In response to GOLD MEDALIST‘s official statements, issued on behalf of actor Kim Soo Hyun, actress Kim Sae Ron‘s family has spoken up again via the YouTube channel Garosero Research Institute. Kim Soo Hyun’s Agency Releases New Official Statement, Directly Addresses Kim Sae Ron’s Family This time, the late actress’s father voiced his frustration with the actor, his […]
Sesame, the startup behind the viral virtual assistant Maya, releases its base AI model
AI company Sesame has released the base model that powers Maya, the impressively realistic voice assistant. The model, which is 1 billion parameters in size (“parameters” referring to individual components of the model), is under an Apache 2.0 license, meaning it can be used commercially with few restrictions. Called CSM-1B, the model generates “RVQ audio codes” from text […]
Moonvalley releases a video generator it claims was trained on licensed content
Los Angeles-based startup Moonvalley has launched an AI video-generating model it claims is one of the few trained on openly licensed — not copyrighted — data. Named “Marey” after cinema trailblazer Étienne-Jules Marey, the model was built in collaboration with Asteria, a newer AI animation studio. Marey was trained on “owned or fully licensed” source […]
Flexport releases onslaught of AI tools in a move inspired by ‘Founder Mode’
Freight forwarding and logistics company Flexport is rolling out a suite of new products and features, many of which use AI, in what the company says will be the first in a series of semi-annual announcements of this kind. If that sounds similar to Airbnb’s approach to seasonal product announcements, that’s because it was the […]
Hearts2Hearts Releases First Magazine Shoot, Gets Criticized For “Not Looking Like SM”
The girls of Hearts2Hearts recently released a new pictorial for Dazed. This is their first ever magazine shoot as a girl group. They were given individual cuts as well, promoting the brand Gucci. The girls looked gorgeous. Many netizens reacted positively to Yuha and Jiwoo. Ian reminded many of aespa‘s Karina. Although the girls pulled […]