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April 5, 2024

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OpenAI's Voice Engine can now clone a voice from a 15-second clip

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OpenAI's Voice Engine can clone a voice from a 15-second clip. Listen for yourself

Despite the model's advanced capabilities, OpenAI has not yet released it to the public. Here's why.

The AI voice-generating platform that shocked the world is getting an update to fight abuse How to use your own synthesized voice on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple Watch Meta unveils Voicebox AI to replicate the voices of your friends and loved ones

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Waymo self-driving cars start delivering Uber Eats orders

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For the first time, Waymo self-driving cars are delivering Uber Eats orders

The next time you order Uber Eats, you might not have to tip your driver -- because there might not be one.

The best food delivery apps: DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and more compared From automated to autonomous, will the real robots please stand up? Robots plus generative AI: Everything you need to know when they work as one

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Apple releases ReALM AI model to outperform GPT-4

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Apple claims its on-device AI system ReaLM 'substantially outperforms' GPT-4

Apple's new AI models could let Siri remember your conversation history, understand what's on your iPhone screen, and be aware of surrounding activities, such as recognizing the music playing in the background.

Apple research reveals some dazzling AI tech could be headed to your iPhone How Apple's AI advances could make or break the iPhone 16 Apple reportedly exploring AI-powered home robots, including these two products

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DALL-E now uses prompts to edit AI-generated images

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DALL-E adds new ways to edit and create AI-generated images. Learn how to use it

You can now edit your DALL-E images with conversational text prompts and by clicking on the part of the image you want to edit.

How to selectively modify a Midjourney image to create an artistic statement How to use DALL-E 2 to turn your ideas into AI-generated art How to use Image Creator from Microsoft Designer (formerly Bing Image Creator)

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