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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    AI translations for the Holy Masses.

    St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican has partnered with Translated, an AI-assisted live-translation service, to make the liturgy available in 60 languages. Vatican visitors can use their smartphones to access audio and text translations via the web by scanning QR codes within the Basilica, no app or special equipment required.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Gaze upon this party-sized PC speaker.

    This project from Florida-based artist Gwak needs to make that horrid beep/buzzing noise when the phone rings for authenticity, but the yellowing and half-peeled sticker is -chef’s kiss-.

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Good Riddance.

    While we still lack reliable deepfake detection tech, Jeremy Carrasco (@showtoolsai) has been using his social platforms to help people visually identify red flags for AI in videos. Now, Carrasco is expanding his AI literacy efforts with Riddance — a dedicated text publication for AI media news, investigations, and analysis.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Google adds AI audio summarization to Docs.

    Gemini-powered Audio Summaries give you a condensed overview of lengthy documents instead of reading the entire thing. The feature is starting to roll out to select business and Google AI users now, and can be found in the Tools menu in Google Docs.

    Audio Summaries can be found in the Tools menu in Google Docs.
    Audio Summaries can be found in the Tools menu in Google Docs.
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