News Outlets Are Using Realistic AI to Convey Emotions and Narrate News

Across the websites of local newspapers such as the Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star, a new embedded narration option now offers to read each article aloud with a cadence, inflection and sometimes even an emotional tone that one would expect from a real human speaker. But the voice reading the…

This Ghanian American Went From Dancing in LA to Agency Talent Acquisition in Boston

As a creative and as a Black woman in marketing, Akuamoah’s journey back-and-forth across the country (twice) was anything but traditional. But being fearless helped her make bold personal and professional moves. Growing up, educators told her she could do whatever she set her mind to, but as a child of Ghanian immigrant parents, Akuamoah…

No Matter How You Pronounce It, Jif Is a Kitchen Staple—Especially for Choosy Moms

One of the more colorful moments in the world of tech took place in 2013 when Steve Wilhite rose from his seat in New York’s Cipriani Wall Street to accept his Webby Award for lifetime achievement. Wilhite is the inventor of the graphics interchange format, an animated loop better known as the GIF, which the…

Bayer to buy vitamin company Care/of at $225 million valuation

Bayer is reportedly acquiring 70 percent of the four-year-old business with an option to buy the remainder by 2022.