Tencent Hunyuan Video-Foley brings lifelike audio to AI video

A team at Tencent’s Hunyuan lab has created a new AI, ‘Hunyuan Video-Foley,’ that finally brings lifelike audio to generated video. It’s designed to listen to videos and generate a high-quality soundtrack that’s perfectly in sync with the action on screen. Ever watched an AI-generated video…

Google Vids gets AI avatars and image-to-video tools

Google is rolling out a raft of powerful new generative AI features for Vids designed to take the pain out of video creation. Between wrestling with complicated software, finding someone willing to be on camera, and then spending hours editing out all the “ums” and “ahs,”…

Decentralised AI: Full of promise, but not without challenges

Decentralised artificial intelligence has been hailed as one of the most profound innovations of our time, promising to give users control of the most transformative technologies. Yet the industry faces some daunting challenges if the vision is to be fulfilled. Proponents of decentralisation imagine a world…

Zopa: AI to automate banking, threaten finance jobs

AI is transforming the banking industry, but the expected benefits and savings come at great human cost with the impact on finance jobs. The report, a collaboration between digital bank Zopa and Juniper Research, forecasts that generative AI will deliver £1.8 billion in cost savings by…

The implications of AI in DeFi

The applications of AI in DeFi, actual emerging use cases, and the ethical and technical limitations that need to be solved in order to achieve the complete joint potential….

AI’s dual nature: Genuine innovation amid localised bubbles

AI’s growing dominance in the world, whether it be reshaping industries’ workflows or influencing investor portfolios, is redefining how society and economies evolve. Of course, the hype and buzz around AI has been and is hard to ignore, but the question is, does this hype often…

X and xAI sue Apple and OpenAI over AI monopoly claims

Elon Musk’s X and xAI are taking on Apple and OpenAI, accusing the tech giants of an AI monopoly to crush their competition. A lawsuit by the companies filed in a Texas federal court claims the exclusive partnership between Apple and OpenAI to put ChatGPT on…

Top AI vibe-coding platforms powering Web3 builds

Vibe coding is making lots of noise in software development, but perhaps nowhere will its presence be felt more keenly than in the Web3 coding space. Of course, not every AI code generator is cut out for Web3 development. That’s because it’s a niche area that…

Malaysia launches Ryt Bank, its first AI-powered bank

AI is steadily changing the way banks work. The technology can sift through massive amounts of data, calculate risks, and handle routine tasks at speeds people can’t match. Now, Malaysia has entered that space with the launch of Ryt Bank, billed as the first AI-powered bank…