Enlarge / Filmmaker James Cameron. (credit: James Cameron / Stability AI)
On Tuesday, Stability AI announced that renowned filmmaker James Cameron—of Terminator and Skynet fame—has joined its board of directors. Stability is best known for its pioneering but highly controversial
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On Wednesday, AI video synthesis firm Runway and entertainment company Lionsgate announced a partnership to create a new AI model trained on Lionsgate's vast film and TV library. The deal
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Given the flood of photorealistic AI-generated images washing over social media networks like X and Facebook these days, we're seemingly entering a new age of media skepticism: the era of what I'm calling "deep
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Given the flood of photorealistic AI-generated images washing over social media networks like X and Facebook these days, we're seemingly entering a new age of media skepticism: the era of what I'm calling "deep
Diffusion models have emerged as a powerful approach in generative AI, producing state-of-the-art results in image, audio, and video generation. In this in-depth technical article, we'll explore how diffusion models work, their key innovations, and why they've become so successful. …
Diffusion models have emerged as a powerful approach in generative AI, producing state-of-the-art results in image, audio, and video generation. In this in-depth technical article, we'll explore how diffusion models work, their key innovations, and why they've become so successful. …
Enlarge / Still from a Chinese social media video featuring two people imitating imperfect AI-generated video outputs. (credit: BiliBili)
It's no secret that despite significant investment from companies like OpenAI and Runway, AI-generated videos still struggle to achieve convincing realism
Enlarge / A still video capture of X user João Fiadeiro replacing his face with J.D. Vance in a test of Deep-Live-Cam.
Over the past few days, a software package called Deep-Live-Cam has been going viral on social media because
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In June, Runway debuted a new text-to-video synthesis model called Gen-3 Alpha. It converts written descriptions called "prompts" into HD video clips without sound. We've since had a chance to use it and wanted to share our results. Our
Enlarge / A screen capture from the partially AI-generated Toys "R" Us brand film created using Sora. (credit: Toys R Us)
On Monday, Toys "R" Us announced that it had partnered with an ad agency called Native Foreign to create
Enlarge / Screen capture of a Runway Gen-3 Alpha video generated with the prompt "A giant humanoid, made of fluffy blue cotton candy, stomping on the ground, and roaring to the sky, clear blue sky behind them." (credit: Runway)
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Enlarge / Still images taken from videos generated by Google Veo. (credit: Google / Benj Edwards)
On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or
Enlarge / A sample image from Microsoft for "VASA-1: Lifelike Audio-Driven Talking Faces Generated in Real Time." (credit: Microsoft)
On Tuesday, Microsoft Research Asia unveiled VASA-1, an AI model that can create a synchronized animated video of a person talking
Enlarge / Tyler Perry in 2022. (credit: Getty Images)
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Thursday, filmmaker Tyler Perry spoke about his concerns related to the impact of AI video synthesis on entertainment industry jobs. In particular, he
Enlarge / The real Will Smith eating spaghetti, parodying an AI-generated video from 2023. (credit: Will Smith / Getty Images / Benj Edwards)
On Monday, Will Smith posted a video on his official Instagram feed that parodied an AI-generated video
Enlarge / Snapshots from three videos generated using OpenAI's Sora.
On Thursday, OpenAI announced Sora, a text-to-video AI model that can generate 60-second-long photorealistic HD video from written descriptions. While it's only a research preview that we have not tested,
Enlarge / Snapshots from three videos generated using OpenAI's Sora.
On Thursday, OpenAI announced Sora, a text-to-video AI model that can generate 60-second-long photorealistic HD video from written descriptions. While it's only a research preview that we have not tested,
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On Tuesday, Meta announced its plan to start labeling AI-generated images from other companies like OpenAI and Google, as reported by Reuters. The move aims to enhance transparency on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram,
Enlarge / Still images of AI-generated video examples provided by Google for its Lumiere video synthesis model. (credit: Google)
On Tuesday, Google announced Lumiere, an AI video generator that it calls "a space-time diffusion model for realistic video generation" in
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"Here, There, and Everywhere" isn't just a Beatles song. It's also a phrase that recalls the spread of generative AI into the tech industry during 2023. Whether you think AI is just a