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Deepdub raises $20M for AI-powered dubbing that uses actors’ original voices

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The company was founded in 2019 by two brothers, Ofir and Nir Krakowski , whose backgrounds included machine learning and AI expertise. Ofir had held positions in the IAF Ofek unit, including head of data science and integration, chief architect and CTO of the AI branch, plus AI research and innovation manager.).

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New Series: Creating Media with Machine Learning

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By Vi Iyengar , Keila Fong , Hossein Taghavi , Andy Yao , Kelli Griggs , Boris Chen , Cristina Segalin , Apurva Kansara , Grace Tang , Billur Engin , Amir Ziai , James Ray , Jonathan Solorzano-Hamilton Welcome to the first post in our multi-part series on how Netflix is developing and using machine learning (ML) to help creators make better media?—?from

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Supporting content decision makers with machine learning

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Our catalog of thousands of films and series caters to 195M+ members in over 190 countries who span a broad and diverse range of tastes. The commissioning of a series or film, which we refer to as a title , is a creative decision. as is the uncertainty of the outcome (it is difficult to predict which shows or films will become hits).

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China’s work automation startup Laiye raises $160M, acquires France’s Mindsay

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Guanchun Wang, Laiye’s founder and CEO, saw the “value of artificial intelligence” in the years he worked at Baidu’s smart speaker department after his film discovery startup was sold to the Chinese search engine giant.

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Generative AI won’t automate your way to business model innovation

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But as legendary Apple designer Jony Ive once advised Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky as the company mulled cuts, “You’re not going to cut your way to innovation.” Future-proofing work now becomes a mandate and an opportunity to innovate. Restructuring and automating are necessary parts of business survival.

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This week in AI: Amazon ‘enhances’ reviews with AI while Snap’s goes rogue

TechCrunch

So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. Well, it’s not quite this simple.

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Disney-backed Inworld raises new cash for its AI-powered virtual characters

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Inworld also made a notable hire, bringing on John Gaeta, perhaps best known for the “bullet time” effect in the Matrix film franchise, as its chief creative officer. “There is a healthy ecosystem of innovation in virtual characters, from companies that focus on visuals, avatars, hardware, motion and more.