At this point, anyone who has been following AI research is long familiar with generative models that can synthesize speech or melodic music from nothing but text prompting. Nvidia’s newly revealed “Fugatto” model looks to go a step further, using new synthetic training methods and inference-level combination techniques to “transform any mix of music, voices, […]
Record labels vs. ISPs Cox has said that letting the piracy ruling stand “would force ISPs to terminate Internet service to households or businesses based on unproven allegations of infringing activity, and put them in a position of having to police their networks.” Cox said that ISPs “have no way of verifying whether a bot-generated […]
November 25, 2024 | copyright infringement, Policy, record labels, sony v. cox | No comments
One of the fastest monopoly trials on record wound down Monday, as US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema heard closing arguments on Google’s alleged monopoly in a case over the company’s ad tech. Department of Justice lawyer Aaron Teitelbaum kicked things off by telling Brinkema that Google “rigged” ad auctions, allegedly controlling “multiple parts” of […]
November 25, 2024 | advertising exchange, Antitrust law, Google, google ad manager, google ad tech, google adx, online advertising, Policy | No comments
Once OpenAI figured out what happened, data was restored, OpenAI said. But the NYT alleged that the only data that OpenAI could recover did “not include the original folder structure and original file names” and therefore “is unreliable and cannot be used to determine where the News Plaintiffs’ copied articles were used to build Defendants’ […]
November 25, 2024 | copyright, fair use, google books, new york times, openai, Policy | No comments
Pasteurization The milk-related risk of H5N1 is only from raw milk; pasteurized milk does not contain live virus and is safe to drink. Pasteurization, which heats milk to a specific temperature for a specified amount of time, kills a variety of bacteria and viruses, including bird flu. Influenza viruses, generally, are considered susceptible to heat […]
November 25, 2024 | bird flu, California, H5N1, Health, Infectious disease, influenza, pasteurization, raw milk, Science | No comments
The US Supreme Court will hear appeals of a 5th Circuit ruling that called Universal Service fees on phone bills an illegal tax. The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled in July that the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional and that the fees on phone bills are a “misbegotten […]
November 25, 2024 | Policy, Universal Service Fund | No comments
In addition to Reeves, new cast members include Krysten Ritter as Director Rockwell; Alyla Browne as Maria, a young girl from Shadow’s past; and Sofia Pernas, Cristo Fernandez, James Wolk, and Jorma Taccone cast in as-yet-undisclosed roles. Sonic 3 will also introduce the Chao creatures of Chao Gardens. A tragic backstory Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles […]
November 25, 2024 | Culture, film, film trailers, Keanu Reeves, Paramount Pictures, Sonic 3, Trailers | No comments
Bloomberg reports that Sony is “in the early stages” of work on a fully portable console that can play PlayStation 5 software. The device is still “likely years away from launch,” according to “people familiar with its development” that spoke to Bloomberg anonymously. The report comes less than a year after the launch of the […]
November 25, 2024 | Gaming | No comments
The world’s most important climate talks were pulled back from the brink of collapse after poorer countries reluctantly accepted a finance package of “at least” $300 billion a year from wealthy nations after bitter negotiations. Fears about stretched budgets around the world and the election of Donald Trump as US president, who has described climate […]
November 25, 2024 | climate change, COP29, Policy, Science, syndication | No comments
In the case of the AMANDA experiment, early tests in Greenland and later tests at the South Pole began to provide these happy accidents. “It was discovered that the ice was even more exceptionally clear and has no radioactivities—absolutely quiet, so it is the darkest and quietest and purest place on Earth,” said Karle. AMANDA […]
November 25, 2024 | experiments, Features, neutrinos, particles, Science | No comments