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Just last summer, experts on the intersection of AI and music told Rolling Stone that it would be years before a tool emerged that could conjure up fully produced songs from a simple text description, given the endless complexities of the finished product. But Suno, a two-year-old start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has already pulled it off, vocals included — and their latest model, v3, which is available to the general public as of today, is capable of some truly startling results.   In…

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A day after a grim-faced Justin and Hailey Bieber were photographed attending services at their local Beverly Hills megachurch, a conservative Christian YouTube minister removed the Instagram post that initially sparked this week’s speculation about the health of their marriage. Hailey Bieber reportedly, and understandably, was unhappy about reports that she and Justin were dealing with “something” in their marriage — and about her father’s role in encouraging the speculation, according to TMZ. Earlier this week, Stephen…

Substantial ice loss has been observed in the Antarctic region since the 1970s, but a new study suggests for at least some significant regions it actually started as far back as the 1940s, and perhaps even earlier.A research team led by the University of Houston collected sedimentary rock cores from seven locations near the massive Thwaites Glacier and nearby Pine Island Glacier to determine precisely when current melting began to ramp up.Dating back over 10,000 years, the rock samples tell the story of the ice shelves…

Samsung and LG are both major Korean conglomerates that also compete against each other in various industries, such as component manufacturing, electronics, and home appliances. LG used to make phones back in the day as well but has since given up on that business. Samsung Display and LG Display are the leading South Korean display makers. As you'd expect, they're tough competitors, but there's recently been an improvement in their relationship. This has likely come from a realization that China's relentless pursuit of…

While there might not be much consensus on the nominations and winners among Oscar enthusiasts, one thing they can agree on is the rarity of the occasion when an Academy Award winner garners universal approval. While there may be a couple of exceptions, the history of the Oscars abounds with winners that sparked shock, controversy, and backlash. When Will Smith hit presenter Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars.(AP) So let's take a closer look at 10 of the most provocative and contentious Academy Award victories…

RBI Deputy Governor flags AI risks in finance sector; AI reshapes sales: Professionals save over 2 hours daily, focus on human connections; Canadian health care workers embrace AI amid staffing crisis; Samsung's AI-powered fridge generates recipes- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. RBI Deputy Governor flags AI risks in finance sectorRBI Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao expressed concerns about AI deployment in financial institutions, citing risks of data bias, governance challenges, and…

The Biden administration proposed new tax guidelines today aimed at making it cheaper to produce hydrogen as a less-polluting alternative to fossil fuels. The tax credit comes with strict stipulations around using newly constructed sources of clean energy to produce hydrogen, as opposed to more polluting sources.The guidelines elicited strong reactions from clean energy advocates and industry today, some celebrating, others outraged. Some experts said new guardrails are needed to ensure that the Biden administration’s…

Researchers propose that a taste for fermented morsels may have triggered a surprising jump in the growth rate of our ancestors' brains.In fact, a shift from a raw diet to one that included food items already partially broken down by microbes may have been a crucial event in our brain's evolution, according to a perspective study by evolutionary neuroscientist Katherine Bryant of Aix-Marseille University in France and two US colleagues.Human brains have tripled in size over the last two million years of evolution, while…

Helen Toner, the Melburnian researcher seemingly at the heart of an ideological debate that saw generative AI poster child Sam Altman ousted from OpenAI, will not be remaining on the company’s not-for-profit board in the wake of Altman’s return to the fold.The story of Altman’s removal and comeback has been a rollercoaster ride since the board’s decision earlier this week, and the episode is the latest flashpoint of an ongoing philosophical conflict under way in Silicon Valley.While Altman, the face of OpenAI and…