Emilia David / The Verge: Meta releases AudioCraft, a new open-source AI model that lets users create music and sounds via prompts, consisting of MusicGen, AudioGen, and EnCodec models  —  It consists of three AI models, all tackling different areas of sound generation.  MusicGen takes text inputs to generate music. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Slack launches Slack Sales Elevate, offering deeper integration with Salesforce’s Sales Cloud for $60 per month on top of existing Slack and Salesforce fees  —  – More Slack editions coming for customer service, marketing  — New Slack CEO Lidiane Jones focuses on product updates Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlie Fink / Forbes: Inworld, which uses AI to help developers create game characters, raised $30M led by Lightspeed at a $500M+ valuation, following a $50M Series A in August 2022  —  Inworld, which makes AI-driven non-player characters (NPCs) for games and other applications has raised approximately $30 in new funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X now lets X Blue subscribers hide their verified checkmarks, although “the checkmark may still appear in some places” and some features “may not be available”  —  Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. Lees verder op Tech Meme