Stable Audio 2.0 by stability.ai

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1. Stable Audio 2.0 by stability.ai

Stable Audio 2.0 is an AI-generated audio model that produces high-quality tracks with coherent musical structure up to three minutes in length at 44.1kHz stereo. It allows users to upload and transform samples using natural language prompts, enhancing the creative process. The model builds upon Stable Audio 1.0, which was the first commercially viable AI music generation tool capable of producing high-quality 44.1kHz music.

It also expands sound effect generation and style transfer, providing artists and musicians more flexibility and control. Stable Audio 2.0 supports audio file uploads, ensuring that uploads are free of copyrighted material and using advanced content recognition to prevent infringement.

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2. Hercules AI unveils assembly line approach for building enterprise-grade gen AI apps

Hercules AI, formerly known as Zero Systems, has introduced an assembly line approach for building enterprise-grade AI apps. The company offers an assembly line process for quickly deploying virtual AI workers in the enterprise, with prefabricated components premade, tested, and pre-configured in advance.

This results in high-quality, cost-efficient, and easily scalable AI agents. RosettaStoneLLM, built off Mistral-7B and WizardCoder-13B, is another offering that helps companies automate complex workflows in regulated industries. The company claims that RosettaStoneLLM can perform tasks like entity mapping and code generation better than general models of GPT-4.

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3. NYC’s AI chatbot was caught telling businesses to break the law

New York City's AI chatbot, designed to assist small business owners, has been criticized for providing misleading advice that misrepresents local policies and encourages companies to violate the law. Despite the criticism, the city has decided to leave the tool on its official government website. The chatbot, launched in October, offers algorithmically generated text responses to questions about navigating the city's bureaucratic maze.

It includes a disclaimer that it may produce incorrect, harmful, or biased information and that its answers are not legal advice. Experts argue that the bot highlights the dangers of governments embracing AI-powered systems without sufficient oversight. Julia Stoyanovich, a computer science professor at New York University, criticized the government's unproven software without oversight.

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4. Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza

Israel's military has been using AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza, sacrificing accuracy for speed and killing thousands of civilians. The system, called Lavender, was developed after Hamas' October 7th attacks and marked 37,000 Palestinians as suspected Hamas militants.

The system was trained to identify features associated with Hamas operatives, ranking other Palestinians on a 1–100 scale based on their similarity to known Hamas operatives. The system had a 90% accuracy rate, but about 10% of the people identified as Hamas operatives were not members of Hamas' military wing.

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5. Nvidia plans to build a $200 million AI center in Indonesia amid push into Southeast Asia

Nvidia plans to build a $200 million artificial intelligence center in Indonesia in partnership with telecommunications firm Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison. The facility will be based in Surakarta, Central Java province, and will bolster local telecommunications infrastructure, human resources, and digital talent.

The move is part of Nvidia's broader push into Southeast Asia this year, as data demand in the region booms due to the growing digital economy. Southeast Asia has been a major revenue driver for Nvidia.

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