarlett Johansson are fighting to protect their voices from being used in AI products.

Mastering Conversational Chatbots with LLMs - Part 1

Amazon Bedrock simplifies generative AI model selection by offering a range of high-performing FMs from top AI companies through a single API. RAG enhances content generation by incorporating retrieval, improving accuracy and informativeness, with key components like foundation models, vector stores, retrievers, and embedders.

Living Human Skin Cells Create Smiling Robot

Researchers from University of Tokyo and Harvard create lifelike robotic skin with human cells, capable of conveying emotions. The study explores benefits of using living tissue for robot covering, emphasizing potential for self-repair.

AI Outsmarts University Markers

University of Reading researchers use AI-generated exam answers to deceive professors, raising concerns about academic integrity in student assignments. Fake student identities submitted ChatGPT-4 generated answers, outperforming real students in online assessments.

AI Al Michaels: Your Daily Olympics Recap

NBC plans to use AI-generated clone of Al Michaels' voice for daily Olympic recaps, sparking concerns about future sports commentators. Michaels, known for iconic calls since 1971, will narrate 2024 Summer Olympics on Peacock, despite being dropped from NFL coverage in 2023.

Revolutionizing Investment Research with AI Assistants

AI-powered assistants using Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are transforming investment research in capital markets by automating tasks and boosting productivity for financial analysts. These assistants can gather and analyze multifaceted financial data from various sources, enabling analysts to work faster and more accurately in making investment decisions.

Democratizing Industrial Digital Twins with SyncTwin

SyncTwin GmbH leverages NVIDIA Omniverse and cuOpt to create digital twins for factories, optimizing production and enhancing collaboration. OpenUSD framework enables seamless integration of diverse manufacturing data, revolutionizing factory planning and operations.

Efficient Numeric Data Classification with C#

Article presents Nearest Centroid Classification for Numeric Data in Microsoft Visual Studio Magazine. Nearest centroid classification is easy, interpretable, but less powerful than other techniques, achieving high accuracy in predicting penguin species.

Optimizing Performance: Load Balancer Essentials

Optimal workload distribution in microservice applications is crucial for handling thousands of requests per second. Load balancers and health checks play key roles in distributing requests and maintaining system efficiency.

Sora's AI Commercial Sparks Controversy at Toys “R” Us

Toys "R" Us partners with Native Foreign to create brand film using OpenAI's Sora text-to-video tool, showcasing founder's story. Sora generates AI video clips of realistic scenes and characters from text instructions, pushing boundaries of technology in commercial production.