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Credit to: arminhamidian Let’s face it. It’s easier to use text-to-speech to create voice-overs and to create synthetic and unique music for your videos. But most text-to-speech apps out there suck! And buying stock music is expensive! Amazon polly, not that great. Google & Microsoft Wavenet, not that impressive. Adding pitch, voice-tones, SNL and almost writing code, it’s…
Tada Images / Shutterstock.com Apple is unquestionably late to the AI party. While Microsoft and Google have rolled out and integrated proprietary generative AI tech into their massive platforms, Apple has remained quiet on the trend—and the silence is surprising, considering the heat AI has generated, and the fact that Apple is one of the…
John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Microsoft today unveiled a suite of tools and integrations designed to empower frontline workers across the globe. Central to this release is an innovative Copilot offering, which harnesses the capabilities of generative AI to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of service professionals on the frontline. The tech giant underscores the considerable magnitude of this…
Digital EcosystemI vividly remember when Microsoft rolled out Windows 95. Designed to actually look like a desktop, with icons for the Recycle Bin, Briefcase, Inbox and other functions, it felt revolutionary, a boon for productivity as well as operations and logistics, and above all, user-friendly. And that innovation was market-proven: Microsoft product designer at the time, Juliette Weiss, noted in a 2017 article for Medium, “It was the most heavily user-tested product in [the company’s] history.”
Let’s face it. It’s easier to use text-to-speech to create voice-overs and to create synthetic and unique music for your videos. But most text-to-speech apps out there suck! And buying stock music is expensive! Amazon polly, not that great. Google & Microsoft Wavenet, not that impressive.
Illustrations by Gustaf Hjalmars Artificial intelligence is everywhere. And the recent explosion of new AI technologies and tools has introduced many new terms that you need to know to understand i…
ILLUSTRATION BY YUNJIA YUAN FOR FORBES; GETTY IMAGES/DNY59; GETTY IMAGES/SUBJUG; GETTY IMAGES/NENOV; GETTY IMAGES/THAMRONGPAT THEERATHAMMAKORN The software, part of Microsoft’s nearly $19 billion b…
Microsoft previously invested $1 billion in OpenAI.Photo:Mike Segar/REUTERS Microsoft Corp. MSFT 1.26% is in advanced talks for a new round of funding in OpenAI, according to a person familiar with…
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Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019 because it was “very worried” that Google was years ahead in scaling up its AI efforts. An internal email, titled “Thoughts on OpenAI,” between Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, CEO Satya Nadella, and co-founder Bill Gates reveals some of the high-level discussions around an investment…
Beauty conglomerate Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) and Microsoft are announcing a new collaboration, building on their existing strategic relationship. The two companies have launched the AI Innovation Lab, a virtual program in which Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service will help develop ways for ELC’s portfolio of more than 20 brands to leverage generative AI. “Generative AI represents a significant opportunity for the…
Microsoft Research Microsoft has taken a major leap in the field of AI-driven content generation. Just a few hours ago, the research arm of the Satya Nadella-led company presented VASA-1, an AI framework that can convert human headshots into talking and singing videos. The project marks a significant shift in what has been achieved in AI-generated…
John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Microsoft today unveiled a suite of tools and integrations designed to eMicrosoft today unveiled a suite of tools and integrations designed to empower frontline workers across the globe. Central to this release is an innovative Copilot offering, which harnesses the capabilities of generative AI to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of service professionals on the frontline. The tech giant underscores the considerable magnitude of this workforce, estimating their global count at 2.7 billion, more than twice the number of desk-based workers. These individuals perform diverse roles, from customer-facing associates to dedicated healthcare providers and operational stalwarts who navigate on-site tasks.mpower frontline workers across the globe. Central to this release is an innovative Copilot of…
Let’s face it. It’s easier to use text-to-speech to create voice-overs and to create synthetic and unique music for your videos. But most text-to-speech apps out there suck! And buying stock music is expensive! Amazon polly, not that great. Google & Microsoft Wavenet, not that impressive.
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