Latest reports on emerging and promising breakthroughs in audio and video
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As we see more and more AI tools emerging monthly, companies are acknowledging the necessity of combining multiple AI-driven solutions to address unique and complex projects. Only a few days ago, SoundCloud announced it had joined forces with three AI music companies—Fadr, Voice-Swap, and Soundful to allow creators to
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Always wanted to save TikTok clips en masse to watch them on a flight? TikTok has quietly introduced an "Offline videos" feature enabling users to watch videos without an internet connection. This feature allows users to automatically download batches of 50 to 200 videos simultaneously for later offline
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It was inevitable that AI-generated music would openly find its place on streaming platforms next to real musicians.
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Updated: January 30 YouTube is trying to be TikTok with its Shorts inroduction, while TikTok, once synonymous with short-form content, appears to be embracing the allure of longer videos with the testing of 30-minute clips. In February 2022, TikTok already began its transition towards lengthy videos and introduced 10-minute clips,
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As one of the updates to its newest iOS 17.3, iPadOS 17.3, and macOS 14.3 Sonoma, Apple Music subscribers will now have access to collaborative playlists. The feature allows users to create playlists together with their friends or family, inviting others to select tracks for a shared
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Not a false alarm.
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Artists will get 10% higher royalties for uploading tracks in spatial audio even if listeners don't choose the Atmos version.
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Not an obvious text-to-something AI tool, let's be honest.
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All these "sped up", "slowed down," and "slowed + reverb" versions of popular songs have been on music streaming platforms for ages. And it was pretty obvious that they acquired some portion of revenue share, impacting the original artists' payouts. But until recently, we
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In a move to address concerns about fairness and transparency in the music-streaming industry, the European Parliament is calling for new rules that could bring about changes across the EU. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted in favour of adopting a resolution, with 532 votes in favor, 61 against,
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In a recent interview on the Unconfuse Me podcast, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, alongside Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, revealed plans for the upcoming GPT-5 update for ChatGPT. Altman explained that the new iteration of the language model would be fully multimodal, incorporating support for speech, image, code, and video. While
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In recent weeks, YouTube users employing ad blockers noticed a significant slowdown in browser performance, sparking concerns that it was tied to YouTube's ongoing crackdown on ad blockers. However, YouTube has clarified that the latest browser slowdowns are not a result of their ad blocker detection efforts. Previously,