Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET There’s been widespread industry focus lately on audio generative AI models, with OpenAI this week releasing the latest updates of its own model, Voice Engine. Now joining the trend is Stability AI, which has revealed its own most advanced audio model. Also: DALL-E adds a new way to adjust AI-generated images. Learn how to … Read more
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Emad Mostaque is stepping down from his role as CEO of Stability AI, the startup that helped bring Stable Diffusion to life. In a press release late on Friday night, Stability AI says Mostaque is leaving the company “to pursue decentralized AI.” Mostaque will also step down from his position on the board of directors … Read more
Stability AI founder and chief executive Emad Mostaque has stepped down from the top role and the unicorn startup‘s board, the buzzy firm said Friday night, making it the second hot AI startup to go through major changes this week. Stability AI, which has been backed by investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Coatue Management, … Read more
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Midjourney says it has banned Stability AI staffers from using its service, accusing employees at the rival generative AI company of causing a systems outage earlier this month during an attempt to scrape Midjourney’s data. Midjourney posted an update to its Discord server on March 2nd that acknowledged an extended server outage was preventing generated … Read more
It’s not often you see an established company burn through three CEOs in less than a year. But through circumstances beyond its control, that’s what has happened at Slack, the company Salesforce acquired in 2020 for $28 billion. In November, Slack introduced Denise Dresser as the latest person to occupy the corner office. Dresser acknowledges … Read more
JUBA, South Sudan — Mass violence and gross human rights violations in South Sudan continue unabated ahead of landmark elections due to take place in December, a report by the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has warned. Patterns of violence, violations and entrenched impunity continue to blight the lives of an extremely … Read more
Morph The next era of AI involves video generation, with giants in the space such as Google and OpenAI recently unveiling new text-to-video models. Now Stability AI and Morph are joining the party, with a unique take on a video-generating platform. On Wednesday, Morph announced a collaboration with Stability AI in developing Morph Studio, an … Read more
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Stability AI’s newest model for image generation is Stable Cascade promises to be faster and more powerful than its industry-leading predecessor, Stable Diffusion, which is the basis of many other text-to-image generation AI tools. Stable Cascade can generate photos and give variations of the exact image it created, or try to increase an existing picture’s … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese are casting their votes Saturday for a new president in an election that could chart the trajectory of its relations with China over the next four years. At stake is the peace and stability of the 110-mile-wide (177-kilometer-wide) strip of water between the Chinese mainland and the self-governed island claimed by … Read more
The company began the year with a ton of turmoil This year did not start off great for Salesforce, with an unusual level of turbulence and uncertainty surrounding the company. But as the year comes to a close, Salesforce finds itself in surprisingly good shape financially: Its stock is up over 96% year-to-date. Earlier this … Read more