An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary
by MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review— I’m stressed and running late, because what do you wear for the rest of eternity? This makes it sound like I’m dying, but it’s the opposite. I am, in a way, about to live forever, thanks to the AI video startup Synthesia. For the past several years, the company has produced AI-generated avatars, but today…
ETtech.com—AI startups: Good Capital plans to invest $25 million in Indian AI startups this fiscal. Mauritius-based venture capital firm Good Capital on Friday said it plans to invest USD 25 million, about Rs 200 crore, in Indian AI startups this fiscal. The investment will be made from the corpus of USD 50 million Good Capital Fund II, which is expected to be used by 2027. "The total fund is USD 50 million which is planned to be used by 2027. Out of which Good Capital is deploying USD 25 million in AI startups empowering intermediaries and plans to deploy this by 2025," Arjun Malhotra,...
Entrepreneur—These 'Expressive Avatar' Deepfakes From a Billion-Dollar AI Startup Look Scary Real — Here's Who's Already Using the Technology. Nvidia-backed AI startup Synthesia showcased the world's first expressive AI avatars or digital clones with human facial expressions. about the hyper-real AI digital clones, here.
Raw Story—AI is starting to make coffee — and it’s really good at it. Finns love their coffee. Per capita, people in Finland consume 12kgs of coffee per year, making them the second largest per-capita coffee drinkers, only surpassed by Luxembourg. Finland also often ranks as the most technologically advanced country in the world. So, it only makes sense that they embrace a merger of the two — technology, and coffee. Thus, an artisanal coffee shop in Helsinki, Finland, made news when they started selling an AI-formulated blend.