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October 07, 2024
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Today’s AI Insights:
😱 Meta unveils Movie Gen to rival OpenAI's Sora.
💻 Microsoft Drasi revolutionizes big data management
🌐 Mark Zuckerberg unveils Orion
💡 How to highlight and organize web content
🗞️ Latest AI and tech news
🛠 New AI tools
📝 AI Meme of the day
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AI NEWS
META & OPENAI
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Meta has unveiled Movie Gen, a new AI tool designed to create highly realistic video and audio clips based on user prompts, competing with leading AI models from companies like OpenAI and ElevenLabs.
The Details:
Video Generation: Using a 30B parameter transformer model, Movie Gen creates high-quality, 16-second videos at 16 frames per second, handling object motions, interactions, and camera movements.
Personalized Videos: The model supports personalized video generation by taking a person’s image and merging it with a text prompt, creating custom content while preserving identity and motion.
Precise Editing: With advanced video editing capabilities, Movie Gen allows for precise edits like adding, removing, or changing elements within a video while maintaining the original content.
Audio Generation: A 13B parameter model generates up to 45 seconds of high-quality audio, synced with video content, including background music and sound effects.
Movie Gen marks a major step in AI-generated media, offering content creators new creative possibilities. However, the ethical implications, especially in industries like entertainment and politics, will require careful oversight as this technology evolves.
MICROSOFT
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Microsoft has launched Drasi, a new open-source data processing system designed to streamline the detection and reaction to critical events in complex infrastructures.
The Details:
Drasi continuously monitors data sources and triggers automated responses when specific conditions are met, eliminating the need for inefficient polling. It is particularly useful for scenarios like IoT edge deployments and smart building management.
Drasi provides developers with a tool to simplify reactive systems. It joins other Microsoft projects, including Radius and Dapr, in promoting cloud-native solutions.
Drasi uses continuous database queries to monitor state changes, boosting developer productivity by automating complex tasks and reducing system complexity.
Microsoft is considering integrating Drasi with services like Postgres and Cosmos DB, further enhancing its cloud-based ecosystem.
Drasi represents a big move for Microsoft in simplifying the management of event-driven architectures. By offering it as open-source, Microsoft is inviting the broader tech community to shape its development. If widely adopted, Drasi could help companies run more responsive, efficient systems, making cloud-native applications easier to manage.
AI & TECH NEWS
NEW AI TOOLS:
🎥 Vidnoz AI - Free AI video creation tool driven by automation.
🎨 Pixelcut - A free online design tool for creating product photos and ads.
✍️ Conch AI - AI-powered writing and research assistant
💬 Cici AI - AI chat assistant for intelligent conversations and more.
💻 Cursor - The AI-first code editor for fast software development.
🤖 Anakin - AI platform for generating content and automating workflows.
AI TUTORIAL
AI TUTORIAL
Glasp is a browser extension that allows users to highlight, organize, and share web content for easy reference and collaboration.
Steps to follow:
Visit the Glasp website or the Chrome Web Store to install the Glasp extension to your browser.
After installation, sign up for an account and log in to start using the tool.
Go to any webpage, select text, and use the Glasp toolbar to highlight key information.
Access your Glasp dashboard to organize your highlights by tags or categories for easy reference.
Share your highlights with others through social media or export them for collaboration.
AI & TECH NEWS
Tim Brooks, co-lead of OpenAI’s video generator Sora, has left to join Google DeepMind, where he will focus on video generation and world simulators. His departure occurs as Sora faces technical issues and competitors like Runway and Luma gain traction. This highlights both the competitive nature of the AI industry and the ongoing talent shifts, with key figures from OpenAI seeking new opportunities.
Mark Zuckerberg unveils Orion
Meta has unveiled updates to its VR headset and Ray-Ban smart glasses, highlighting its push into AI and advanced computing. CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced a prototype called Orion, described as the world’s most advanced augmented reality glasses, featuring a neural interface to convert brain signals into commands.
Qodo raises $40M for quality-first code generation
Qodo, formerly CodiumAI, has secured $40 million in Series A funding led by Susa Ventures and Square Peg. The platform focuses on quality-first AI code generation, integrating across the software development lifecycle to minimize bugs and issues. Its tools support IDEs like Visual Studio Code and JetBrains, as well as GitHub, GitLab, and BitBucket.
Amazon lets Audible narrators clone themselves with AI
Amazon is testing AI-generated voice clones for Audible narrators to speed up audiobook production. Narrators will submit voice recordings to create AI replicas, which they can control for future projects. They will earn royalties on a title-by-title basis, but concerns exist about how this could affect job opportunities for human performers.
AI MEME OF THE DAY
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