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 […]
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 […]
There’s no escaping it, generative AI is getting right under everybody’s skin at the moment. Its widespread use in advertising is leading some brands to issue demands and warnings hither and thither in a bid to contain it and stop it, as they see it, from threatening their businesses. Following on from discussions and advice […]
Some of machine learning’s main issues are around time and cost and the amount of training material required to train models that are useful and produce accurate, pleasing results. Why is it so difficult? AI tools are ‘learning’ not to be caught out by people asking them nonsensical questions and have started to give as […]
The “first Ai-powered sports commercial”, a moody monochrome Under Armour spot starring British boxer Anthony Joshua, has stirred up controversy for its (initially) uncredited use of sections of previous UA ads as raw material. Director Wes Walker defends the ad, ‘Forever is made now’, saying they made the decision due to commercial and time pressures. […]
China’s Tencent, the home of WeChat, has announced a new version of its open source video generation model DynamiCrafter – visit the GitHub page. Like others, it uses the diffusion method to turn captions and still images into seconds-long videos. What is the diffusion method? It turns captions and still images into seconds-long videos. Diffusion models […]