AI & Entertainment: Tom Loses Job to RoboCat 🤖 Battle of AI Tunes vs. Artists 🎹 Romance in the Age of AI 💌

EDITOR’S NOTE

Dear Reader, according to a CVL Economics survey, 57% of leaders in entertainment industries believe AI threatens composers and sound engineers, with 50% foreseeing similar impacts on songwriters and lyricists within three years. On the bright side, legends like A.R.Rehman have advocated using AI to fasten time-consuming tasks, improve quality, and enhance fan engagement experiences. Today, we will explore more such developments in the entertainment industry.

In Today’s Newsletter:

• RoboCat vs. Tom: Job on the Line in AI Showdown!

• Music vs. AI: 'Guilty Minds' Hits an AI Copyright Chord!

• Cadbury Silk Spins AI Valentines with a Zoya Twist!

• 5 AI Tools to Enhance Your Creativity

• Other AI Developments in Entertainment

• Latest AI news from around the world

TOP NEWS
RoboCat Replaces Tom: A Tail of AI’s Job Pounce!

A viral video from the 'Tom and Jerry’ episode of "Tin Cat of Tomorrow" titled "Verminator 7000" shows Tom replaced by a robot cat, a.k.a Mechano, sparking discussions amidst the ongoing AI job threat debate.

Why is it relevant?
In the episode, Tom is replaced by Mechano but later teams up with Jerry to thwart their new rival. As discussions on AI’s impact on jobs intensify, the clip serves as a humorous, yet poignant reminder of technology's impact on employment and future predictions in popular culture.

TOP NEWS
Melody or Mimicry? AI's Creative Conundrum

"Guilty Minds," a web series on Amazon Prime Video, in one of their episodes, “Aalap“ explores a legal battle over an AI app creating new songs, accused of plagiarism by music directors.

Why is it relevant?
This storyline and the recent protests by various artists and writers’ guilds against the tech firms creating AI tools to replace human creatives, highlight the complex legal and ethical questions surrounding AI-generated content in creative industries, challenging our understanding of originality and plagiarism in the age of technological innovation.

SPECIAL MENTIONS
Cadbury Silk's AI-Powered Rom-Com Revolution

In February 2024, Cadbury Silk collaborated with Zoya Akhtar to create "The Story of Us" campaign which enabled couples to create personalized Valentine's Day movies using GenAI, reaching 199M users and generating over 500k+ personalized love stories. Some of the stories from the campaign were also featured on Disney+Hotstar.

Why is it relevant?
Leveraging GenAI & personalization at scale, this campaign represents a pioneering blend of technology & creativity in marketing, offering unique consumer engagement & setting a new benchmark for brand-consumer interaction in the digital age. Read More

NANOBITS TOOLS

While OpenAI’s Sora has been taking the internet by storm, here are 5 cool tools you can use to enhance your creativity.

1. Murf AI is a leading AI voice generation platform that offers over 110 lifelike voices in 15 languages, supporting diverse applications with realistic TTS for professionals and creatives.

2. Speechify is being touted as the best AI Dubbing tool for video and content localization, broadening global content accessibility.

3. Otter.ai provides accurate transcriptions of live meetings & helps teams save time by taking notes, time stamping, & pulling in presentation slides

4. MusicLM from Google, a GenAI music platform, offers prompt-based music creation with downloadable 20-sec clips, granting access within minutes.

5. TextFX is an AI tool based on Google's PaLM 2 model that helps generate creative text and language possibilities.

MORE NEWS ON AI IN ENTERTAINMENT

Experience live concerts safely in the Metaverse, where 20Mn watched Daler Mehndi perform, showcasing the future of secure, crowd-free digital entertainment. Read More

Deepfakes gained infamy from a controversial video falsely depicting actress Rashmika Mandanna, sparking widespread outcry & raising awareness on identifying such deceptions. Read More

Ed Newton-Rex alleges Suno trained AI on copyrighted music without permission, noting similarities to known songs; Suno remains silent on the accusations. Read More

Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bachchan & Anil Kapoor, voice concerns over AI's threat to their identities & rights as it integrates deeper into the industry. Read More

Haiper, created by Google DeepMind & TikTok alumni, is a text-to-video model that democratizes high-quality video creation; it has been touted to challenge OpenAI's Sora with its accessible, cutting-edge AI for broad creative applications. Read More

LATEST NEWS IN AI

Google makes AI-powered editing tools, like Magic Editor, available to all Google Photos users for free, expanding from Pixel devices & paid subscriptions Read More

Meta launches MTIA AI chip for better performance; not yet ready for GenAI; aiming for cost savings amidst competition from tech giants. Read More

Bengaluru's water crisis prompts BWSSB to employ AI for analyzing flow patterns and controlling motor operations efficiently using IoT sensors and AI models. Read More