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What ‘AI Seinfeld’s’ Rise and Fall Reveal About the Future of AI Entertainment
The rise and fall of AI Seinfeld: In early 2023, an AI-generated parody of the popular sitcom Seinfeld took Twitch by storm, offering a unique blend of artificial intelligence and comedy that captivated audiences before quickly fading into obscurity. The project, dubbed "AI Seinfeld" or "Nothing, Forever," utilized ChatGPT for script generation, Azure text-to-speech for voice synthesis, and Unity for visual rendering, creating a 24/7 stream of AI-generated content. At its peak, the stream attracted over 10,000 concurrent viewers, demonstrating the initial fascination with AI-generated entertainment. The imperfections and quirks of the AI-generated content inadvertently complemented Seinfeld's signature style of...
read Aug 18, 2024Hedra 1.5 Boosts AI Character Realism with New Features
Hedra 1.5: Advancing AI Character Generation: Hedra has unveiled version 1.5 of its AI character generation platform, introducing significant improvements in realistic head movements and facial expressions, along with a new 'stylize' feature for enhanced customization. Key enhancements: The latest update to Hedra's platform focuses on creating more consistent and realistic human AI videos, with a particular emphasis on natural head movements and facial expressions. The new 'stylize' feature allows users to add different outfits, backdrops, and even transform faces into various styles, such as Lego or anime characters. Hedra's Character models are specifically designed to produce more lifelike and...
read Aug 15, 2024Insta360 App Update Boosts AI and Simplifies 360º Video Editing
The latest Insta360 app update introduces advanced AI capabilities and streamlined 360º video editing tools, significantly enhancing the creative process for users of the company's 360º cameras. Smarter AI and enhanced recognition: Insta360's app update leverages improved artificial intelligence to better identify objects and understand interactions within 360º footage. The AI now has an enhanced ability to recognize subjects in the video, allowing for more precise tracking and editing. This improved object recognition enables the app to interpret complex interactions between subjects, potentially leading to more dynamic and contextually aware edits. The update applies to footage captured with various Insta360...
read Aug 15, 2024AI Video Generation Reaches New Speed with Runway’s Gen-3 Turbo
Runway ML is making a significant leap forward for AI video generation with its Gen-3 Turbo model, offering near-instantaneous creation of short video clips from static images. Revolutionary speed in AI video production: Runway's Gen-3 Turbo model introduces a paradigm shift in the speed of AI-generated video content, reducing creation time to mere seconds. The new "turbo" version of Runway's Gen-3 AI video model can produce a 10-second video from a single image in just 15 seconds. This dramatic reduction in processing time brings AI video generation closer to real-time capabilities, potentially transforming workflows in various creative industries. The model...
read Aug 12, 2024Microsoft Clipchamp Launches New AI Video Features
Artificial intelligence is enhancing video editing capabilities in Microsoft's Clipchamp, making advanced features more accessible to hobbyist creators. AI-powered enhancements in Clipchamp: Microsoft is introducing two significant AI-driven features to its Clipchamp video editor, aiming to simplify the editing process for non-professional users. Noise suppression technology has been integrated into Clipchamp, allowing users to filter out unwanted background sounds while preserving essential audio elements like speech and music. A background removal tool has been added, enabling users to easily remove and replace image backgrounds in their video content. These new features are currently available to Microsoft 365 Insiders, suggesting a...
read Aug 11, 2024Meta and Oxford Develop AI Model that Turns Images to 3D Objects
VFusion3D, a groundbreaking AI model developed by Meta and the University of Oxford, represents a significant advancement in AI-powered 3D content creation, enabling the generation of high-quality 3D objects from single images or text descriptions. Innovative approach to 3D generation: VFusion3D overcomes the challenge of limited 3D training data by leveraging pre-trained video AI models to generate synthetic 3D data. This novel approach allows the model to create high-quality 3D objects without relying on extensive 3D datasets, which have been a bottleneck in previous attempts at AI-driven 3D generation. The use of video AI models for 3D data synthesis demonstrates...
read Aug 9, 2024Zoom Boosts AI Capabilities With Smart Backgrounds and Enhanced Summaries
Zoom has enhanced its video conferencing platform with new AI features, joining competitors in offering advanced tools to improve user experience and productivity. AI-powered visual enhancements: Zoom introduces AI-generated backgrounds for users with paid plans, catching up to similar offerings from Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. The new feature allows users to create custom backgrounds using artificial intelligence, providing more personalized and professional-looking video call environments. This addition brings Zoom's capabilities in line with its major competitors, potentially helping the platform maintain its market position in the competitive video conferencing space. Improved meeting summaries: Zoom's AI Companion tool now incorporates...
read Aug 9, 2024YouTube’s AI Brainstorming Tool Supercharges Creator Productivity
New AI tool for content creation: YouTube is testing an innovative feature called "Brainstorm with Gemini" that leverages Google's advanced Gemini AI models to assist creators in generating video ideas, titles, and thumbnails. The new tool is designed to streamline the creative process for YouTube content creators by providing AI-generated suggestions based on broad topics or initial ideas. Creators can access this feature within YouTube Studio by entering a general concept and clicking the Brainstorm button to receive refined and related video concepts. The AI-powered tool aims to address common challenges faced by creators, such as overcoming creative blocks or...
read Aug 9, 2024AI Video Creator ‘Diffuse 2.0’ Gets Major Upgrade
Diffuse 2.0, an AI-powered video generation tool from Higgsfield, has introduced new features aimed at simplifying and democratizing high-quality video creation for social media and personal use. Major update to AI video creation: Higgsfield's release of Diffuse 2.0 marks a significant advancement in AI-driven video generation tools, offering a range of new features designed to make video creation more accessible and efficient. The updated tool includes a Selfie Animator feature, allowing users to bring still photos to life through animation. New video templates have been added to provide users with more creative options and starting points for their projects. A...
read Aug 7, 2024ByteDance Unveils AI Video Creator, Challenging OpenAI’s Sora
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has launched a new AI-powered video creation app called Jimeng AI in China, marking its entry into the rapidly evolving field of AI-generated content. Jimeng AI's capabilities and features: The app leverages artificial intelligence to transform text prompts into short videos that match the given description, currently processing prompts in Chinese. Users can generate approximately 168 videos or 2,050 images per month through a subscription model. The AI-generated videos are formatted to be compatible with TikTok, although there is no direct integration between the two apps at present. Jimeng AI is exclusively available for...
read Aug 5, 2024Runway’s New Upgrade Allows You to Bookend Videos with Specific Images
Runway's Gen-3 Alpha Image to Video tool has received a significant upgrade, allowing users to anchor AI-generated videos with specific imagery at either the beginning or end, enhancing creative control and consistency in AI video production. Enhanced creative control: Runway's latest update to its Gen-3 Alpha Image to Video tool provides users with the ability to bookend their AI-generated videos with custom imagery, offering greater control over the final product. The new feature allows users to set a specific image as either the first or last frame of the generated video, helping to maintain artistic intent and visual coherence throughout...
read Aug 1, 2024Hedra AI Raises $10M to Empower Video Creators with Speed and Control
AI video creation tool Hedra launches with $10M in seed funding to enable faster, more expressive video generation for content creators, marketers, and businesses. Key Takeaways: Hedra's flagship offering, Character-1, stands out in the crowded generative AI video market by balancing speed and control, allowing users to create longer-form, character-centric videos more efficiently: Hedra has raised a relatively small $10M seed round compared to well-funded competitors like Runway ($237M), Pika ($80M), and Luma ($70M), but has already seen strong traction with over 350,000 users generating 1.6 million videos. Character-1 focuses on integrated workflow tools for automating the production of YouTube videos,...
read Aug 1, 2024Runway Announces Gen-3 Alpha Turbo for Faster, Cheaper AI Videos
The AI model Runway Gen-3 Alpha Turbo sets a new bar for fast and affordable video generation, though questions about the company's training data practices persist. Key Takeaways: Runway's latest AI video model, Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, promises significant speed and cost improvements over its predecessor: Gen-3 Alpha Turbo is reportedly 7 times faster than the original Gen-3 Alpha model, capable of generating a 10-second video in just 11 seconds. The new model will be rolled out with "significantly lower pricing" compared to Gen-3 Alpha, which currently costs 10 credits per second of generated video. Runway is also working on bringing...
read Jul 30, 2024Meta’s SAM 2 Model A Big Step for Object Segmentation in Videos
The Meta Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2) represents a significant advancement in object segmentation for both images and videos, with the potential to revolutionize video segmentation and enable seamless application across various image and video use cases. Key features and capabilities: SAM 2 is the first unified model for real-time, promptable object segmentation in images and videos, offering improved accuracy and performance compared to existing solutions: SAM 2 achieves better video segmentation performance than current methods while requiring three times less interaction time. The model can segment any object in any video or image without the need for custom...
read Jul 30, 2024Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha Transforms Still Images into Stunning Videos
Runway's Gen-3 Alpha AI video model now allows users to generate highly realistic videos from still images, opening up new possibilities for filmmaking and video creation. Key features and capabilities: The latest update to Runway's Gen-3 Alpha model introduces the ability to use still images as prompts for generating AI videos: Users can upload a still image and optionally add text prompts to guide the video generation process, with the option to create 5 or 10-second videos. The image-to-video feature is surprisingly fast, taking less than a minute to generate a video, while maintaining high quality and consistency with the...
read Jul 30, 2024How to Build a YouTube Summarizer with LLM and yt-dlp
The rapid development of artificial intelligence tools for analyzing and summarizing YouTube videos is transforming how we consume and understand online content, with far-reaching implications for education, research, and public discourse. In a recent blog post, Shekhar Gulati provides instructions to developers for how to summarize any YouTube video using the power of LLMs and Python's yt-dlp tool. Harnessing AI for video summarization: A new utility combines large language models (LLMs) and Python's yt-dlp tool to generate concise summaries of YouTube videos by extracting key points from subtitles: The script utilizes the llm command-line interface to interact with powerful language...
read Jul 26, 2024OpenAI’s SearchGPT Demo Riddled with Inaccuracies, Raising Concerns About AI-Powered Search Reliability
OpenAI's SearchGPT demo has raised concerns about the accuracy and usefulness of its search results. Key issues with the demo: The prerecorded demonstration video of SearchGPT accompanying the announcement of OpenAI's new SearchGPT engine showcased results that were largely inaccurate or unhelpful: In response to a query about music festivals in Boone, North Carolina in August, SearchGPT provided a list of festivals with incorrect dates. For example, it stated that the An Appalachian Summer Festival would be hosting events from July 29 to August 16, when in reality, the festival started on June 29 and will have its final concert...
read Jul 25, 2024AI Startup RunwayML Accused of Secretly Training on YouTubers’ Content
The AI video startup Runway faces backlash following a report that it copied training data from thousands of YouTube videos without permission, raising concerns about the company's practices and the broader issue of AI models being trained on copyrighted content. Key details from the leaked spreadsheet: A former Runway employee allegedly leaked a company spreadsheet to 404 Media, revealing plans to categorize and train on YouTube content from various sources: The spreadsheet included over 3,900 individual YouTube channels, with hashtags indicating the type of content. Channels ranged from media companies like The New Yorker, VICE News, and Netflix to individual...
read Jul 24, 2024Stability AI Just Announced “Video 4D” with with Dynamic 3D Object Viewing
Stability AI has introduced Stable Video 4D, a new generative AI model that adds a new dimension to video generation by accepting video input and generating multiple novel-view videos from 8 different perspectives. A next-gen AI video model: Stable Video 4D builds upon Stability AI's existing Stable Video Diffusion model, taking the concept further by enabling users to view dynamically moving 3D objects from arbitrary camera angles: The model combines the strengths of Stability AI's previously-released Stable Video Diffusion and Stable Video 3D models, fine-tuned with a carefully curated dynamic 3D object dataset. Stable Video 4D is a first-of-its-kind network...
read Jul 24, 2024Chinese AI Video Tool Kling Is Now Available Globally
Chinese video generation model Kling AI expands globally, offering an alternative to OpenAI's highly anticipated Sora. Key Takeaways: Kling AI, developed by Kuaishou Technology, can generate high-quality videos up to two minutes long at HD resolution, utilizing advanced 3D reconstruction technology for more natural movements. The global version of Kling allows users to create videos using an email address, with each generation requiring 10 credits and a daily allotment of 66 credits per user. While OpenAI's Sora is currently limited to a select group of creators, Kling's global availability positions it as a strong competitor in the rapidly evolving AI...
read Jul 22, 2024Luma AI’s Latest Feature Allows Creation of Continuous Loops from Text and Image Prompts
Luma AI's Dream Machine introduces "Loops" for seamless AI-generated videos, potentially transforming digital marketing and creative content production. Key innovation: Endless video sequences without visible cuts or transitions; Luma AI's new "Loops" feature in its Dream Machine platform allows users to create continuous video loops from text descriptions, images, or keyframes, expanding options for engaging audiences while potentially reducing production time and costs. Examples showcased by Luma AI include a spaceship flying through a hyperspace portal and a capybara riding a bicycle in a park, demonstrating the feature's potential. Until now, AI-generated videos often looked choppy or disjointed when played...
read Jul 18, 2024A New AI System Called Live2Diff Enables Real-Time Stylization of Live Video Streams
A groundbreaking AI system, Live2Diff, developed by an international team of researchers, enables real-time stylization of live video streams, opening up new possibilities in entertainment, social media, and beyond. Real-time video transformation: Live2Diff overcomes the limitations of current video AI models by employing uni-directional temporal attention, allowing it to process live video streams at 16 frames per second on high-end consumer hardware: The system maintains temporal consistency by correlating each frame with its predecessors and a few initial warmup frames, eliminating the need for future frame data. Live2Diff outperformed existing methods in temporal smoothness and efficiency, as demonstrated by transforming...
read Jul 18, 2024YouTube Music Launches AI-Powered Features to Enhance Discovery and Compete with Rivals
YouTube Music is introducing AI-powered features to enhance music discovery and personalization, positioning itself to compete more effectively in the streaming market. Key features rolling out: YouTube Music is launching two major AI-driven features - custom radio stations based on text prompts and a Shazam-like music recognition tool: The AI radio feature allows users to generate personalized radio stations by entering text prompts like "summertime jams" or "catchy pop choruses," similar to the AI playlist tools recently introduced by Spotify and Amazon Music. The music recognition feature enables users to search for songs by singing, humming, or letting the app...
read Jul 18, 2024NVIDIA Releases New AI Video Upscaling Tech
NVIDIA's latest AI video upscaling technology, RTX Video Super Resolution, significantly improves the quality of streamed and offline video content. Key features of RTX Video Super Resolution: NVIDIA's AI-powered video upscaling solution leverages dedicated Tensor Cores on GeForce RTX 40 and 30 Series GPUs and RTX professional GPUs to remove compression artifacts and upscale lower-resolution content up to 4K, matching the user's native display resolution. The technology combines advanced de-artifacting techniques with AI upscaling to deliver stunningly clear video, even from low-bitrate sources like Twitch streams. RTX Video Super Resolution will soon be available in popular video editing apps like...
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