ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a free AI tool for removing background noise from audio files for film, podcast, and interview post production (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat)

Mediagazer: ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a free AI tool for removing background noise from audio files for film, podcast, and interview post production (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat)

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ABC News:

In an ABC News one-on-one interview, President Biden pushed back against questions about his fitness, after about a month of heavy media focus on his age— : Speaking with George Stephanopoulos, he dismissed concerns about mental fitness. — President Joe Biden speaks with George Stephanopoulos …
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Washington Post: Sen. Mark Warner seeks to assemble group of Democratic senators to ask Biden to exit race

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Variety: President Biden Fights Critics Calling for Him to Drop Out, Asserts He's ‘Most Qualified’ to Beat Trump in High-Stakes ABC News Interview

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New York Times: For George Stephanopoulos, 22 Minutes of Probing the Personal.

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HuffPost: Biden On Debate Woes: ‘It Was A Bad Episode’

Daniel D'Addario /
Variety: Biden's ABC Interview Was a Necessary Appointment With the Public — and a Botched One

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Associated Press: Biden says he ‘might’ exit race if God tells him to, while more Democrats urge him to drop out

Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: George Stephanopoulos Asks Biden ‘Tough, Personal Question’: ‘Are You Being Honest With Yourself?’

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The Atlantic: Joe Biden Doesn't Understand the Post-Debate Reality

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The Guardian: Biden says only ‘the Lord almighty’ could make him drop out in pivotal TV interview

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New York Times: Read the Full Transcript of President Biden's ABC News Interview

Zolan Kanno-Youngs /
New York Times: Biden Says He Has Not Had a Cognitive Test and Doesn't Need One

Ben Mathis-Lilley /
Slate: Joe Biden Doesn't Seem to Realize How Much Trouble He's In

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Reason: Biden Insists Beyond All Reason That He's the Most Qualified Person To Be President

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Axios: Biden refuses cognitive test, denies he's losing to Trump

Cheyenne R. Ubiera /
The Sun: Oblivious Biden refuses to accept campaign is up in flames as he says ‘only the Lord almighty’ could make him leave race Deadline: Biden Dodges Calls For Cognitive Test In George Stephanopoulos Interview; “I'm Running The World,” POTUS Proclaims As More Voices Worry He Can't Beat Trump

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The Wrap: How to Watch Joe Biden's ABC News Interview: What Time Does it Air?

Josh Jamerson /
@joshjame: George Stephanopoulos, incredibly impressive interviewer tonight. Not grandstanding at all. Just straight-forward questions.

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CNN: Why ABC moved the Biden interview to air Friday night

James Hibberd /
The Hollywood Reporter: Joe Biden Insists to ABC News There's “No Indication of Any Serious Condition”

Andrew Springer /
@springer: What we learned tonight is that George Stephanopoulos is perhaps the best journalist on US television. Period.

Kathryn Watson /
CBS News: Biden tells ABC News his debate was simply a “bad episode” and he doesn't think he's watched it

Corbin Bolies /
The Daily Beast: Biden Says Only ‘Lord Almighty’ Can Make Him Go as Dems Sharpen Axes

Antonio Mora /
@amoratv: I'm mystified about the attacks on @GStephanopoulos from some on the right. He asked tough questions, and, if anyone thinks the interview with #Biden helped @POTUS, they need their heads examined. #Stephanopoulos

Tasneem Nashrulla /
Semafor: Biden insists poor debate performance was just a ‘bad night’

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Axios:
Analysis: Biden has held fewer press conferences and media interviews than any of the last seven US presidents at this point in their terms

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The Hill

CNN:
White House reporters say Biden's mental fitness could have been better covered pre-debate, particularly after the release of Robert Hur's report in February

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Brian Stelter /
Vox: Did the media botch the Biden age story?

Rachael Bedard /
New York Times: Frailty Explains What's Happening to President Biden

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: The media, the president and what we should have known about his age-related issues

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling /
New Republic: White House Slammed for Lack of “Credibility” on Biden's Mental State

Phillip Nieto /
Mediaite: Amid Increasing Pressure, Biden Tells Reporters at White House: 'I'm Not Going Anywhere'

Samantha Waldenberg /
CNN: ABC News plans to air an interview with President Biden “in its entirety as a primetime special”, at 8pm ET on July 5; a transcript will also be available

Kelly McBride /
Poynter: After the debate, plenty of insider texts but little transparency among political reporters

Robby Soave /
Reason: Why Didn't the Media Notice Joe Biden's ‘Jet Lag’ Sooner? Bangor Daily News: Why was it a surprise? Biden's debate problems leave some wondering if the press missed the story

Dow Jones Newswires:

Netflix, Disney, and other US streaming companies ask a Canadian court to block imposition of a fee of 5% of sales to help finance local news and other content— OTTAWA—Netflix, Walt Disney and other U.S. streaming companies have asked a Canadian court to stop plans by authorities to force …

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Media Play News, MobileSyrup, New York Post, IndieWire, MEDIANAMA, @fagstein, @mgeist, @hertzbarry, @paulvieira, CBC News, Cartt.ca, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Globe and Mail, CBC News and Bloomberg

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Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: U.S. Streamers File Appeal of Canadian 5% Tax on All Localized Revenue

Bradly Shankar /
MobileSyrup: Canada's new digital services tax could lead to higher subscription fees

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: Netflix, Disney ask Canada court to stop proposed tax on streaming revenue: report

Tony Maglio /
IndieWire: Netflix, Paramount, and Crunchyroll Do Not Want to Subsidize Your Canadian Local News

Kamya Pandey /
MEDIANAMA: Global streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+ challenge Canada's demand for a 5% levy to support local news content

Steve Faguy /
@fagstein: Considering how much money is at stake, it's unsurprising the foreign streaming giants are throwing whatever their lawyers can come up with at the courts trying to overturn the CRTC.

Michael Geist /
@mgeist: The battle over the CRTC's mandated 5% payment is heating up. The video streamers led by @MPACanada asking federal court to quash payments for news in Bill C-11 ruling. Argue CRTC acted unreasonably in compelling news payments and provided inadequate reasons for doing so. [image]

Barry Hertz /
@hertzbarry: BREAKING: @MPACanada, which represents major Hollywood studios and streaming services, files applications to appeal CRTC's recent Bill C-11 move to compel foreign streamers to pay percentage of Canadian revenues to support local news. C-11 levies set to come into effect Sept. 1 [image]

Paul Vieira /
@paulvieira: Netflix, Walt Disney and other U.S. streaming companies have asked a Canadian court to stop plans by authorities to force them to fork over 5% of their sales in the country to help finance local broadcast news and other domestic content. https://www.morningstar.com/ ...

Peter Zimonjic /
CBC News: Liberal government enacts controversial digital services tax, raising trade concerns

Ahmad Hathout /
Cartt.ca: Amazon, Apple join chorus of foreign streamers challenging CRTC's contribution decision

Marie Woolf /
Globe and Mail: Streaming platforms launch multiple legal challenges to Bill C-11 payments in Canada

Jenna Benchetrit /
CBC News: Foreign streamers must pay into fund to boost Canadian content, CRTC says

Randy Thanthong-Knight /
Bloomberg: Netflix and Disney Caught by Canada's New Media Funding Rules

The Hollywood Reporter:

Germany's government pledges to add a 30% film/TV production tax incentive, effective as early as January 2025; Australia raised its rebate to 30% on July 1— German studios have been pushing for the incentive, which they say is necessary to remain competitive in attracting international productions.

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Deadline:
Australia raises its Location Offset tax rebate for TV and film productions shooting in the country from the previous 16.5% to 30%

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IF Magazine and The Hollywood Reporter

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IF Magazine: Location Offset increase finally passed after long delay

Variety:

At the half-year mark, Hollywood media giants have had double-digit stock price declines, except Disney and Fox, and will likely stay underwater in 2024— Disney and Fox Corp. buck the downtrend for showbiz shares at the midyear mark — As always, the numbers tell the tale.

TechCrunch:

Cloudflare launches a tool that aims to block bots from scraping websites for AI training data, available free for all its customers— Cloudflare, the publicly traded cloud service provider, has launched a new, free tool to prevent bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models.

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The Cloudflare Blog, @rami_bball_fan, @theobsguy, @jenstirrup, @digitalbizweb, @alex, @rustybrick, @nfergu, @cloudflare, @carlhendy, @mattfthompson, @gergelyorosz, @scottkrauss, @drale2k, @iliedaboutcake, @gergelyorosz, @youraimarketer, Dataconomy, Hackaday, Computerworld, TechSpot, The Verge, Decrypt, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, TechRadar, The Register, CMU and Windows Copilot News, more at Techmeme »

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The Cloudflare Blog: Declare your AIndependence: block AI bots, scrapers and crawlers with a single click

Rami Sufian /
@rami_bball_fan: @Cloudflare I'm impressed by Cloudflare's proactive move to protect content creators from AI bots! This easy button solution is a game-changer, especially with the rising concerns about AI-generated content. @theobsguy: Kudos to Cloudflare for this. The AI companies need to act responsibly and ethically. Hoovering up terabytes of data from the public web without the consent of content-creators does not constitute fair use. #cloudflare #llms #Ai https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ... @jenstirrup: Cloudflare has launched a new feature allowing customers to block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers. Decision-makers must now consider how this could affect the quality and breadth of AI training data, potentially impacting future #AI tools. https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ... @digitalbizweb: Watch @Cloudflare become the most valuable company in the world. I am activating this feature right away. @thatkatieberry and friends you need to see this. https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ...

Barry Schwartz /
@rustybrick: Ooo - @Cloudflare lets you block AI crawlers with one click https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ... [image]

Neil Ferguson /
@nfergu: @Cloudflare Seems like a nice feature but I'm skeptical about this claim. How would you know if you got a false negative if you don't know the ground truth? [image] @cloudflare: To help preserve a safe Internet for content creators, we've just launched a brand new “easy button” to block all AI bots. It's available for all customers, including those on our free tier. Read our blog post for more details: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ...

Carl Hendy /
@carlhendy: Cloudflare has launched a new feature to block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers with a single click, and it's free. As AI crawlers continue to swallow up web content, this tool helps protect your content from being used without consent. Many AI crawlers ignore robots txt [video]

Matt F. Thompson /
@mattfthompson: As robots.txt is increasingly ignored, Cloudfare launches functionality to block all AI bots. https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ...

Gergely Orosz /
@gergelyorosz: Notice how many companies w creatives or creators as paying customers have misread what those customers want from AI. They attempt to train their own AIs on their paying customers' work, without seeking opt-in (and enraging customers.) Cloudflare, again, showing how it's done.

Gergely Orosz /
@gergelyorosz: I've decided to move my blog as well over to Cloudflare - I block AI crawlers in robots.txt, but clearly this is not respected. Almost all AI crawlers are a parasocial relationship, where they offer no value to any website: it's extraction in exchange for nothing (by design.)

Scott Krauss /
@scottkrauss: Two things: 1. There's absolute explosion of bots crawling the web due to GenAI tools. If you want to drive revenue from these platforms you need to ensure bots can find your content 2. I think the wholesale blocking of all GenAI platforms is a mistake https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ...

Drazen /
@drale2k: Interesting chart from Cloudflare. The top 3 AI crawlers are from Bytedance (TikTok), OpenAI and Anthropic. You can now block them with a single toggle using Cloudflare https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ... [image] @iliedaboutcake: @Cloudflare Awesome, was doing this manually via WAF for ChatGPT, but this is easier :) [image]

Gergely Orosz /
@gergelyorosz: A company that “gets” its customers: Cloudflare offers functionality to block AI crawlers, which give zero value to any site (in fact, take away value: the more they crawl, the less traffic the site will later get!) They also consume resources (bandwidth, CPU, etc.) Great move: @youraimarketer: Bytespider, Amazonbot, ClaudeBot, and GPTBot Top four AI web crawlers... Some of these AI scrapers do not respect the robots.txt file and scrape all your content. To prevent this, Cloudflare has launched a new free tool to block AI bots from scraping your website. You can [image]

Eray Eliaçık /
Dataconomy: Cloudflare will block AI bots with this free tool

Paul Barker /
Computerworld: Cloudflare offers simpler way to stop AI bots

Alfonso Maruccia /
TechSpot: Cloudflare offers one-click solution to block AI bots

Richard Lawler /
The Verge: From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet

Jose Antonio Lanz /
Decrypt: Blocking AI Bots From Scraping Websites Gets Boost From Cloudflare

Maria Deutscher /
SiliconANGLE: Cloudflare rolls out feature for blocking AI companies' web scrapers

Anna Washenko /
Engadget: Cloudflare is taking a stand against AI website scrapers

Thomas Claburn /
The Register: Cloudflare debuts one-click nuke of web-scraping AI

Mpesce /
Windows Copilot News: Declare your AIndependence: block AI bots, scrapers and crawlers with a single click

Associated Press:

Former Marion County Record reporter Deb Gruver agrees to accept $235,000 to settle part of her lawsuit over a police raid on the Kansas paper in August 2023— A former reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper has agreed to accept $235,000 to settle part of her federal lawsuit over a police raid …

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@apjdhanna and

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John Hanna /
@apjdhanna: Gruver's lawsuit is among five federal lawsuits filed over the raid. One was filed by a fellow Record reporter, one by the paper's office manager, one by the paper and its publisher, and the fifth by a city council member whose home also was raided. #ksleg

BBC:

Investigation: a fake news network tied to an ex-Florida sheriff, now in Moscow, appears to be targeting US and UK voters; some Congress members shared posts— A network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories as part of an AI-powered operation …

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@1shyla, @ehunterchristie, @jayinkyiv, @barbmcquade, @laobserved, @jessphoenix2018, Nina Jankowicz on LinkedIn, @seesyous, @anelsona, @shayan86, MEDIANAMA, @tylerknowsnothing …, Michael McKibben on LinkedIn, Ian Ragsdale on LinkedIn, SentinelOne on LinkedIn, Dave Byrne on LinkedIn and Caoimhe Donnelly on LinkedIn

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Shyla La'Sha /
@1shyla: I suggest you have a list of known neutral, reputable, and trustworthy news sources that you use to verify anything read on social media. #AI can make stuff up and it will sound legit. A Bugatti car, a First Lady, and the fake stories aimed at Americans https://www.bbc.com/...

Edward Hunter Christie /
@ehunterchristie: The Houston Post is “one of dozens of sites with American-sounding names which are in reality run from Moscow”. It alleged, falsely, that the FBI illegally wiretapped Donald Trump's Florida resort. https://www.bbc.com/... @jayinkyiv: Americans pushing disinformation for the Russian government is the growth industry none of us saw coming. https://www.bbc.com/...

Barb McQuade /
@barbmcquade: Great piece by ⁦@BBC⁩ exposing Russian disinformation. Beware of fake news sites with real-sounding names like Houston Post and DC Weekly. One fake story that Ukrainian officials bought yachts with US military aid was repeated by members of Congress. https://www.bbc.com/...

Kevin Roderick /
@laobserved: Quite an investigation by the BBC. Websites in Russia named to sound like American newspapers are pumping fake pro-Trump news at American voters, often using X. https://www.bbc.com/... @jessphoenix2018: Check your sources on this dumpster fire site, people. Chances are high someone is trying to play you for a fool. https://www.bbc.com/...

Nina Jankowicz /
Nina Jankowicz on LinkedIn: Was happy to provide commentary for this story and the BBC World News coverage of it last night. Couple interesting notes: … @seesyous: OMG!! Literally EVERY *news* post starts with *Here is a short title...* Some even have stuff like *Here is a short title for the body of the article generated*. EXCEPT for the one about Zelenska and the Bugatti These are AI gen articles and somebody left the *Here is..*😂😂😂 [image]

Anne Nelson /
@anelsona: 1). Essential reading: Putin's information warfare.

Shayan Sardarizadeh /
@shayan86: A viral story that alleges Ukraine's Olena Zelenska recently bought a rare Bugatti car in Paris is the work of an AI-powered disinformation operation, run by an ex-Florida cop now based in Moscow, that pumps out fake news websites aimed at Americans. https://www.bbc.com/...

Tyler K. Nothing /
@tylerknowsnothing@mastodon.social: @Mediagazer Too many Americans are lapping this up like hyenas snacking on the carcass of a fresh kill. A Canadian friend of mine whom I've been very close to for 20+ years even repeats some of this back to me trying to gauge my reaction. …

Michael McKibben /
Michael McKibben on LinkedIn: A network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories as part of an AI-powered operation …

Ian Ragsdale /
Ian Ragsdale on LinkedIn: As much as I benefit from using GenAI responsibly at work, I'm extremely worried about how AI is disrupting content on the internet. … SentinelOne on LinkedIn: 🗞 In BBC News: “'Russia will be involved in the US 2024 election, as will others,' said SentinelOne's Chris Krebs …

Dave Byrne /
Dave Byrne on LinkedIn: When one entity can generate thousands of articles, through dozens of fake websites, simply labeling or removing individual pieces of content is not enough …

TechCrunch:

YouTube updates its Erase Song tool for creators with an AI algorithm to detect and remove any copyrighted music from their videos without impacting other audio— On July 4, YouTube released an updated eraser tool for creators so they can easily remove any copyrighted music …

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Engadget, @nealmohan, Christian Falk on LinkedIn, Boing Boing, Android Authority and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

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Neal Mohan /
@nealmohan: Good news creators: our updated Erase Song tool helps you easily remove copyright-claimed music from your video (while leaving the rest of your audio intact). Learn more... https://www.youtube.com/...

Christian Falk /
Christian Falk on LinkedIn: The project I've been working on recently just launched and got some nice attention - YouTube Studio Erase Song. …

Vinayak Guha /
Android Authority: YouTube's AI eraser removes copyrighted music, preserves other audio

Gaby Del Valle /
The Verge: YouTube's improved eraser tool easily removes copyrighted music from videos

VentureBeat:

ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a free AI tool for removing background noise from audio files for film, podcast, and interview post production— ElevenLabs, the AI voice startup known for its voice cloning, text-to-speech and speech-to-speech models, has just added another tool to its product portfolio: an AI Voice Isolator.

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ElevenLabs, Maginative, Cryptopolitan, @racheltobac, @elevenlabsio, @ammaar, @elevenlabsio and Hacker News

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Richard Banfield /
Maginative: ElevenLabs Launches AI Voice Isolator to Clean Up Messy Background Noise

Enacy Mapakame /
Cryptopolitan: ElevenLabs debuts AI Voice Isolator to remove unwanted noises from recordings

Rachel Tobac /
@racheltobac: Now I don't need to independently edit the voice I want to voice clone out of a noisy environment before cloning it — I can just isolate the voice and then clone it easily. Voice cloning is only going to get easier for hacking, folks. @elevenlabsio: We plan to make Voice Isolator available via API in the coming weeks. Share your email in the form on the bottom of the landing page to be notified as soon as it's available: https://elevenlabs.io/...

Ammaar Reshi /
@ammaar: We just launched our Voice Isolator! 🚀 The best way to remove any background noise and extract crystal clear dialog from your content There was a method to our madness yesterday [video]

@elevenlabsio:
Introducing Voice Isolator. Remove unwanted background noise and extract crystal clear dialogue from any audio to make your next podcast, interview, or film sound like it was recorded in the studio. Try it free: https://elevenlabs.io/... [video]

Washington Post:

A look at Meta's struggles to attract influencers to Threads, due to the platform's focus on text and its lack of a clear purpose for users— Threads launched a year ago Friday but has a fraction of the users of Meta's other platforms. Content creators say they don't consider it important.

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The Verge, Android Headlines and TechRadar

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Notes From Poland:

Polish state broadcaster deletes an article that said PM Donald Tusk made “misleading” accusations, supporting claims that Tusk hasn't depoliticized the outlet— Poland's state broadcaster, TVP, has deleted an article from its website that found Prime Minister Donald Tusk to have made …

Press Gazette:

An interview with soccer media company Footballco's North America CEO Jason Wagenheim on expanding its editorial staff, learning from lifestyle brands, and more— Footballco's first CEO for North America is enjoying the “luxury” of setting up a “really big, massive important business” …

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