Google’s AI music maker is coming to the Gemini app

Google's AI music maker is coming to the Gemini app

Google gave Gemini the ability to churn out AI-generated music, thanks to DeepMind’s latest audio model. Beta access to Lyria 3 is rolling out in the Gemini app, allowing users to generate 30-second leads based on text, images and videos without ever leaving the chatbot window. The new music creation tool is available globally starting … Read more

Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs says Apple is finally debt-free

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February 18, 2004: Apple CEO Steve Jobs sends an internal message to employees revealing that the company is completely debt-free for the first time in years. “Today is a historic, fateful day for our society,” he writes. It’s a big turnaround from the bad old days of the 1990s, when Apple was carrying more than … Read more

Apple revives Apple Music Connect (but fans can’t join)

Apple revives Apple Music Connect

Apple has just quietly relaunched Apple Music Connect, rebranding its long-defunct social platform into something entirely different. It is now a centralized hub for record labels, music distributors and industry partners rather than fans. Apple revives Apple Music Connect (but fans can’t join) The original Apple Music Connect launched in 2015 as a way for … Read more

Kana emerges from secrecy with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers | TechCrunch

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Marketing is one of the few operations that no industry can afford to ignore, which is why we have a veritable plethora of AI-powered marketing tools in the face of marketers today. From Facebook and Instagram to TikTok, and major incumbents like Microsoft and Google to content creation startups like Jasper and Copy.ai, all social … Read more