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☆ Google’s new AI tool uses image prompts instead of text
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( John Towfighi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Google’s newest artificial intelligence tool, “Whisk,” lets people upload photos to get back a combined, AI-generated image – even without users inputting any text to explain what they want. Google’s Whisk is an image-to-image generator, building upon the popular concept of text-to-image generators. Users can add in text if they want to direct certain details, but it is not required to create an image. Google’s Whisk is built upon the generative AI developed by DeepMind, the AI lab that Google acquired in 2014. For example, the generated image might have a different height, hairstyle or skin tone as the prompt images, Google said in a blog post.

Persons: ”, Google, Whisk, OpenAI, ” Thomas Iljic, Demis Hassabis, John M, David Baker, Dan Kitwood, DeepMind, Dan Ives, ” Ives Organizations: CNN, Big Tech, Google, Google Labs, DeepMind, Chemistry, University of Washington, Wedbush Securities, Samsung, Qualcomm Locations: London, England

☆ Google to relaunch tool for creating AI-generated images of people after pulling service due to inaccuracies
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-28 | by ( Todd Haselton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Google said it will soon allow users to create images of people using its Gemini artificial intelligence tool, after pulling the AI image generation option in February. "We've worked to make technical improvements to the product, as well as improved evaluation sets, red-teaming exercises and clear product principles," Citron wrote. Google paused its image generation feature earlier this year after saying it was offering "inaccuracies" in historical pictures. "Of course, as with any generative AI tool, not every image Gemini creates will be perfect, but we'll continue to listen to feedback from early users as we keep improving," Citron wrote. "We'll gradually roll this out, aiming to bring it to more users and languages soon."

Persons: Dave Citron, We've, Citron Organizations: Google, Gemini, Business, Enterprise Locations: Brussels, Belgium, British

☆ La travesía de una familia para llegar a EE. UU. por 8000 kilómetros y 8 países
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Por Luis Ferré-Sadurní | Juan Arredondo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Millones de venezolanos como la familia Aguilar Ortega han huido de la miseria económica y la represión política en su país natal mientras la nación se sumía en el caos. La decisión indignó a los críticos que alegan que contradice la imagen de Estados Unidos como un refugio seguro para los vulnerables. Inicialmente, los periodistas conocieron a la familia en Ciudad de México, y luego los alcanzaron en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. La dura experiencia sería una prueba para su fortaleza mental y física, tensaría la relación de la pareja, y retaría su compromiso y capacidad para forjarse una nueva vida en Estados Unidos. Aguilar afirma que los fiscales venezolanos distorsionaron los cargos y que él y su amigo no usaron violencia.

☆ Here's everything you need to know about Big Tech's AI models and tools but were too afraid to ask
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The in-house AI model called MAI-1 is said to be trained using a public dataset and text from ChatGPT, a source told The Information. AdvertisementThe company has a text-to-image generator called Microsoft Designer, which launched last year after being tested in December 2022. MetaMeta has an AI assistant called Meta AI. NurPhoto/Getty ImagesMeta has an AI assistant called Meta AI, which is run on its open-source LLM, Llama. It also has an AI image generator called Imagine, which launched in December and was trained on public Facebook and Instagram photos.

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☆ China's Honor will have Google AI features, including Gemini, on its upcoming smartphones
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Honor will integrate generative AI experiences into its forthcoming hardware, which will be powered by Google Cloud, the company said. A spokesperson for the Chinese firm told CNBC that this would include Google's AI assistant Gemini, as well as Imagen 2, a text-to-image generation tool. Smartphone makers are attempting to bring AI features to their phones, in a bid to get users to upgrade to their latest flagship devices. The integration with Google's AI features builds on Honor already running the U.S. firm's operating system Android on its smartphones. Designing advanced generative AI features can be difficult for individual smartphone makers, so partnering with Google gives them a shortcut to the latest generative AI apps that employ the tech.

Persons: George Zhao, Gemini Organizations: CNBC, Mobile, Congress, Google, Samsung, Gemini

Meanwhile, OpenAI on Monday launched a new AI model and desktop version of ChatGPT, along with a new user interface. Gemini AI updatesGoogle introduced updates to Gemini 1.5 Pro, its AI model that will soon be able to handle even more data — for example, the tool can summarize 1,500 pages of text uploaded by a user. Generative AI tools such as chatbots and image creators continue to have issues with accuracy, however. New search featuresThe tech giant is launching "AI Overviews" in Google Search on Monday in the U.S. AI Overviews show a quick summary of answers to the most complex search questions, according to Liz Reid, head of Google Search. Google Search found the model of the record player and suggested that it could be malfunctioning because it wasn't properly balanced.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Andrej Sokolow, Anthropic, OpenAI, There's, Pichai, Gemini, Apple's Siri, Prabhakar Raghavan, Liz Reid, you'll, that's, Google's, Tony Stark's, —, ChatGPT, Demis Hassabis Organizations: Google, Getty, Gemini, Monday, Gmail, Astra Project Astra, Marvel, Astra Locations: U.S

A logo of Spotify is seen on a beach during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, June 20, 2023. Spotify has been an early adopter of AI, which it used for music recommendation algorithms a decade earlier. The Swedish company is now aiming to use LLMs to replicate that across its non-music content such as podcasts and audiobooks. The music streaming giant has been looking to boost its earnings by increasing its slate of revenue-generating formats such as podcasts and audiobooks. With the expanded Google partnership, Spotify is also exploring the use of LLMs to provide a safer listening experience and identify potentially harmful content.

Persons: Eric Gaillard, Google Bard, Gustav Söderström, Supantha Mukherjee, Savio D'Souza Organizations: Spotify, Cannes Lions International, Creativity, REUTERS, Rights, Google, Thomson Locations: Cannes, France, Rights STOCKHOLM, Swedish, Stockholm

☆ Google launches watermarks for AI-generated images
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —In an effort to help prevent the spread of misinformation, Google on Tuesday unveiled an invisible, permanent watermark on images that will identify them as computer-generated. The technology, called SynthID, embeds the watermark directly into images created by Imagen, one of Google’s latest text-to-image generators. In recent months, an AI-generated image of Pope Francis in a puffer jacket went viral and AI-generated images of former President Donald Trump getting arrested were widely shared before he was indicted. With the announcement of SynthID, Google joins a growing number of startups and Big Tech companies that are trying to find solutions. The tech company also announced that every AI-generated image created by Google will carry a markup in the original file to “give context” if the image is found on another website or platform.

Persons: Imagen, ”, Google’s, Pope Francis, Donald Trump, Vera Jourova, –, “, Dall, ChatGPT Organizations: New, New York CNN, Google, Vertex, European Commission, Meta, Microsoft, Big Tech, Adobe Locations: New York, EU

☆ Thomson Reuters' profit beats estimates; outlook steady
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Helen Coster | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The Thomson Reuters logo is pictured on a building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. November 16, 2021. The news and information company reported adjusted earnings of 84 cents per share, 6 cents ahead of estimates. Total revenue rose 2% in the quarter to $1.65 billion, slightly missing expectations, according to Refinitiv. Thomson Reuters maintained its full-year 2023 outlook for organic revenue, adjusted EBITDA margin and free cash flow. Reporting by Helen Coster Editing by Nick ZieminskiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Carlo Allegri, divestitures, Steve Hasker, Thomson, –, Michael Eastwood, Hasker, Eastwood, Helen Coster, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Thomson Reuters, REUTERS, Thomson Reuters Corp, Accounting, company’s Elite, TPG, London Stock Exchange, Reuters News, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Britain, California

☆ Thomson Reuters to buy digital content management company Imagen
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] The Thomson Reuters logo is seen on the company building in Times Square, New York, U.S., January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoJune 28 (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO) will buy Imagen, a digital content asset management company, for an undisclosed price, to expand its agency business to new customers, the news and information company said on Wednesday. Britain-based Imagen, which owns the Screenocean video distribution platform, operates digital content libraries for sports, media and business companies including Premier League soccer and Major League Baseball. "Our belief is that our agency business needs to evolve to be a tech-enabled content delivery (business)," Reuters President Paul Bascobert said in an interview. On Monday, Thomson Reuters said it agreed to buy Casetext, a California-based AI company that helps legal professionals conduct research, analysis and prepare documents using generative AI, for $650 million.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Imagen, Paul Bascobert, Bascobert, Thomson, Kenneth Li, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Thomson Reuters, REUTERS, Premier League soccer, Major League Baseball, Reuters News, Reuters, Reuters Connect, BBC, USA, Thomson Locations: Square , New York, U.S, Britain, California, New York

☆ Lensa, the AI portrait app, has soared in popularity. But many artists question the ethics of AI art.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

Social media has been flooded with Lensa AI portraits, from photorealistic paintings to more abstract illustrations. In a lengthy Twitter thread posted Tuesday morning, Prisma addressed concerns of AI art replacing art by actual artists. For some artists, AI models are a creative tool. While the value of art is subjective, the crux of the AI art controversy is the right to privacy. Without decades of examples to learn from, he said, the AI images that looked just like his illustrations would never exist.

☆ AI tech like Dall-E 2 will eventually kill smartphone apps, A16z VC Peter Levine says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Julie Bort | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The A16z venture capitalist Peter Levine told Insider that apps were heading for obsolescence. Tech like Dall-E 2 and Stable Diffusion that generates AI artwork will have more uses, he said. Peter Levine is best known as a general partner at the venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. This, instead, would be a series of AI agents that generate what you ask for when you ask for it. The Andreessen Horowitz general partner Peter Levine.

☆ Stability AI, the startup behind the hot text-to-image art generator Stable Diffusion, quietly raised funding at a $1 billion valuation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Matthew Lynley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stable Diffusion text-to-image model creator Stability AI has closed a massive financing round. Stable Diffusion is among a number of hyper-popular models like OpenAI's DALL-E 2. Stability AI, the creators of the hyper-popular text-to-image generator Stable Diffusion, has closed a new funding round that values the company at $1 billion, multiple sources familiar with the deal tell Insider. Founded in 2020, London-based Stability AI quickly became a household name in AI with the public release of Stable Diffusion in August 2022. For the time being, however, Stability AI is a young startup with a yet-unproven business plan.

☆ AI won an art contest, and artists are furious
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( Rachel Metz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN Business —Jason M. Allen was almost too nervous to enter his first art competition. Courtesy Jason M. AllenAllen’s winning image looks like a bright, surreal cross between a Renaissance and steampunk painting. Midjourney is one of a growing number of such AI image generators — others include Google Research’s Imagen and OpenAI’s DALL-E 2. “This is the literal definition of ‘pressed a few buttons to make a digital art piece’,” another Tweeted. Allen is glad the debate over whether AI can be used to make art is capturing so much attention.

☆ AI made these stunning images. Here’s why experts are worried
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-30 | by ( Rachel Metz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

OpenAI and Google have pointed to a few ways the technology might be commercialized, such as for editing images or creating stock images. An image created by an AI system called Imagen, built by Google Research. GoogleThe bias in these AI systems presents a serious issue, experts told CNN Business. It’s not what we see in the movies.”An image created by an AI system called DALL-E 2, built by OpenAI. Some researchers are thinking about how it might be possible to reduce bias in these types of AI systems, but still use them to create impressive images.

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