"AI is the devil and I its maker."

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Built directly into the YouTube Music app, Ask Music lets users describe what they want to hear in everyday language rather than searching for individual songs or artists.

YouTube’s new custom feeds let users describe the videos they want to see in their own words, then use Gemini to build a personalized feed around the request.

Spotify is rolling out Taste Profile to Premium users in the U.S., letting listeners see how the streamer understands their tastes and use natural language to reshape their recommendations.

In one particularly odd interview, Norwood seems to malfunction and begin speaking Chinese.

The former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney previously sent a cease-and-desist letter to, will serve as the company's first-ever chief technology officer.

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.

Pocket FM uses AI to produce 99% of its new content, helping make content production about 80 times cheaper.

As it grapples with a bevy of lawsuits, Suno said its new model, Suno v6, is not trained using music it used to train previous versions of the AI model.

Authors say publishers seem to be claiming more than their fair share of settlement payments.

Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.

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The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale.

As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

The demand for high-quality video continues to accelerate across industries, powering everything from immersive streaming experiences to remote collaboration,...

The demand for high-quality video continues to accelerate across industries, powering everything from immersive streaming experiences to remote collaboration, generative AI media tools, and large-scale content delivery. Behind these experiences is a growing need for video pipelines that are faster, more efficient, and capable of handling increasingly complex formats and workloads.

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