AI Edition - It's AI Time - 65 [18-06-2024]

AI Edition - It's AI Time - 65

DeepMind's New AI Generates Soundtracks And Dialogue For Videos

DeepMind is developing an AI technology called V2A to generate synchronized soundtracks for videos. It uses diffusion models trained on audio, dialogue transcripts, and video clips to create music, sound effects, and dialogue.

McDonald’s deep-sixes drive-thru AI experiment but says AI order-taking will still happen.

In a sign that it remains stubbornly difficult to add AI to products millions of consumers depend on, McDonald’s ended a partnership with IBM in which it experimented with voice AI order-taking at the drive-thru. According to Restaurant Business, More than 100 restaurants had been part of the pilot. But the fast-food giant did not close the drive-thru window on future voice AI ordering options, saying it would evaluate other solutions by the end of the year.

DeepSeek Coder V2

DeepSeek Coder is a powerful model that gets 90+ on HumanEval while matching GPT-4 Turbo performance on many other challenging benchmarks. It is available through an API and free for commercial use.

The International Monetary Fund warns of labor disruptions and rising inequality due to generative AI.

According to the Financial Times, the International Monetary Fund said it had “profound concerns” about massive labor disruptions and rising inequality as societies move towards generative AI, and it urged governments to do more to protect their economies. In a report published on Monday, the fund said countries should act such as improving unemployment insurance, warning that, unlike past disruptive technologies, AI could lead to job losses in higher-skilled occupations.