Fish Audio raised a $52M seed round to develop AI voice models. It reports over 8 million users of its open-source or hosted models and $21M in annual recurring revenue.
Midjourney, known for AI image generation, has acquired the personalized astrology app Co-Star. The deal reportedly closed in spring, with terms undisclosed.
Runway has introduced the Media Router, which automatically picks the best generative model for image, video, or audio requests depending on whether a developer prioritizes quality, speed, or cost.
Samsung has shown its upcoming AI smart glasses in person, unveiling two new designs and initial specs including 9-hour battery life, with a fall launch planned.
Meta unveiled Content Seal, an invisible watermarking tool that flags images from its AI model, but the tool is seen as less accessible and reliable than existing options like SynthID and C2PA.
Meta is pilot testing an AI application that generates bedtime stories, aiming to assist users in tapping into their creativity.
As AI makes content easier to create, organize, and recommend, format-specific streaming platforms are converging toward all-purpose entertainment destinations.
Substack is rolling out an AI text detector, powered by Pangram, that lets readers scan posts and comments over 100 words for an estimate of AI-generated content.
Music streaming service Deezer says AI-generated tracks now account for more than 50% of daily uploads, reaching over 90,000 tracks per day in June.
Adobe is adding a generative AI suite called AI Playground to its experimental Project Indigo camera app, offered as an opt-out experiment to a small percentage of users.
NVIDIA used SIGGRAPH to showcase graphics and simulation advances driven by agentic and physical AI, spanning media, content creation and robotics.
A Verge opinion piece on 1010Benja's use of generative AI music tool Suno, focusing on the track "Semiramis' Dream" from his latest EP.