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"MusicLM: Generating Music from Text"
google-research.github.io/seanet/musiclm…
Impressed to see the quality of autogenerated vocals has gone way up! Sounds real but in a foreign language.
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The hip hop was definitely the most surprising. Surprisingly the ones with chanting seemed less appealing, despite the fact that I wouldn't expect to understand them.
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Institutional investors like BlackRock are the new favorite scapegoat for high housing costs
Surprise: there is no data to support this claim and the people pushing the narrative cite incorrect/misleading numbers
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I'm certainly not wild about institutional investors buying tons of homes up to rent out, but it's also an absolutely miniscule part of the total housing stock. Here's the full article. I don't know the scale of the problem, but landlords using software to automate collusion on rent increases seems like a more serious problem.
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Kids these days love carjackings. Can't get enough of them.
nbcwashington.com/news/local/upt…
axios.com/local/washingt…
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He's not kidding: two thirds are juveniles! Wild unintended consequence of it becoming much harder to steal cars.