Generative AI tools: Endless creativity
Generative AI tools are exploding in popularity, ushering in new possibilities for businesses and consumers. From text to images, audio to video, generative AI is profoundly impacting various industries in exciting ways. As highlighted in the recent State Of The Art report 2023, audio and product design tools leveraging generative AI have seen tremendous growth. Meanwhile, major enterprises are rapidly adopting video synthesis services. It’s clear that generative AI has moved from the fringes into the mainstream.
UK-based ElevenLabs and US company Resemble AI have surpassed early predictions, attracting over 100,000 audio AI developers by September 2023. ElevenLabs in particular now boasts an incredible userbase of over 2 million registered users, with the second million joining in half the time it took to gain the first million. This demonstrates the accelerating pace of adoption for generative audio. Users have uploaded over 10 years worth of audio content to train ElevenLabs’ AI models. While initially focused on empowering creators and publishers, ElevenLabs is now expanding into other verticals like AI assistants, entertainment, gaming and more. The possibilities are endless.
Similarly, generative AI product design company Uizard reported reaching $3.2 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) up to July 2023. This represents a massive 13-fold Year on Year growth, indicative of surging enterprise demand. Uizard had already surpassed $1 million ARR in April, then proceeded to triple ARR within just three short months.
As Nabil Malouli, CEO of Uizard said, “We have been doubling revenue every quarter since launching our SaaS platform in 2021, but this hockey stick growth is unprecedented.”
Uizard’s AI-fueled product design platform allows anyone to create web and mobile app prototypes in minutes by simply describing what they want. This enables businesses to validate and iterate on digital product ideas rapidly without intensive coding or design work. It’s easy to see why innovative companies are flocking to adopt Uizard’s technology.
According to Malouli, “Generative AI is driving the democratization of product design. Our mission at Uizard is to make product creation fast, affordable and accessible to all.”
It’s not just audio and design either. Video content creation is being radically transformed by generative AI.
London-based Synthesia, founded in 2017, is pioneering AI-generated video through their avatars that can act out customized scripts. Once considered a novelty, Synthesia’s technology is now used by 44% of Fortune 100 companies for diverse use cases, including:
– Learning and development – AI avatars as virtual teachers/coaches
– Marketing – automated video ads at scale
– Sales enablement – personalized outreach videos
– Customer service – virtual assistants and chatbots
– Information security – AI-generated training videos
As Synthesia CEO and co-founder Victor Riparbelli noted, “Adoption of generative AI for video is accelerating much faster than we anticipated. Leading global brands are embedding our avatars in digital experiences to better engage modern audiences.”
From its public launch in 2020 up until now, over 9.6 million videos have been created using Synthesia’s platform. The company has expanded from English into 25 languages, enabling multi-lingual avatar content. Synthesia is also exploring emotive AI to produce videos with more nuanced expressions and reactions powered by machine learning.
It’s evident that generative AI will have a transformative impact on how businesses operate and engage with customers. But what about everyday consumers – how will their lives be changed by these emerging technologies?
Democratizing Content Creation
For many consumers, the possibilities of participating in content creation were historically limited by talent, time and tools. Generative AI blows these barriers wide open.
Suddenly, anyone can conjure up a captivating podcast, synthesize a viral video, or even design an app concept – no expert skills required. AI handles the heavy lifting, while humans provide the creative direction.
21-year old entrepreneur Alyssa X discovered the power of AI content creation first-hand. After struggling for years to grow her YouTube following in high school, she decided to apply AI tools to her advantage:
“I used an AI transcription tool to convert all my video scripts into audio files. Then I had the AI generate accompanying animation for the narration. My subscriber count skyrocketed from 500 to over 150,000 in the span of a year.”
Alyssa now runs a thriving YouTube channel featuring AI narrated explainers on technology and business topics aimed at young adults like herself. The automated workflows allow her to efficiently produce high-quality content on trending subjects.
“I just research ideas and create a script draft. The AI handles the time-consuming production. I can focus on strategy and connecting with my audience,” she explains.
Like Alyssa, teenage musician Kyle was able to amplify his passions through AI. He used lyric and melody generators to create unique songs. By blending his own guitar playing and singing with AI tracks, Kyle created a sound that was authentically his own.
He reflects, “I can explore so many more musical possibilities now and quickly turn inspiration into complete songs. It’s opened new creative doors for me.”
Empowering Personalized Experiences
Beyond creators, consumers are beginning to enjoy personalized products and services driven by generative AI.
Intuitive wellness apps like Centaur AI construct tailored programs to help users achieve health goals. Centaur asks questions about lifestyle, preferences, and objectives. It then leverages natural language processing to design customized step-by-step plans, from dieting to meditation. Users receive an experience catered to their individual needs.
In online dating, AI matchmaking services like Clara Labs analyze user data and conversational patterns to recommend compatible prospects. This level of personalization helps take the guesswork out of finding potential partners.
Clara user Julian found dating exhausting prior to AI assistance: “I wasted so much time texting people who clearly weren’t a fit. Now matches feel less random, more meaningful.”
Meanwhile, AI avatar companies are bringing personalized service into the digital realm. Soul Machines creates photorealistic virtual assistants equipped with emotional intelligence to engage customers. The avatars can interpret facial expressions and respond appropriately, just like humans.
According to Soul Machines CBO Greg Cross, “We’re focused on digital humans that enrich people’s lives. AI that is empathetic and relatable is more impactful.”
From fitness to dating to customer service, the common thread is AI delivering experiences tailored to the individual. As the technology evolves, expect even more hyper-personalization across sectors.
Automating the Mundane
For harried folks overwhelmed by their to-do lists, AI promises respite from repetitive tasks through automation. Apps like Shortly and Verse handle chores so users can focus on what matters.
Shortly condenses text from articles, books, documents into succinct summaries. It’s ideal for consuming information quickly. Verse seamlessly automates tasks like scheduling meetings, transcribing notes, and emailing contacts.
As Verse CEO Kartic Subramany explains: “We’re building an AI assistant that manages the tedious so people can spend time on meaningful work. Machine learning is key to unlocking human creativity.”
In the home, AI appliances like autonomous vacuums, smart faucets, and voice-controlled thermostats automate domestic drudgery. Computer vision enables features like automated pet feeders that release food when they recognize your furry friend.
Working mother Jenny Chen installed an array of AI appliances in her home after having her second child.
“Managing a job and young kids became overwhelming until I added some AI helpers. Now chores and errands don’t control my life.”
For Jenny and many consumers, offloading repetitive tasks to AI grants precious time and mental space. As natural language and robotics advance, expect AI to assume even more of our mundane responsibilities.
Accelerating Human Progress
Across domains, these examples illustrate AI’s potential to empower people to create, connect, and explore their best lives. What other wondrous applications await in the futures ahead?
As Fede Nolasco, I dream of AI that augments our human experience, not detracts from it. The rapid advancements we see today give me hope that our technology is evolving in service of progressing humanity.
We stand at the genesis of a new creative renaissance, an age of personal flourishing. However, realizing this positive future depends on cultivating collaborative relationships between people and AI.
Machines must continue learning how to understand us, emotionally and culturally. And we must better recognize AI’s still-limited abilities today. Building safe, thoughtful human-AI partnerships will unlock this technology’s immense potential in ways that uplift us all.
I don’t know exactly what this thrilling AI journey has in store for our species. But I look forward to discovering it, hand in hand with my intelligent machine counterparts. Our shared destiny among the stars awaits!
Now over to you – what are your hopes and dreams for human-AI collaboration? What amazing possibilities do you envision? I’d love to hear your thoughts via email or social media. Let’s keep the conversation going.
Resources
- Background on ElevenLabs and their 2 million user milestone
- Uizard Raises $15M in Series A Funding Led by Global ScaleUp Investor Insight Partners (prnewswire.com)
- Synesthesia Claims AI-Generated Avatars Are Taking Off at Fortune 100 Companies (msn.com)
- How Soul Machines is making new-gen avatars life-like – Soul Machines
- ShortlyAI | Your AI Writing Partner. Get rid of writer’s block.
- Convert Leads With AI-powered SMS Conversations! | Verse.ai
- Alyssa X
- OpenAI DevDay Unveils GPT-4 Turbo
