AI in the Music Industry | Gaming Takes Over The Sphere| Apple’s AI Play

In this episode, Hackl and Kebler talk about artificial intelligence in the music industry and the ethics of using lyrics to train AI. In a separate segment, they talk about Apple and AI.

The discuss Hackl’s visit to The Sphere in Las Vegas for opening night and the gaming industry taking over The Sphere during TwitchCon. Plus, which are a fad and which are the future?

Key Highlights:

• 6:41 - 9:10 - What we did last week: Cathy visits The Sphere in Las Vegas. Lee attends the Augmented Enterprise Summit.  
• 9:11 - 20:07 - AI and the music industry: The ethics behind using lyrics to train AI. Using AI artists to mimic real people and pushing the boundaries of musical innovation.    
• 20:08 - 32:41 - The Vegas Sphere. The outside of The Sphere displayed ads for Microsoft and Sony during TwitchCon. Cathy gives us her first-hand account of seeing The Sphere on opening night. Can brands and artirts repurpose their Sphere content?
• 32:42 - 38:34 - AI and Apple: Is Apple playing catch up on generative AI? Lee thinks so. Cathy thinks Apple is always one step ahead, they just don’t show their cards. 
• 38:35 - 39:21 - Break  
• 39:23 - 57:30 - Guest Interview with David Armano: Cathy interviews David Armano, Senior Director at Soul Machines about AI and Armano’s perspective on the future of work.
• 57:43 1:00:50 - Dispatch from the Fringe with Producer Lily Snyder: Genetically modified silkworms produce bionic spider silk. It’s a spiderverse out there!
• 1:00:51 - 1:03:18 - What Cathy and Lee are dressing up as for Halloween and the new FNAF movie. 

Show Notes:

• The Music’s First Reckoning with AI
• Apple, caught by surprise in generative AI boom, to spend $1 billion per year to catch up: Report
• Inside Apple’s Big Plan to Bring Generative AI to All Its Devices
• Xbox and PlayStation battle it out at The Sphere 
• David Armano on LinkedIn
• Silkworms modified to make spider silk

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