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A single rough clip can ruin the entire style — How to choose 5 good ones

📝 Originally published (in Japanese) at forge.workstyle.tech . The TTS we're using creates emotional styles from "a few representative clips." For a joyful style, for example, passing a few joyful…

  • A single rough clip can ruin synthesized audio style
  • Roughness stems from jitter and octave jumps
  • Stabilityscore function selects top 5 stable clips

Google’s AI overviews reinforce some conspiracy theories – new research

A new study shows stronger guardrails on search engines are needed to prevent the spread and legitimisation of conspiratorial beliefs.

  • Google's AI overviews can reinforce conspiracy theories like chemtrails and 15-minute cities.
  • AI overviews often label conspiracy claims as misinformation but lack substantive rebuttals.
  • 12.5% of AI overviews for 15-minute cities presented false claims as legitimate debate.

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