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Now hear this: Voice cloning AI startup ElevenLabs nabs $19M from a16z and other heavy hitters

June 20, 2023
ElevenLabs, a year-old AI startup from former Google and Palantir employees that is focused on creating new text-to-speech and voice cloning tools, has raised $19 million in a series A round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), former Github CEO Nat Friedman and former Apple AI leader Daniel Gross, with additional participation from Credo Ventures, Concept Ventures and an array of strategic angel…
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Vimeo unveils AI tools to make video creation a breeze

June 20, 2023
Vimeo, the popular video hosting and software company, announced today the launch of a suite of AI tools that it says will transform professional video production. The company is introducing a script generator, an on-camera teleprompter and an automated video editor that can remove unwanted filler words and pauses instantly with the click of a button. In a recent interview with VentureBeat, Ashraf…
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Hidden Door launches playtests for Wizard of Oz games created by generative AI

June 19, 2023
Hidden Door has launched limited playtests for its Wizard of Oz role-playing game platform that uses generative AI to create custom games for each player. Hidden Door’s development preview is a digital tabletop game role-playing game set in the land of the Wizard of Oz, a public domain intellectual property that includes 14 books written by L. Frank Baum. This is the first of numerous properties…
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How to navigate the AI jungle with pragmatic steps for enterprise

June 18, 2023
The infinite monkey theorem professes the idea that a monkey typing for an infinite amount of time would eventually generate the complete works of William Shakespeare, and OpenAI and ChatGPT have unleashed what feels like a form of this. ChatGPT, or generative AI more broadly, is everything, everywhere, all at once. It feels like magic: Ask a question on anything and get a clear answer. Imagine a…
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