Runway, the well-funded New York City-based generative AI video startup, updated its signature text/image/video-to-video model Gen-2 today, and many of its users are collectively freaking out over how good it is. Numerous AI filmmakers have called it “game changing,” and some a “pivotal moment in generative AI.“
Specifically, Gen-2 has undergone “major improvements to both the fidelity…
Today, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on his social platform X that his new artificial intelligence venture xAI will launch its first model on Saturday, November 4, 2023 to a select group of users.
Tomorrow, @xAI will release its first AI to a select group.
In…
Hidden Door has unveiled an updated artistic vision behind its new game where generative AI creates the narrative for humans to play.
With this game, which is still in the testing stages, the development team isn’t creating a singular narrative for the game. Rather, it’s…
Luma AI’s Genie lets anyone make 3D objects from text
November 4, 2023
Luma AI, a startup that specializes in creating 3D content from video and text, has unveiled a new tool that allows anyone to generate realistic 3D models in seconds.
The tool, called Genie, is a research preview of an all-new kind of generative 3D foundation model that can create 3D things from natural language prompts.
Genie is currently available for free on Discord, where users can join a…
IDC study: Businesses report a massive 250% return on AI investments
November 3, 2023
A survey of 2,100 global business leaders and decision makers by research firm IDC suggests a new level of momentum around AI investments by businesses, driven by perceived value and excitement around generative AI.
The report, which was commissioned by Microsoft, but…
Midjourney’s new style tuner is here. Here’s how to use it.
November 3, 2023
Midjourney is one of the most popular AI art and text-to-image generators, generating high-quality photorealistic and cinematic works from users’ prompts typed in plain English that have already wound up on TV and in cinemas (as well as on VentureBeat, where we use it…
Microsoft unveils ‘LeMa’: A revolutionary AI learning method mirroring human problem solving
November 3, 2023
Researchers from Microsoft Research Asia, Peking University, and Xi’an Jiaotong University have developed a new technique to improve large language models’ (LLMs) ability to solve math problems by having them learn from their mistakes, akin to how humans learn.
The researchers have revealed a pioneering strategy, Learning from Mistakes (LeMa), which trains AI to correct its own mistakes…
DeepMotion launches MotionGPT for text-to-3D animation
November 3, 2023
DeepMotion, a maker of AI-powered motion capture technology, wants to redefine the animation landscape with the launch of MotionGPT.
This tool leverages the power of generative AI to seamlessly transform text prompts into intricate 3D animations, ushering in a new era of…
SAP is gearing up for the age of AI.
At its TechEd conference in Bengaluru, India, the German software major doubled down on its AI efforts and announced a bunch of tools and capabilities to not only boost the productivity of developers but also enable them to build custom…
Anyone who has dealt in a customer-facing job — or even just worked with a team of more than a few individuals — knows that every person on Earth has their own unique, sometimes baffling, preferences.
Understanding the preferences of every individual is difficult even for us fellow humans. But what about for AI models, which have no direct human experience upon which to draw, let alone use as…
