Today in Generative Media

The Finals uses AI voices; Microsoft generates AI polls; Midjourney website out of beta

• The Finals uses AI text-to-speech because it can produce lines 'in just a matter of hours rather than months', baffles actual voice actors (PCGamer)

• Microsoft accused of damaging Guardian’s reputation with AI-generated poll (The Guardian)

• Midjourney’s website is out of beta.

• This new working paper looks at what happens after active on-line artists posting on the major AI art sites adopt AI art tools: They get more productive, producing 2x as much art. And people give the art 25% higher ratings (Ethan Mollick on LinkedIn). Generative AI, Human Creativity, and Art (SSRN)

• You can get a sense of what it's like to live-prompt a model, thanks to Latent Consistency Model speed. (X)

• Still more reports circulating that Steam is banning games that they suspect contain AI-generated assets. (X)

• This is a really impressive piece of AI-assisted game development (X)