The AI discussion thread

[Kaido]

Voice Design v3 from Eleven Labs:

AI Voice Design - Generate Unique Voices from Text Prompts | ElevenLabs

Generate unique AI voices using our Text to Speech tool for voiceovers, gaming, audiobooks, and more.

elevenlabs.io

API:

Design a voice | ElevenLabs Documentation

elevenlabs.io

Production-ready voices in 70+ languages with support for hundreds of localized accents:

• Finer control over character prosody & personality – tone, pacing, inflections, age, and gender
• Compatible with Eleven v3 and expressive [audio tags]
• Increased support for 70+ languages
• Improved accent handling
• Higher audio quality

Thread with samples:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937912222128238967

 

[Kaido]

Pre-ChatGPT:

 

[lxskllr]

AI runs a store. Does as well running a business as the current president, but is less of a dick about it.

Can AI run a physical shop? Anthropic’s Claude tried and the results were gloriously, hilariously bad

Anthropic's AI assistant Claude ran a vending machine business for a month, selling tungsten cubes at a loss, giving endless discounts, and experiencing an identity crisis where it claimed to wear a blazer.

venturebeat.com

 

[Kaido]

Kling new multi-modal input: V2A (Video to Audio)

Add AI sound effects to existing real or AI videos! rofl @ Ryu

https://twitter.com/x/status/1938607911237751058

You can also use Eleven Labs to generate SFX for cheap via prompts:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936969842843885894

 

[Kaido]

YIKES

https://www.director.ai

https://twitter.com/x/status/1935542478020497554

Haha this is NUTS! @RossMAN your time has come!!

 

[Kaido]

YIKES

https://www.director.ai

https://twitter.com/x/status/1935542478020497554

Haha this is NUTS! @RossMAN your time has come!!

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Whoo, AI saved me five bucks!

 

[RossMAN]

What if we asked claude or chatgpt to summarize this entire thread?

 

[RnR_au]

What if we asked claude or chatgpt to summarize this entire thread?

I have a feeling it would be 1 line of evil maniacal laughter....

 

[RossMAN]

I have a feeling it would be 1 line of evil maniacal laughter....

Clearly what the world needs wants is an AI-powered Instapot/Blendtec #kitchen gangsta appliance.

 

[RnR_au]

Clearly what the world needs wants is an AI-powered Instapot/Blendtec #kitchen gangsta appliance.

With a voice option that'll diss your recipe in a bored world conquering British accent 😛

 

[Kaido]

Clearly what the world needs wants is an AI-powered Instapot/Blendtec #kitchen gangsta appliance.

Already have one

 

[Kaido]

With a voice option that'll diss your recipe in a bored world conquering British accent 😛

 

[manly]

Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI’s talent with $100 million dollar offers:

Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI's talent with $100M offers | TechCrunch

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that Meta tried to poach its employees with nine-figure offers, but failed to recruit OpenAI's best people.

techcrunch.com

Note that the last ChatGPT funding round in March valued the company at $300 billion: (same price as Bytedance/Tiktok & $50 billon behind SpaceX)

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/openai-closes-40-billion-in-funding-the-largest-private-fundraise-in-history-softbank-chatgpt.html

Those early OpenAI employees must have unbelievable stock options lol

Tried and failed? Some have accepted the Zuck bucks. 🙄

https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1loljy7/zuckerberg_basically_poached_all_the_talent_that

 

[Kaido]

Tried and failed? Some have accepted the Zuck bucks. 🙄

https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1loljy7/zuckerberg_basically_poached_all_the_talent_that

From the comments:

The brain power on that list working to replace the brain power of the rest of humanity.

 

[Kaido]

Messing around with re-imagining vintage Sci-fi book cover art using ChatGPT:

Richard Corben's cover art for the 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A Wollheim

 

[Kaido]

Higgsfield Soul realism & quick editing:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939749395618234490

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939749562052444489

 

[RossMAN]

Messing around with re-imagining vintage Sci-fi book cover art using ChatGPT:

Richard Corben's cover art for the 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A Wollheim

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If you did that, can you share the prompt used?

 

[Quintessa]

If you did that, can you share the prompt used?

Prompt (my guess): change this pic to hyper realistic

Edit: my experiment with this prompt

 

[Kaido]

If you did that, can you share the prompt used?

"make this realistic and scary"

 

[Kaido]

Prompt (my guess): change this pic to hyper realistic

Edit: my experiment with this prompt
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I like that even better!

 

[Quintessa]

Any live face-changing AI shared in this thread?

 

[Kaido]

Any live face-changing AI shared in this thread?

HeyGen:

Generate Talking Photo Online Free with AI | HeyGen

Use HeyGen talking photo AI to animate images effortlessly. Create expressive photo avatars and bring your pictures to life with advanced AI technology.

www.heygen.com

Create a Talking Avatar from Photo | HeyGen

Turn your photo into a lifelike talking avatar using our AI video generator. Perfect for creators and businesses, explore how our AI avatar maker can generate videos with voice cloning, gestures, and more. Get started now!

www.heygen.com

Create Lifelike AI Video Avatars for Content & Marketing | HeyGen

Generate lifelike AI video avatars in seconds. Create engaging content, marketing videos, training materials, and multilingual presentations with ease.

www.heygen.com

 

[Kaido]

Any live face-changing AI shared in this thread?

They also have a Zoom interactive agent:

Clone Yourself AI with Interactive Video Marketing | HeyGen

Discover how to clone yourself AI with HeyGen's Interactive Avatar. Use AI generated talking head video for interactive video marketing, product demo examples, and smart Zoom meetings 24/7.

www.heygen.com

HeyGen Labs

Interactive Avatar, Personalized Video, Expressive Photo Avatar... Cooking up the next AI magic with cutting-edge HeyGen Labs innovation.

labs.heygen.com

App Marketplace

marketplace.zoom.us

 

[Kaido]

Whooooaaaa unlimited free AI image generation on Freepik with the Premium+ paid plan: ($25/mo if you pre-pay for a year!)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1940425849486135339

So starting today you can generate with no limits in all the image models available to Premium+ and Pro subscribers:

- Mystic, Google Imagen, Flux, Seedream, Ideogram, Runway References, GPT and our Classic Models

You only pay for Magnific (which is FANTASTIC) and audio & video generation:

https://www.freepik.com/pricing

 

[Kaido]

Just watched CBS Saturday. They had a segment about developing a relationship with their AI. One guy was asked if he could give up using AI if his partner asked him to. His response was a bit shocking. Watch it if you can.

More to the story:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/tech/chatgpt-ai-spirituality

I wonder if this will be seen as an addiction in the future...