MetaVoice & RIP Bard

**Coqui**, a TTS startup that recently shut down, inspired a new **TTS model** supporting voice cloning and longform synthesis from a small startup called **MetaVoice**. **Google** discontinued the **Bard** brand in favor of **Gemini**. On **TheBloke Discord**, discussions focused on AI training with models like **Mixtral**, **Nous Mixtral DPO**, and **Miqu 70B**, comparing them to **OpenAI's GPT** models, and debated prompt engineering, lorebooks, and removing safety features via **LoRA fine-tuning** on models such as **Llama2 70B instruct**. Technical topics included transformer layer offloading limitations and adapting **LLaMa 2** for Apple Silicon. On **OpenAI Discord**, **DALL-E** images now include **C2PA metadata** for content authenticity, sparking debates on AI censorship, metadata manipulation, and open-source AI models versus commercial giants like **GPT-4**. Users discussed GPT-4 usability, limitations, and practical applications.