Nicholas Rossi was found living in Scotland and has insisted that he’s an Irishman named Arthur Knight. Authorities say his fingerprints and tattoos prove otherwise.
Because who hasn’t dreamed of putting condiments on their hot dog in Skittles form, French’s Mustard has teamed up with Skittles to produce a limited edition of French’s Mustard flavored chewy candies. Is anybody else’s mouth watering? I will need Heinz ketchup and relish versions too. Shoot, add hotdog- and bun-flavored Skittles to the lineup, and I can eat a whole meal in candy form.
The limited-edition candy was created to celebrate National Mustard Day (the first Saturday in August, the 5th this year) and will be given away at pop-up events in Atlanta, Washington D.C., and New York City. Or you can enter to win a bag at the McCormick website HERE, with 700 lucky winners. Forget winning Powerball; I just want mustard Skittles.
According to people who have tried them, they really captured the flavor of French’s Mustard perfectly, which is just what I wanted to hear. Of course, if you are lucky enough to score a bag of these and don’t replace all the lemon Skittles in a candy bowl with them, clearly, you misunderstood the assignment.
[via TastingTable]
A team of paleontologists has announced the discovery of an Eocene-era whale it believes may be the heaviest animal to ever live, surpassing the extant blue whale in mass.
Peoples of Middle-earth, take heed: the One Ring has a new master, not dark but beautiful, and terrible as the dawn, treacherous as the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love him, and despair.
The feud between YouTuber James Donaldson, more commonly known as MrBeast, and ghost kitchen company Virtual Dining Concepts continues to rage on. After MrBeast filed a lawsuit against the company’s poor performance in scaling up MrBeast Burger, Virtual Dining Concepts is now accusing him of greed and bullying.
Meta is making it easier for artists and sound designers to produce audio using only AI. The Facebook owner has released an open source AudioCraft kit that bundles three existing generative AI models for creating sounds from text descriptions. AudioGen and MusicGen respectively produce sound effects and music, while EnCodec compresses sounds to produce higher-quality results. A musician or sound designer might have everything they need to compose pieces.
The release includes pre-trained AudioGen models for those who want to start quickly, and tinkerers will have access to the entire AudioCraft code and model weighting. The open source debut gives pros and researchers a chance to train the models using their own data, Meta says. All the pre-trained models use either public or Meta-owned material, so there’s no chance of copyright disputes.
The tech firm characterizes AudioCraft as a way to make generative AI audio simpler and more accessible. Where AI-produced images and text have been popular, Meta believes sound has lagged “a bit behind.” Existing projects tend to be complicated and frequently closed off. In theory, the new kit gives creators the opportunity to shape their own models and otherwise stretch what’s possible.
This isn’t the only open text-to-audio AI on the market. Google opened up its MusicLM model in May. Meta’s system also isn’t designed for everyday users — you’ll still need to be technically inclined to use AudioCraft properly. This is more for research, the company says. The developers are also trying to improve the performance and control methods for these models, expanding their potential.
Even in its current state, though, AudioCraft may hint at the future of AI’s role in music. While you won’t necessarily see artists using AI to completely replace their own creativity (even experimenters like Holly Herndon are still highly involved), they’re getting more tools that let them create backing tracks, samples and other elements with relatively little effort.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/meta-releases-an-open-source-ai-kit-that-creates-audio-from-text-prompts-152026368.html?src=rss
His vice president, his attorney general and even his own campaign manager told him his claims were bogus, per the latest federal indictment.
Emma Corrin teases their Deadpool 3 villain. Elizabeth Banks wants more Cocaine Bear. James Gunn insists DC’s future animated movies will come to theaters. Plus, take a look at early concept art for Trigun Stampede. Spoilers now!
A few weeks after the Titan submersible from OceanGate imploded, killing the five passengers on board, news is still trickling in about the bizarre history of the company. Leaked emails now reveal NASA’s reaction after the implosion, as OceanGate had an agreement with the space agency to test the Titan submersible’s…
James Gunn and Peter Safran are ready to relaunch the DC cinematic universe—helmed by a new, younger version of the Man of Steel, and a new Batman to go alongside Matt Reeves’ take. But for all the newness, at least one current DC start insists they’re sticking around.
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