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Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild

Last year I deepfaked my kid's stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation. It was an experiment to see if I could re-create the events depicted in a Gemini ad Google was running, and I never showed the videos of Buddy the deer on his adventures to my four-year-old. […]

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Left / center-leftGoogle’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild

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Right / center-rightAI Content Is Swamping the Internet—How It Impacts Critical Thinking

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The VergeNews report · May 23, 11:00 AM

Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild

Last year I deepfaked my kid's stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation. It was an experiment to see if I could re-create the events depicted in a Gemini ad Google...

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CL · Center-leftMostly Factual
Fast CompanyNews report · May 23, 10:30 AM

The AI backlash is a danger for every brand now

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It was a bad week for AI ’s public image. The concept was booed on mention at several commencement speeches, tarnished a literary prize, drove more layoffs, and tangled local politics in a...

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The Epoch TimesNews report · May 23, 9:40 AM

AI Content Is Swamping the Internet—How It Impacts Critical Thinking

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Under near constant exposure to AI output, experts say the dangers are real and the evidence is already showing up.

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FortuneNews report · May 23, 9:30 AM

I’ve spent 25 years studying loneliness. AI is about to make it much worse

A leading existential psychologist doubts that big tech is right to bet on AI companions during America's social disconnection crisis.

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MashableNews report · May 23, 9:00 AM

Don’t limit yourself to one AI model with help from this $60 platform

Make your AI workflow less chaotic with this lifetime subscription to the Chat Playground AI Unlimited Plan.

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TechCrunchNews report · May 22, 11:03 PM

AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots

People used AI on a spectrogram image of cockpit recordings to reconstruct them, forcing the NTSB to temporarily block access to its docket system.

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