AI & RoboticsNews

Replica Studios goes early access with AI voice actors for Unreal’s MetaHuman Creator

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! Replica Studios has launched early access to integrate its voice actor service into Unreal Engine’s MetaHuman Creator, enabling developers to create believable AI characters with realistic voices. The Brisbane, Australia-based company is one of a number of startups that are…
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Announcing nominees for the 2021 Women in AI Awards

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! As part of Transform 2021, we’re excited to announce the full list of nominees for the third annual Women in AI Awards. While only a handful will…
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Orangetheory sees AI data governance as a ‘force multiplier’

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! Ameen Kazerouni, chief analytics officer at Orangetheory Fitness, is well-versed in AI. His experience working as the head of AI and machine learning at Zappos has helped him successfully utilize AI and data at Orangetheory. At VentureBeat’s virtual Transform 2021 conference…
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MobileNews

Facebook and its advertisers are ‘panicking’ as the majority of iPhone users opt out of tracking

With iOS 14.5 released to the public earlier this year, iPhone and iPad users now have the ability to easily opt out of cross-site and cross-app tracking and targeting. New data from analytics firm Branch indicates that just 25% of users are opting in to tracking, which is causing panic in the advertising industry. As detailed in a new report from Bloomberg, the impact is being felt in…
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MobileNews

Google Sheets racks up 1 billion Play Store downloads

Google Sheets has joined a very exclusive club after reaching the 1 billion download milestone over on the Play Store. Although an excellent free alternative to Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets isn’t necessarily as useful on mobile as it is in a full web browser — making…
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Google Photos preps ‘Ask friends for photos’ feature for shared albums

Google Photos shared albums might be set to get even more collaborative with evidence of an “Ask friends for photos” feature that will allow you to request images directly from your friends and contacts. Evidence of the feature was spotted by Jane Manchum Wong over on Twitter, who shared screenshots of what appears to be an expanded “Sharing” section of Google Photos complete with this…
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