Spotify hit band The Velvet Sundown comes clean on AI

Following weeks of speculation, The Velvet Sundown has revealed that it is indeed the work of AI. The band quickly became popular on Spotify, but people started to suspect its authenticity due to its bland music, hyper-realistic images, and lack of a digital footprint. The anonymous person or team behind the ruse finally came clean over the weekend, saying on the band’s Spotify site: “The Velvet Sundown is a synthetic music project guided by human creative direction, and composed, voiced, and visualized with the support of artificial intelligence” ...

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TikTok could try to resolve ongoing ban threat by launching a new app

TikTok plans to launch a new version of its app for U.S. users on September 5 as part of a strategy to address security concerns ahead of a potential sale of its U.S. operations, The Information claimed in a report on Sunday. TikTok users will need to switch to the new app, with the current version remaining functional until March next year. The sale, driven by U.S. government mandates, apparently involves a consortium of non-Chinese tech firms that include Oracle, while ByteDance retains a minority stake ...

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Microsoft executive said laid off staff should use AI to help cope with job loss

After Microsoft recently announced it was laying off 9,000 employees, Xbox executive Matt Turnbull suggested in a LinkedIn post that the now-former workers consider using AI for emotional support and career guidance, saying that it could help with any sense of loss, as well as with resume building. Game developers slammed the advice for being condescending and poorly timed, adding that a job loss requires human understanding rather than algorithmic solutions. Turnbull later deleted his post ...

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