Meta reportedly closes deal to buy AI voice replicator PlayAI
13 Jul
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Meta reportedly closes deal to buy AI voice replicator PlayAI

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Meta has finalized the agreement to purchase Play AI, a startup based in California providing users with an AI voice cloning tool, according to Bloomberg. The news organization says the "entire PlayAI team" is joining Meta next week, based on the internal memo it has seen. After joining the company, the team will be working under Johan Schalkwyk, who used to oversee speech AI research for Google and who was also a recent hire from another voice AI startup. PlayAI's tool can clone a user's voice and can generate new human-like voices, which can be used on websites, apps and phones. Meta reportedly noted in its memo that the PlayAI team's work is a "great match" for its own work and roadmap across various products, including Meta AI, its AI Characters and its wearables. The company...
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AI is worsening China’s population decline. But is it all bad news?
13 Jul
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AI is worsening China’s population decline. But is it all bad news?

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For 32-year-old Tracy Li, marriage and childbearing have never been essential life choices. Instead of following the traditional path of starting a family like most of her elders, the human resources manager at a Beijing-based company prefers the solitary life. “The cost of giving birth is apparently too high for women, which is leading to a low birth rate in contemporary society,” Li said, referring to child care and educational spending, as well as the time and energy required to raise a family. Thanks to technological advancements, her determination and confidence to embrace the challenges of staying single have grown stronger. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to progress, Li believes it will eventually fulfil needs like emotional companionship and elderly care – traditionally provided in Chinese society through marriage and children. “AI can already provide emotional companionship. In...
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Tracy Ifeachor ‘Didn’t Choose’ to Leave ‘The Pitt’: Source
12 Jul
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Tracy Ifeachor ‘Didn’t Choose’ to Leave ‘The Pitt’: Source

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The Pitt’s Tracy IFEor hinted that season 2 would look a little different before news broke about her shocking exit — but that doesn’t mean Dr. Collins can’t return in the future. Us Weekly confirmed on Thursday, July 10, that Ifeachor, 40, will not be reprising her role as Dr. Heather Collins in season 2. Amid reports that the decision was made by the show’s creative team, a source told Us that it was always the plan for Ifeachor’s character — who was a fourth-year resident in the first season — to go on and be a doctor in future installments of the show. Due to the nature of The PittCollins won’t be in season 2, but Ifeachor “didn’t choose to leave the show” and isn’t aware of “any doors being closed” on a possible return. Ifeachor previously...
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Vashon Island Film Festival Unveils 2025 Festival Lineup, Sets ‘The Balconettes’ For Opening Night – Film News in Brief
12 Jul
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Vashon Island Film Festival Unveils 2025 Festival Lineup, Sets ‘The Balconettes’ For Opening Night – Film News in Brief

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Vashon Film Institute, the non-profit organization dedicated to fostering independent filmmaking in the Pacific Northwest, has announced the film slate for its fourth annual Vashon Island Film Festival. The festival is set for Aug. 7-10, where nine features and 15 shorts will screen at the Vashon Theatre. The festival will open with a screening of the Opening Night film “The Balconettes,” which will screen out of competition. This year’s lineup will include six narrative and three documentary features, including Laurent Slama’s “A Second Life,” Ari Gold’s “Brother Verses Brother,” Ernesto Martinez Bucio’s “The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)”, Georgi M. Unkovski’s “DJ Ahmet,” Henry Bernadet’s “Gamma Rays,” Phil Moniz and Kevin Claydon’s “Racewalkers,” Ben Hethcoat and Keita Ideno’s “Coroner To The Stars,” Brittany Shyne’s “Seeds,” and Benjamin Flaherty’s “Shuffle.” The narrative...
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