As a new father, Jose Gonzales was disappointed to find so few picture books featuring characters who look like his daughter. “She’s biracial,” he says. “A lot of the popular children’s books have a white, blue-eyed, blonde girl as the main character.” And books that did feature biracial kids were too often focused on diversity as a subject, rather than telling the story about … [Read more...] about AI To Help Write Kids’ Bedtime Stories
AI
Nvidia Comes Out in Defence of the Shadow Libraries
Think of shadow libraries and the names likely to come to mind include the likes of Z Library, Anna's Archive, Bibliotik, Sci-Hub, or Libgen. Almost all have been sued for distributing copyrighted content without sparing a thought on ways to compensate the authors who created the content in the first place. Now guess who has come in the defence of these shadow libraries? It's … [Read more...] about Nvidia Comes Out in Defence of the Shadow Libraries
Microsoft Launches New Surface Pro CoPilot PC with Advanced AI Capabilities
Microsoft has launched its latest range of Surface Pro devices which it is claiming is the most powerful the line-up has ever been. Microsoft also stated the new Surface Pro devices form part of a new series of Copilot+ PCs which it said boasts advanced AI capabilities. The basic design of the tablet however remains largely the same though the internals have been fully … [Read more...] about Microsoft Launches New Surface Pro CoPilot PC with Advanced AI Capabilities
New AI tool helps authors release more audiobooks on Amazon
Audible now hosts a staggering 40,000 audiobook titles that have been narrated by artificial AI-generated voice, Bloomberg reported. This has been made possible thanks to a new tool that Amazon introduced last year. The free tool which is still in beta testing is accessible to self-published authors associated with the Kindle Store and allows them to convert their books into … [Read more...] about New AI tool helps authors release more audiobooks on Amazon
France slaps Google with $270 million fine for misuse of news publishers’ data
Publishers have always found themselves at loggerheads with makers of generative AI data models over their use of often copyrighted material for training of the AI models. Now, in a fresh new twist, the competition authority in France, Autorité de la Concurrence has imposed a fine of €250 million on Google for misusing news publishers’ data without consent of the publishers, … [Read more...] about France slaps Google with $270 million fine for misuse of news publishers’ data
Amazon Sellers to Use AI for Product Listing
Amazon is continuing to innovate on how it helps sellers succeed by giving them the option to provide a URL to their own website and leverage a new generative AI capability to easily create high-quality product detail pages in Amazon’s store. Amazon is continuing to launch new generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities that meaningfully improve how customers shop … [Read more...] about Amazon Sellers to Use AI for Product Listing
Audiotrain webinars to explore AI’s impact on podcasting, audiobooks, and radio
AudioUK's Audiotrain is set to host a series of enlightening webinars investigating the intersection of AI and audio. Spanning the upcoming months, the AI and Audio season will comprise three webinars, each offering insights into various aspects of AI's influence on the audio domain. Kicking off the series is Adam Fritz, CEO of Pozotron and a recent sponsor of Audiotrain. In … [Read more...] about Audiotrain webinars to explore AI’s impact on podcasting, audiobooks, and radio
Amazon introduces AI image generator to Fire TV, new AI tool to answer user queries
Amazon has officially launched the capability to generate AI-driven images on Fire TV devices. The feature is driven by Amazon's Titan Image Generator, a technology unveiled during the AWS re:Invent 2023 conference in November. Similar to other image generators like Stability AI and OpenAI's DALL-E 3, the Titan model transforms written prompts into images. However, with Fire … [Read more...] about Amazon introduces AI image generator to Fire TV, new AI tool to answer user queries
Wattpad Survey Reveals Evolving Reading Habits and Skepticism of AI in Publishing
A recent Wattpad research reveals that younger generations are increasingly reading online fiction, citing content diversity and representation for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ stories. Nine out of 10 readers believe that storytelling technologies will shape the future of reading. With AI becoming prevalent in the publishing world, 92% of US readers see the need for human involvement in … [Read more...] about Wattpad Survey Reveals Evolving Reading Habits and Skepticism of AI in Publishing
Apple negotiating with publishers to develop its own generative AI model
Apple has been conspicuously missing in the realm of generative AI so far though the same is set for a change soon. According to news on this courtesy of The New York Times, the tech giant is actively engaging in negotiations with major publishers and news organizations to secure permission to utilize their extensive news archives to train its upcoming generative AI … [Read more...] about Apple negotiating with publishers to develop its own generative AI model