- Sony Music has created a new position — Executive VP Of AI, hiring former BPI CEO Geoff Taylor, according to Billboard, who obtained an internal memo from the company. The new role will involve Sony “coordinating its business efforts surrounding AI” and “coordinating across the global digital business and business and legal affairs division.”[1]
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India held meetings with prominent U.S. and Indian technology executives, such as Tim Cook from Apple, Sundar Pichai from Google, and Satya Nadella from Microsoft. While the details of their conversation were kept private, the statement highlighted the discussion of technology’s power, specifically AI.[2]
- AI startup Stability AI just debuted its latest version of Stable Diffusion—and the model does not disappoint. Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL) v0.9 delivers ultra-photorealistic imagery, surpassing previous iterations in terms of sophistication and visual quality. This means, among other things, that Stability AI’s new model will not generate those troublesome “spaghetti hands” so often.[3]
- With no official photos of the Titan wreckage released, unscrupulous Twitter and Facebook accounts have stepped in with fake photos they created using AI image generators.[4]
Sources:
[1] https://www.stereogum.com/2228177/sony-music-creates-executive-role-dedicated-to-ai/news/
[3] https://decrypt.co/145842/stable-diffusion-upgrade-ai-images-midjourney
[4] https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-generated-images-of-titan-submersible-debris-hit-twitter-facebook
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