Akai and Native Instruments are sort of like the Nintendo and Sega of music production. These long-time rivals offer many similar products, but some musicians get drawn to Akai’s MPC workflow while others choose NI’s Maschine platform. Soon, folks may not have to choose at all. These two icons of the space are teaming up. The MPC platform will soon be home to Native Instruments sound packs.< [...]
In an incredibly shocking turn of events, more generative AI features are coming to the Google Workspace suite of productivity apps by way of Gemini. Docs, Sheets, Chat, Meet and newcomer Vids are among the tools that are getting new AI capabilities that perhaps some folks will find useful.<br /> Google is taking a cue from audio overviews in NotebookLM to bring new Gemini-powered audio feat [...]
Microsoft and OpenAI share a vision for AI's future, but with different execution speeds. While OpenAI is moving aggressively to secure massive computing resources, Microsoft appears to be taking a slightly more measured approach.<br /> The article OpenAI's Stargate pivot highlights rift with Microsoft over future AI computing needs appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]
Poor Felicity Huffman: she went to jail for 14 days, after admitting she paid to have her daughter’s SAT responses altered, to ensure admission to a desirable undergraduate program. And now it turns out that she could’ve just bought one specific house in California.Read more... [...]