動画などを人工知能（AI）で加工するディープフェイクの技術が、ビジネスの現場で使われ始めている。その一例が、個人のデジタルな“分身”を合成映像で生成し、プレゼンテーションや研修ヴィデオなどに活用する手法だ。活用事例が増え始めている一方で、合成映像ならではの課題も浮き彫りになっている。
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Data scientists: don’t be afraid to explore new avenues
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Zendesk acquires AI automation startup Cleverly to advance customer service
Zendesk is looking to grow its customer service capabilities, and today it announced the acquisition of early-stage artificial intelligence startup Cleverly. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed at this time and Cleverly has not been entirely public about the size of its funding. Founded in 2019, Cleverly is based in Lisbon, […]
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Google confirms it’s pulling the plug on Streams, its UK clinician support app
Google is infamous for spinning up products and killing them off, often in very short order. It’s an annoying enough habit when it’s stuff like messaging apps and games. But the tech giant’s ambitions stretch into many domains that touch human lives these days. Including, most directly, healthcare. And — it turns out — so […]
Workera.ai, a precision upskilling platform, taps $16M to close enterprise skills gap
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Tuna raises $3M to address complexity of e-commerce payments in Latin America
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UK names John Edwards as its choice for next data protection chief as gov’t eyes watering down privacy standards
The UK government has named the person it wants to take over as its chief data protection watchdog, with sitting commissioner Elizabeth Denham overdue to vacate the post: The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) today said its preferred replacement is New Zealand’s privacy commissioner, John Edwards. Edwards, who has a legal background, […]
Taktile makes it easier to leverage machine learning in the financial industry
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