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The future of music is AI
Welcome back! Are you ready to woo AI with your resume? LinkedIn is adding a new AI Hiring Assistant, designed to match recruiters with ideal candidates and trim down manual tasks.
Imagine typing in your perfect hire’s profile and having LinkedIn find them for you—it’s the future of recruiting at your fingertips. Are you ready for AI to take over talent matching?
Amazon enters the AI coding arena with Q Developer
Via Cloudelligent
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is throwing its hat into the AI coding ring with Q Developer, a new tool designed to assist developers directly within their code editors. This launch sets AWS in direct competition with Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot, as both companies work to make coding faster and easier for developers.
Here’s what Q Developer offers:
Integrated support: Q Developer works within popular IDEs like Visual Studio Code and JetBrains, removing the need to switch windows.
Real-time code assistance: It provides in-line help with refactoring, commenting, testing, and debugging.
Built with Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Amazon has tapped Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 for real-time coding assistance, adding more power behind the tool.
Customizable suggestions: Developers can fine-tune how the AI interacts, making it adaptable to specific coding styles and project requirements.
Amazon and Microsoft face-off: The launch of Q Developer intensifies Amazon’s rivalry with Microsoft, with each tech giant vying for dominance in AI-powered coding. While GitHub Copilot is already popular, Amazon’s addition with Q Developer shows its commitment to creating an alternative, especially for AWS users.
This is more than just a feature war—it’s about capturing the loyalty of developers in a rapidly evolving landscape.
The big picture: For Amazon and Microsoft, these advancements are strategic plays to strengthen their ecosystems and ensure that developers are deeply embedded in their cloud platforms. As the battle unfolds, it’s clear that AI-driven tools will shape the future of coding—automating repetitive tasks, integrating AI into everyday workflows, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in software engineering.
Universal finds balance in AI with new partnerships
Via Universal
Universal Music Group (UMG) is charting a unique path by both suing and partnering with AI companies to protect and monetize its assets. Recently, UMG teamed up with Klay Vision to ethically train generative AI music models, maintaining copyright integrity while advancing AI-generated music.
UMG and Klay Vision: This partnership will focus on training AI music models that respect artists’ rights and promote ethical standards for generative music, reflecting an industry shift toward regulated AI use in the creative world.
A love-hate relationship: UMG has taken legal action against AI companies in the past, but this new alliance suggests it sees value in collaboration.
The trend forward: As generative AI becomes unavoidable in music, industry giants like UMG are looking to shape its development. By working with selected AI firms, UMG can help set standards in the AI-music space while protecting its assets and lay the groundwork for how AI is integrated into creative industries in the future.
This is Your Sign to Start Creating
If you’ve got a passion to share with the world, video is one of the best ways to do it. OpusClip makes it simple to start. With features like ClipAnything, AI B-roll, and audio cleanup, it’s never been easier to create engaging content.
ClipAnything is OpusClip’s model that uses AI to tag every element in your videos—from actions and emotions to sounds and objects—making it simple to find and clip exactly what you need.
Plus, ClipAnything can help:
Boost Your Viewership: Users are seeing a 49% increase in video views.
Power Your Ideation: Brainstorm unique concepts, captivating titles, and eye-catching thumbnails in minutes.
Streamline Your Workflow: Enjoy an all-in-one platform designed for busy creators.
Ready to optimize your content creation?
Aesthetic’s new app turns social media into your fashion concierge
Via WWD
Ever see an outfit on social media that you want to have in your own closet? Aesthetic’s new AI-powered app, Alma, is turning that wish into a reality, making it easier to identify and buy clothes from posts on Instagram and TikTok. With support from Google Cloud AI, Alma brings the fashion world and e-commerce together, ready to redefine how we shop.
How Alma works: Simply share a social media link of an outfit with the Alma account on TikTok or Instagram. Alma then sends you to the Aesthetic website, where you can buy the look or save it to a personal Lookbook.
Why it matters: Alma is at the forefront of the convergence between social media and e-commerce, connecting style inspiration directly to shopping. The app opens new doors for creators and influencers to monetize their personal style while offering consumers a streamlined path from inspiration to purchase.
OpenAI brings advanced voice to desktop apps on macOS and Windows
Wonder Dynamics unveils tool for converting multi-camera video into 3D animated scenes
OpenAI's Whisper transcription tool shows hallucinations in 80% of tested audio
Google pushes next-gen AI agent launch to 2025 or beyond
AI now writes over a quarter of new code at Google
Red Panda outshines AI image rivals while origins remain mysterious
Autonomous agents are HERE: Join me as I break down the latest AI news and tools from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI.
The future belongs to AI power users: Watch as we show you how to 10x your productivity in our latest episode.
That’s a wrap! With LinkedIn’s AI stepping in as your new recruitment sidekick, job hunting might become a breeze—or at least less of a grind. If AI could handle one task in your job search, what would you hand over? Hit reply and let me know!
—Matt (FutureTools.io)
P.S. This newsletter is 100% written by a human. Okay, maybe 96%.