Amazon Web Services (AWS) has long offered generative AI solutions to optimize everyday business operations. Today, AWS added to those offerings with the general availability of its AI assistant Amazon Q.
AWS first announced Amazon Q in November 2023; on Tuesday, the company made the AI-powered assistant generally available for developers and businesses, as well as released free courses on using the AI assistant and a new Amazon Q capability in preview. — Read More
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BBC presenter’s likeness used in advert after firm tricked by AI-generated voice
There was something strange about her voice, they thought. It was familiar but, after a while, it started to go all over the place.
Science presenter Liz Bonnin’s accent, as regular BBC viewers know, is Irish. But this voice message, ostensibly granting permission to use her likeness in an ad campaign, seemed to place her on the other side of the world.
The message, it turns out, was a fake – AI-generated to mimic Bonnin’s voice. Her management team got hold of it after they saw the presenter’s face on online ads for an insect repellant spray this week, something for which she did not sign up. — Read More
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