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Amazon’s Alexa Fund invests in synthetic-reality startup Superplastic

One of the companies in the synthetic reality space, Superplastic, has just raised a $20m funding round led by Amazon's Alexa Fund.
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Phonky thang? Universal Music Italy debuts virtual artist Zero Pain

Virtual artists signed to major labels? It’s a slightly touchy subject in 2022 thanks to the controversy around FN Meka...
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Splash shows off its new rapping AI with Kendrick Lamar cover

plash is the Australian company that began life as a pure AI-music startup before using that technology as the basis for a popular music-making experience on Roblox.
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Google joins Meta in the race to improve text-to-video tech

One of Meta's Big Tech rivals, Google, is revealing its own efforts in the discipline with not one, but two research projects.
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HYBE reportedly acquires synthetic voice firm Supertone

Back when it was called Big Hit Entertainment, K-Pop firm HYBE bought a stake in synthetic voice startup Supertone.
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Bruce Willis ‘digital twin’ reports spark confusion

Big news from the world of 'synthetic reality' and virtual humans, as a "digital twin" of Bruce Willis was used for an advertising project.
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Sony Music hopes to take virtual K-Pop artist Apoki global

Have you heard of Apoki? If you don't live in South Korea, that's perhaps not a surprise, but Sony Music would like to change that.
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Capitol drops virtual rapper FN Meka after criticism

Capitol Records is severing ties with FN Meka, a virtual artist whose signing had been recently trumpeted as a coup...
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WMG invests in virtual-musicians startup Authentic Artists

Authentic Artists emerged in 2021 as a startup creating a roster of virtual artists to release music. Now it has raised some more funding.
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PUBG developer reveals ‘virtual human’ ANA – with music plans

Krafton is the games company behind popular action game PUBG: Battlegrounds, among others.
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AI brings dead Korean artist Shin Hae-chul back to the radio

South Korea may be the home of K-Pop superstars, but it’s making a strong play to also be the home of dead, AI-resuscitated singers too. We reported last December on TV shows based around dead artists ‘coming back’...
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Abba reveal new album and plans for avatar-focused concerts

It’s putting a lot on the shoulders of one group to cheer the world up during a global pandemic. However, Abba might be the band for the job.