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Beams wants to turn collaborative audio clips into a social media biz

TechCrunch

Finding the signal in the noice of social audio is turning out to be the real challenge. Or, well, adding to the social audio noise. Why focus on short-form audio as a social media medium? “We raised $3M in late 2020. Clubhouse closes an undisclosed $4B valuation Series C round, as tech giants’ clones circle.

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Who Owns Your Face? The Legal Fight for Identity In The Age of AI

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While intellectual property laws, privacy regulations and NIL agreements attempt to address these issues, they often lag behind innovation, leaving individuals vulnerable to exploitation. Striking a balance While stronger protections are necessary, it is also important to recognize the role of innovation.

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Rapchat tunes into $2.3M as its music-making app hits 7M users

TechCrunch

YouTube, Snapchat, Twitter, TikTok and Facebook’s Instagram have upended the film and TV industries, with a new wave of cinematographers, directors and actors leveraging innovations in technology to create new work and connect directly with billions of consumers to see it.

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Tencent Cloud partners with S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurship Club to build smart businesses with AI Digital Human solution

CIO

This innovation helps enterprises reduce content production costs while enhancing product credibility and value. This partnership empowers businesses to build smarter and more innovative systems,” added Professor Andrew Chin, Secretary-General of the S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurship Club.

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Contact, a platform for creatives backed by Maisie Williams, raises $1.9M seed led by Founders Fund

TechCrunch

But while modeling talent can be charged as much as a 20-40% commission fee, social media has been gradually displacing traditional agencies by reducing the barriers to entry and making talent more accessible. However, as everyone knows, social media is nowhere near a place anyone can manage their career. Image Credits: Contact.

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Generative AI is pushing unstructured data to center stage

CIO

Since those early days, the ratio of structured and unstructured data has shifted as the Internet, social media, digital cameras, smartphones, digital communications, etc. much of it is still stored in physical, or analog, formats such as paper, tape, film, microfiche, etc. have encouraged the creation of unstructured data.

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LOVE unveils a modern video messaging app with a business model that puts users in control

TechCrunch

” Co-founder Christopher Schlaeffer , meanwhile, held a number of roles at Deutsche Telekom, including Chief Product & Innovation Officer, Corporate Development Officer, and Chief Strategy Officer, where he along with Google execs introduced the first mobile phone to run Android. The company will raise a seed round this fall.

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