No doubt to the annoyance of many, and described by uploader Multiverse Wizard on its YouTube page as, “The Jetsons in 1950s Super Panavision 70 style“, here’s a taste of what a live action version of the beloved Hanna Barbara cartoon show might look like. You can see how this kind of thing is popular […]
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Generative AI, The Chamber of Progress and the “transformative” ‘fair-use’ argument
In the USA and operating as the Chamber of Progress, a group of tech firms that includes Amazon, Apple and Meta is launching campaign it calls ‘Generate and Create’. Its purpose is to defend the legality of using copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence systems, highlight “how artists use generative AI to enhance their creative […]
SPE will take advantage of AI to cut costs, says CEO
During a recent Q&A with investment analysts that also included enquiries about the company’s potential purchase of Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) CEO Tony Vinciquerra (pictured below) revealed that he is fan of AI economics and that the company will use machine learning-based tools, processes and workflows to produce future content. “We are very focused […]
Google DeepMind’s Veo enters the generative video fray
Google’s DeepMind division describes Veo as “our most capable video generation model to date”. It generates high-quality, 1080p resolution videos “that can go beyond a minute, in a wide range of cinematic and visual styles”. “It accurately captures the nuance and tone of a prompt, and provides an unprecedented level of creative control — understanding […]
3D artists express unhappiness over Autodesk’s new generative AI tool
With Autodesk‘s announcement of its new experimental generative AI model, Research Project Bernini, which generates functional 3D objects from various inputs, including text, 2D images and voxels, some 3D animators feel that a trusted supplier has insulted the industry and trampled all over their loyalty. “Wait you know what your customers do for a living, […]
Chinese text-to-video tool Vidu takes a bow and trains its sights on Sora
At the Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing last weekend, Chinese startup Shengshu Technology and Tsinghua University unveiled Vidu, a new text-to-video model to compete with OpenAI’s Sora that generates “realistic” 1080p clips up to 16 seconds in length (compared to Sora’s 60 seconds) “with dynamic camera movements, detailed facial expressions, and natural lighting and shadows”.. The […]