Tag: AI
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Are You Ready For AI Remastering of Classic TV Shows like Conan The Adventure? Soon They Will Be Streaming For Free
ElectricNOW, the premium OTT app and FAST channel from Electric Entertainment, is revitalizing classic TV series using Topaz Labs’ Video AI™ technology. The platform is digitally remastering “Conan the Adventurer,” “The Lost World,” and “The Immortal,” exclusively for ElectricNOW. CEO Dean Devlin highlighted Topaz’s restoration tools, which make the series feel as if they were…
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Air Canada Lost Case Involving Hallucinating Chatbot Lying About Policy
Air Canada lost a small claims case after its AI-powered chatbot hallucinated on the job and gave a grieving customer incorrect information about the airline’s bereavement policy. The customer said they bought tickets after being misled by the AI chatbot, which gave answers inconsistent with Air Canada’s policy. While the chatbot provided a link to…
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NBC Will Soon Use AI in Its Live Sports Productions
NBC is further incorporating artificial intelligence into its sports offerings. The TV network’s sports division, NBC Sports, said it has partnered with tech startup MOVRS to test its generative AI-enabled platform to “create more engaging content and visualizations” for its productions. This comes after NBC Sports Next’s SportsEngine announced last month that it would start…
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Reddit Reportedly Strikes Deal to Let Company Use its Content to Train AI Systems
Reddit has struck a rich deal with a large artificial intelligence company to let it use the social media network’s content to train its models, according to Bloomberg. The deal is worth about $60 million on an annualized basis, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The report didn’t include the name of the AI company. The…
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Amazon Joins US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute to Promote Responsible AI
Today, Amazon announced it is taking steps to work with AI partners to develop safety, fairness, and security for the AI they develop. The hope is through a group of companies and governments to build regulatory frameworks and guardrails for AI at the same time developing them going forward. To do this, Amazon has joined…
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NBC is Tapping AI to Help Power a New Sports Streaming Service
NBC Sports Next’s SportsEngine and production company Pixellot are teaming up to stream amateur and youth sports with assistance from artificial intelligence. SportsEngine Play — SportsEngine’s new sports subscription service — will offer Pixellot’s AI-automated cameras to local sports venues. Streaming games via Pixellot’s cameras will cut costs and improve streaming quality, according to Sports…
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Fire TV’s New Feature Lets You Create AI-Generated Artwork With Help From Alexa
Amazon’s latest artificial intelligence feature, AI Art, is now available in public preview on some Fire TVs. AI Art, powered by Titan Image Generator, lets Fire TV Stick 4K Max (second generation) or Fire TV Omni QLED Series users create images with the Fire TV Ambient Experience by giving Alexa an “imagination-driven prompt,” like a…
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Telly, The Company Offering Free TVs, Will Now Offer Interactive Ads to Buy Stuff
Streaming platform DAZN and smart TV manufacturer Telly have teamed up with video technology company TheTake to give customers a more interactive viewing experience, according to an announcement made at CES 2024. The notion of a more seamless shopping experience aided by artificial intelligence appears to be growing in popularity. In addition to TheTake’s new…
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Apple’s Siri Is Rumored To Be Getting a Generative AI Makeover
Apple might debut a new version of its voice assistant, Siri, with generative artificial intelligence support at its next WWDC event in June. The generative AI version of Siri will reportedly be based in Ajax, Apple’s answer to ChatGPT, which is still in development. With a generative AI refresh, Siri will be capable of more…
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CES 2024: Here’s What to Expect From the Biggest Tech Show of the Year
CES is a time for whacky new concept televisions, robots that play ping pong, self-driving tractors and other attention-grabbing innovations. But for cord cutters, it’s increasingly become a road map for where the world of streaming is headed. Historically, the show has leaned heavily on physical devices like televisions or, over the last few years,…