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Source: The Verge Amazon is launching an alexa.com website and a new mobile app where Alexa Plus subscribers will be able to use the AI-powered voice assistant. We don’t have many details beyond that, but the website and the app could be handy new ways to interact with the revamped Alexa, which was announced at…
Source: Venture Beat Akool, a startup doing AI-driven avatar content creation, announced enhancements to Akool Streaming Avatars that connect avatars with AI models. Akool has added advanced video generation technology that now seamlessly integrates with large language models (LLMs) to help model builders create dynamic, 2D lifelike avatars. With the ability to upload a photo and provide…
Source: The Verge Ncuti Gatwa’s version of the Doctor will be back pretty soon. Disney Plus and the BBC announced that the next season of Doctor Who will start streaming on April 12th, with new episodes dropping weekly. The season will span eight episodes total. Perhaps more interesting than the date, though, is a pair…
Source: Venture Beat HTC has launched Viverse Worlds, a destination for sharing 3D content that is accessible from just a web link. No downloads are necessary as you explore the Viverse Worlds platform for discovering 3D content. It’s a kind of metaverse where visitors can not only view 3D spaces but interact with them as…
Source: The Verge While showing up at a protest can demonstrate your opinion to the world, you may not want your face — or the faces of other protesters — to be included, especially when there is the possibility that authorities will collect and use that information (as they did for tracking movements during COVID-19…
Source: Venture Beat Twitch announced this week that it has partnered with StreamElements to integrate the latter’s sponsorship platform directly into its streaming dashboard. This new move makes sponsorships easier to find and maintain for Twitch’s legion of creators, and those offered via StreamElements offer a guaranteed base pay and performance incentives. This is part…
Source: The Verge Amazon is finally launching the long-awaited generative AI version of Alexa that, if all goes well, will take away much of the friction that comes with talking to a speaker to control your smart home or getting info on the fly. Some of the new abilities coming to Alexa Plus include doing…
Source: Venture Beat Dorian, a game platform serving mostly female game creators and fans, has added interactive video integration with its UGC games. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge Amazon is set to announce new Alexa features beginning at 10AM ET this morning — and we hope a few devices accompany them. There isn’t a way to watch the event remotely, but our team is here in person to bring you all of the updates as they happen. We’re expecting Amazon…
Source: Venture Beat IBM is bringing the power of conditional reasoning to its open source Granite 3.2 LLM, in an effort to solve real enterprise AI challenges. Read Full Article
