📹 AI Transforms Text into Realistic Videos, Google's AI Evolution, Meta's AI Learns by Observing Videos
Today’s pick
Sora: Creating video from text. Creating video from text. Sora is an AI model that can create realistic and imaginative scenes from text instructions. All videos on this page were generated directly by Sora without modification. We’re teaching AI to understand and simulate the physical world in motion, with the goal of training models that help people solve problems that require real-world interaction. OpenAI
𝕏: Announcing Sora — our model which creates minute-long videos from a text prompt - Greg Brockman (@gdb)
Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5. Last week, we rolled out our most capable model, Gemini 1.0 Ultra, and took a significant step forward in making Google products more helpful, starting with Gemini Advanced. Today, developers and Cloud customers can begin building with 1.0 Ultra too — with our Gemini API in AI Studio and in Vertex AI. By Sundar Pichai via Google Blog
𝕏: In December we began the Gemini Era, and we’ve continued to make relentless progress since. Today we’re thrilled to introduce the next generation: Gemini 1.5 - hugely enhanced performance, highly efficient architecture & long-context length breakthrough - Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis)
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Meta’s new AI model learns by watching videos. Meta’s AI researchers have released a new model that’s trained in a similar way to today’s large language models, but instead of learning from written words, it learns from video. By Mark Sullivan via Fast Company
𝕏: wtaf is going on today - Patrick Blumenthal (@PatrickJBlum)
New 'Magic' Gmail Security-Google's Latest AI Defense Initiative. Google has confirmed a new security scheme which, it says, will help “secure, empower and advance our collective digital future” using AI. Part of this AI Cyber Defence Initiative includes open-sourcing the new, AI-powered, Magika tool that is already being used to help protect Gmail users from potentially problematic content. By Davey Winder via Forbes
Microsoft: four Xbox-exclusive games are coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch. It's official: Microsoft is bringing some Xbox-exclusive games to PS5 and Nintendo Switch. It's part of a broader strategy shift inside Microsoft's gaming business to grow games beyond just the company's Xbox consoles. “We've made the decision that we’re going to take four games to the other consoles,” reveals Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer on the official Xbox podcast. By Tom Warren via The Verge
𝕏: It’s official: Microsoft is bringing some Xbox exclusive games to PS5 and Nintendo Switch. Four games are on the way, but Microsoft isn't officially naming them yet. I've got all the details on the games and the new Xbox strategy - Tom Warren (@tomwarren)
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