As AI voices get harder to spot, ElevenLabs adopts Google’s SynthID to help you sniff the fakes

AI-generated voices are becoming nearly impossible to identify. ElevenLabs is now embedding invisible watermarks into its audio so you’ll finally know when you’re listening to AI.

What it Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math
What it Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math

In the mid-noughties, when music by the Killers and Franz Ferdinand blared out of every pub and nightclub I passed, I spent my days and nights struggling through a Ph.D. in applied mathematics. My research focused on simulating how special light waves…

Google is diving into the film world with millions of dollars, and yes, AI is involved

Google is investing roughly $75 million in A24 as part of a new AI research partnership with Google DeepMind aimed at developing filmmaking tools.

Google built an AI that can see football plays before they happen

Google DeepMind has unveiled TacticAI, an AI system developed alongside Liverpool FC that can predict football player movement up to eight seconds in advance while also generating tactical recommendations for set pieces.

Agile Robots becomes the latest robotics company to partner with Google DeepMind

Agile Robots will incorporate Google DeepMind’s robotics foundation models into its bots while collecting data for the AI research lab.

Music generator ProducerAI joins Google Labs

Wyclef Jean used Google’s AI music tools on his new song “Back in Abu Dhabi.”

Google’s new plan to check if your AI is actually ethical

Google DeepMind researchers propose a new way to test whether AI chatbots actually understand morality or just mimic it, moving beyond current surface-level evaluations.
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Darren Aronofsky’s AI-generated series faces harsh backlash online

Darren Aronofsky’s new AI-generated series is drawing intense criticism for distorted visuals and awkward storytelling, sparking fresh debate on whether AI filmmaking is ready for prime time.
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I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator

Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini. 

Google reportedly snags up team behind AI voice startup Hume AI

Google has hired the CEO and top top behind voice AI startup Hume AI, signaling that voice is increasingly becoming the preferred interface over screens.