Mon. 03/08 - Replacing The Simpsons Cast with AI Voice "Actors?"

Could The Simpsons replace their entire cast with AI replicas? A look at the scientific, artistic, and legal possibilities. Researchers have discovered an interesting trait in green tree frogs that they’re describing as built-in noise-canceling headphones. A few highlights from the 1,200 new words added to the German dictionary last year. And a website that lets you play streaming music on a vinyl interface.

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Links:

• Could The Simpsons replace its voice actors with AI deepfakes? (Wired)
• Digital Image Rights & Right of Publicity (SAG-AFTRA)
• Treefrogs have noise-cancelling headphones built into their ears (Popular Science)
• Coronaangst ridden? Overzoomed? Covid inspires 1,200 new German words (The Guardian)
• Needledrop: A turntable interface for music playback
• We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy by Caseen Gaines 
• Jack Dorsey is offering to sell the first tweet as an NFT (CNBC)
• Boot fills Foot’s boots as Shoe Zone finance boss (The Evening Standard)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter