🦆 Duck, Duck, Goose

AI shopping, music, and avatars, PLUS generative art and QR codes

June 18, 2023

This week’s drip: (5 minute read)  

  • 👕 Google’s Virtual Try-On: Online shopping just got a lot easier

  • 🎶 Meta’s MusicGen: Create AI-powered melodies just through text

  • 🦆 “Goose” Ringer: Generative art fetches big bucks

  • 📱 QR Codes 2.0: Personalize designs that stand out

  • 👨 Synthesia: The billion-dollar startup revolutionizing AI avatars

  • 📰 Quick Bytes: This week’s roundup of the latest in the digital space

How do you typically harness the power of AI in your day-to-day?

IN RETAIL

Google’s Virtual Fitting Room

Google is leveling up the shopping experience with an impressive virtual try-on tool that harnesses the power of generative AI. You can now select a model that mirrors your unique features and get a glimpse of how clothes might look on you. With big-name brands like H&M, Everlane, and Anthropologie jumping on board, buyer’s remorse may soon become a thing of the past.

Source: Google

IN MUSIC

Meta’s New Beat

Meta has hit the music scene with its very own AI-powered music generator, aptly named MusicGen. It’s open-source, granting access to any and everyone. Simply provide a text description like “jazzy elevator music,” and MusicGen will serve up ~12 seconds of audio. Trained on 20,000 hours of music, including licensed and instrumental tracks, these AI-generated tunes are undeniably melodic. Try it out right here.

IN WEB3

Duck, Duck, Goose

This week, the “Goose" Ringer by Dmitri Cherniak fetched $6.2 million at Sotheby's auction, becoming the second-highest-selling generative art piece ever. Defying expectations that hovered around $2-3 million, this piece, part of a 1000-piece collection, emerged from the aftermath of 3AC’s bankruptcy. The sale is a clear sign of generative art’s validation, hinting at the evolution of algorithms in the digital art space.

Source: Sotheby’s International

IN TOOLS

Reinventing QR Codes

QR codes just got a major facelift because, let’s face it, they’ve always been a bit dull. Remember when Coinbase stole the show with their $7 million bouncing QR code during the Super Bowl? Now, thanks to another tool on Hugging Face, you can easily create your own personalized codes unique to you. We've even created our own to share this very newsletter. 👇️ 

Created by Hugging Face QR code generator
Quick tip: Save this photo to your camera roll, tap and hold the photo to open the link.

QUICK BYTES

  • Paul McCartney tapped into AI to bring back John Lennon’s iconic voice in the last Beatles record 🎶 

  • Wargraphs, a one-man gaming start-up with no external funding, just sold for $54 million 🕹️ 

  • Mercedes-Benz shifts gears by testing ChatGPT voice-assistance in their cars 🚘️ 

  • Black Mirror is back with a new season on Netflix, serving up a fresh take on its signature cynicism and thought-provoking tech-infused dystopia 📺️ 

  • Precision Neuroscience, led by a former Neuralink exec, is testing a new kind of brain implant to help people with neurological disorders 🧠 

The Future of Personalized Content

Meet Synthesia, the billion-dollar disruptor, revolutionizing the game with their cutting-edge tech that enables users to craft AI avatars. The tech is currently embraced by an impressive 35% of Fortune 100 companies in their training and marketing initiatives. Click the tweet below 👇️ 

This week’s AI-generated image created by DALL-E

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