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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 3h

Reposting this from half a year ago for absolutely no reason.

Also here is one of multiple AI voiced promos for Genshin’s brand new shiny mode they want you to think is very cool.

youtu.be/B_hxFC_Rrck?...

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Nekomura Iroha Fanatic🍎 @irohaarchiver.bsky.social · 3h

Happy 15th Anniversary & SV2 release Iroha!!! You've been my favourite character for years now & I'm sooooo happy she will get a lot more songs now!!!
A huge thank you to Kyonosuke for giving her a voice

Art from okama's twitter(@/okamarble) but he did use grok to animate the image:((

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12h

the most popular smartphone maker in history literally had to stop using "AI" because it would constantly just make things up and had zero contextual "understanding" of what it was doing

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Lyssa 🔜 Anime Aki Con @lyssa-ohno.bsky.social · 16h

do YOU want to be a vocaloid producer without putting in any of the work!? You can! With this simple trick you can make effortless vocaloid music and be a Voca-P! :

Don't.

vocaloid is barebones basic artistic expression, if you wont risk making something with your heart I don't want to hear it

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˚ʚ Belle ɞ˚ @ working too damn much @torrent-empress.bsky.social · 1d

hey also did you know you can extract poses from stock photos automatically with clip studio

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⁷⁷ @7172.bsky.social · 1d

#vocaloid

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onion person @junlper.beer · 22h

NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol

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Spheal Posting @sphealposting.bsky.social · Aug 24

My shiny spheal in pokemon legends arceus sat facing the camera in the Alabaster Icelands. He is positioned so that an NPC's speech bubble is over him and it looks like he is saying "I'm bored. Wish there were someone to rob..."

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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s some choice details from the job listings

The part that stands out to me is

“Have rich practical experience in various generative tools (including images, video and AUDIO)”

miHoYo
社招
Al technology art Full-time
Shanghai | Fine Arts & Expressions
Social recruitment
| Job duties
1. Participate in exploring and establishing creative workflows for generative Al according to the specific needs of the project
2. Participate in the formulation of evaluation standards and result evaluation of video and image
model generation effects
3. When necessary, use generative Al and traditional methods to produce the art assets (images, videos, etc.) required by the project

5. Have rich practical experience in various generative tools (including images, video and audio)
6. Have passion for Al-native art production and expression, and be willing to explore new possibilities

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Ultima @ultimashadow.bsky.social · 1d

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

the kids are alright

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

n.pr

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A.D.🍀🦩 @adwills.bsky.social · 1d

I don't use ai for inspiration. I don't use ai to write. I don't use ai for anything. I simply sit and WRITE. Because it's MINE. Because I LOVE it. And if it gets tough, I just keep WRITING.

Anton, a character from the movie Ratatouille. He has bags under his eyes, and he's wearing glasses, and has an intense gaze, as he approaches someone, leaning down, and addressing them.

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Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.com · 1d

Leave Meta apps. Leave and never look back.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1d

Absolute bombshell from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social:

Meta's internal research found that Instagram's algorithms preferentially displayed harmful content to vulnerable teens.

I'm glad I left Instagram back when I did, even if it was for other reasons (their anti-LGBTQ policies).

Exclusive: Instagram shows more ‘eating disorder adjacent’ content to vulnerable teens, internal Meta research shows

Meta researchers found that teens who report that Instagram regularly made them feel bad about their bodies saw significantly more “eating disorder adjacent content” than those who did not, according to an internal document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Tele-Piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 2d

maxknightley
(angry video game nerd voice) two genders? that's it? and you just get given one at random, you don't even get to decide which one you want? what a shitload of fuck

flowergirlmiwa
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!

noragesimus: *photo of AVGN screaming*

slash-asterisk
AND IF YOU WANNA CHANGE, YOU CAN'T JUST SWITCH?? YOU GOTTA DO A WHOLE QUESTLINE JUST TO TRANSITION? WHY DIDN'T THE DEVS TRANSITION TO A BETTER FUCKIN' GAME??

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(っ´ཀ`)っ Spooky Cement Arbor 🪶🏳️‍⚧️ @arbor-day.bsky.social · 1d

“Why do people say Mizuki is a femboy/cross dresser when she’s canonically transfem?”

Because they’re transphobic. Hope this helps 👍

a picture of a girl with the words " can we always be this close forever and ever " on it

ALT: a picture of a girl with the words " can we always be this close forever and ever " on it

media.tenor.com

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 1d

Them: “no one had pronouns in my day”
A TV Character from their day:

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We're just normal men @wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social · 1d

We’re just innocent men

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ki 🍞🍙 @ CF21 B-57 @poisonicpen.bsky.social · 18d

[ID ONLY/shares💕]
Ever wanted merch of your fave voicebank but so hard to find? My Ultimate Voice Synth Merch for CF21 & Mail 0rd3r is available!

📍Orange Obedience(booth number TBA)
🔖 Vocaloid, UTAU, Cevio, Synth V
🔗 forms.gle/Lx9adFcrS2PS...

#comifuro21 #cf21 #cf21catalogue #comifuro21catalogue

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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝕲𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖓 @rosegoldenpetal.bsky.social · 1d

If your company cannot hire any voice actors, don't put voice acting in your game.

This AI voice acting crap is bad.

Kit HORROR-son 🎙️💪🏳️‍🌈 🎃🎃🎃 @kitharrison.com · 1d

Beyond disappointed to learn that Arc Raiders, like The Finals before it, uses AI voice acting.

So many iconic game voice work is little vendor greetings, and to farm that out to a machine is a hollow admission of a lack of care.

I know a thousand actors who would have done better for buttons.

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さすらいのムツ @mtkc.bsky.social · 1d

＜ｵｿﾖ

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(非公式)ボーカロイド - VOCALOID6 (Unofficial) @vocaloid-yamaha.bsky.social · 1d

[お知らせ]

サブスクリプション版 Mobile VOCALOID Editor
本日販売開始いたしました！

本バージョンから月額660円（税込）の
サブスクリプション形式でご利用いただけます。
まずは14日間の無料体験をお試しください！

▽ 購入はこちら
apps.apple.com/jp/app/mobil...

An image of the Mobile Vocaloid Editor 2.0

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2d

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Switch) is $30 on Amazon buff.ly/DB5Wtuu

$24.99 US PSN buff.ly/A5CoFSS

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RüNER @runer.bsky.social · 2d

If food stamps don’t go out next month and you see people stealing from big box stores, no you didn’t. You didn’t see shit. You didn’t film shit. You saw nothing and minded your own business.

if you have the financial means to help someone you know out, do it.

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Prairie Rose Clayton @hooverdam.bsky.social · 3d

This is the opening sequence to Paprika

Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 3d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 2d

"We're only using AI as placeholder dialogue, to get a sense for how it'd sound with voices"

Why?? Literally why??? You could grab the shittiest laptop microphone and DO that

Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 2d

"I think it's fine to use AI for concepting as long as it doesn't make it into the final game" is a statement that will never fail to set me off

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