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Google and Microsoft agree to smartphone killswitch technology

Google and Microsoft agree to smartphone killswitch technology | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
Operating systems to get services to render devices useless if stolen
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September 16, 2:30 AM
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James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Has Already Been Immortalized With AI

James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Has Already Been Immortalized With AI | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
James Earl Jones died Monday at the age of 93. But long before he did, he gave Lucasfilm permission to recreate his iconic Darth Vader voice for shows like "Obi-Wan Kenobi."
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September 15, 11:19 PM
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Amazon’s Audiobook Narrators Can Now Make Their Own AI Voice Clones

Amazon’s Audiobook Narrators Can Now Make Their Own AI Voice Clones | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
Plus: Meta’s AI scrapes the UK, Google digitizes your passport, Chrome syncs your tabs everywhere, and (have you heard?) Apple announces some new iPhones.
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September 8, 1:26 AM
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The US Needs Deepfake Porn Laws. These States Are Leading the Way

The US Needs Deepfake Porn Laws. These States Are Leading the Way | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
Legislation addressing the crisis of deepfake porn is being proposed, passing, and failing at the state level all over the US. WIRED is keeping track of it all.
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August 17, 2:20 AM
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Nascar Pit Crews Are Using AI for the Perfect Pit Stop

Nascar Pit Crews Are Using AI for the Perfect Pit Stop | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
In a sport where speed is everything, Richard Childress Racing has embraced artificial intelligence to time its refueling down to the millisecond.
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August 17, 1:44 AM
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Orange claims gold in Olympic mobile coverage | Computer Weekly

Orange claims gold in Olympic mobile coverage | Computer Weekly | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
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August 1, 2:45 AM
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Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics

Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
Long-distance cables were severed across France in a move that disrupted internet connectivity.
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July 22, 2:49 PM
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Tennis and technology: How Wimbledon gave fans a GenAI experience | Computer Weekly

Tennis and technology: How Wimbledon gave fans a GenAI experience | Computer Weekly | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
Computer Weekly goes behind the scenes at Wimbledon to see how tennis fans are benefiting from the latest developments in artificial intelligence.
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July 21, 6:35 AM
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Fortnite Has a Political Violence Problem

Fortnite Has a Political Violence Problem | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
In a report shared exclusively with WIRED, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism says it found more than a dozen user-generated games on Fortnite that featured antisemitism and political violence.
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July 6, 12:17 AM
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AI Is Rewriting Meme History

AI Is Rewriting Meme History | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
TikTok’s latest trend involves videos of people traveling back in time to interrupt the viral memes of yore. The results are uncanny.
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June 30, 4:19 AM
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US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement

US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it

The Recording Industry Association of America and record labels allege that the leading AI music generators trained on their artists’ work without permission.

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June 29, 2:53 AM
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Artificial intelligence to make Olympic Games more inclusive | Computer Weekly

Artificial intelligence to make Olympic Games more inclusive | Computer Weekly | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
The International Olympic Committee is working with Intel to use AI at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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June 29, 2:52 AM
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THE LAST SCREENWRITER - Movie Trailer

Official Trailer for the Movie THE LAST SCREENWRITER.This film is an experiment by filmmakers for filmmakers. We wanted to see if AI could write

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May 18, 1:48 AM
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DALL-E: Edit AI Images in ChatGPT •

DALL-E: Edit AI Images in ChatGPT • | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it

Take advantage of ChatGPT's DALL-E image editor to generate images. Use text prompts to easily add, remove, and make changes!

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September 15, 11:28 PM
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The Music Industry’s ’90s Hard Drives Are Dying

The Music Industry’s ’90s Hard Drives Are Dying | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
The hard disk drives that the music industry relied on to archive a generation of albums are increasingly unreadable.
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September 8, 2:06 AM
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Ticket Bots Leave Oasis Fans Enraged

Ticket Bots Leave Oasis Fans Enraged | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
The online ticketing “fiasco” for the band’s upcoming reunion tour has led to pushback against dynamic pricing models and calls for more consumer protections.
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August 24, 2:48 AM
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Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports

Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
Protesters took to Citi Field Wednesday to raise awareness of the facial recognition systems that have become common at major league sporting venues.
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August 17, 2:12 AM
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The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones

The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
Later this season, the UK’s top soccer division will replace its controversial VAR offside-detection system in favor of a phalanx of Apple’s smartphones.
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August 1, 2:48 AM
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Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck

Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant. But it doesn’t help you be more productive, it just keeps you company.
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July 28, 2:29 AM
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Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI

Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
The union representing the voice and motion-capture actors who work in video games authorized the strike after talks with gaming companies stalled over the use of AI.
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July 22, 1:21 PM
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Omega’s AI Will Map How Olympic Athletes Win

Omega’s AI Will Map How Olympic Athletes Win | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
From gymnast-tracking to pole vault measurements mid-jump, the watch brand’s Swiss Timing division has a whole host of new timing tech for Paris 2024.
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July 6, 12:26 AM
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The New ‘Ethical’ AI Music Generator Can’t Write a Halfway Decent Song

The New ‘Ethical’ AI Music Generator Can’t Write a Halfway Decent Song | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
Song generators are in hot water over alleged copyright infringement, but the AI tool Jen was trained on licensed material. We asked pro musicians to test it, and the results were uninspiring.
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July 6, 12:01 AM
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The Real Relationship Hustlers of TikTok

The Real Relationship Hustlers of TikTok | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
TikTok is host to one of the most influential, fastest-growing online industries: relationship misinformation.
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June 29, 2:54 AM
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IBM deploys GenAI to power new Wimbledon features | Computer Weekly

IBM deploys GenAI to power new Wimbledon features | Computer Weekly | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it
With Wimbledon 2024 running at the start of July, IBM has used the watsonx platform with GenAI, to power a new catchup feature
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Prince Charles Cinema drops AI-written film following backlash

The Prince Charles Cinema drops the private screening due to "strong concerns" of its customers.
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May 31, 3:28 AM
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British Museum gems for sale on eBay - how a theft was exposed

British Museum gems for sale on eBay - how a theft was exposed | IT Arts Entertainment and Leisure | Scoop.it

The two clues that helped a Danish gem collector with a photographic memory crack open the case.

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