AI News: The Mind-Blowing World of AI Video

Matt Wolfe

26 Jan 202423:34

Summary

TLDRThe video discusses recent AI advancements like Magic Video V2 for high-quality text-to-video generation from ByteDance and lumir video from Google for realistic text and image-to-video. Other innovations covered include AI-powered LinkedIn post creation tools from Tapo, Unity's Muse lab for text-to-animation, Chrome's AI tab organization and theme creation, automated podcast transcription from Apple, and more. Overall, rapid AI progress is highlighted across areas like art, audio, video and productivity software.

Takeaways

๐ก Bite Dance released Magic Video V2 for high-quality text-to-video generation
๐คฉ Google's LUMIERE research allows text and images to video with style transfer
๐ฅ Act Anywhere research from Stanford/Adobe inserts moving subjects into new backgrounds
๐น๏ธ Unity's Muse Lab beta allows text prompts to generate character animations
๐ฅ๏ธ Chrome's new AI features organize tabs and generate custom themes
๐ผ๏ธ Midjourney added pan, zoom, and inpainting to V6 model
๐ค 11 Labs valuation exceeds $1 billion after recent funding round
๐ฃ๏ธ OpenAI reduced pricing and upgraded GPT-4 Turbo
๐ค Google partners with Hugging Face for open AI collaboration
๐ Apple Podcasts adds AI-powered automated transcripts

Q & A

What new AI video generation research was recently released by ByteDance?
-ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, recently released research on a new text-to-video model called Magic Video V2, which is an improved version of previous text-to-video models.
How does Magic Video V2 compare to other existing video AI models?
-The examples show that Magic Video V2 generates higher quality and more detailed videos compared to existing models like Stable Diffusion, Pika, and Runway ML.
What does the new AI tool Act Anywhere from Stanford and Adobe allow?
-Act Anywhere isolates a moving subject, combines it with a new background, and makes the background move realistically along with the original animation.
What are some of the new AI video capabilities shown in Google's Project Lumir?
-Lumir can generate realistic text-to-video, image-to-video, cinemagraphs, video inpainting, and style matching based on example images and videos.
How can the new AI tool Tapo help grow a LinkedIn account?
-Tapo can generate AI posts, hooks, and carousels tailored to a user's LinkedIn account and posts that are likely to drive engagement.
What does the new AI animation tool MuseLab allow?
-MuseLab generates an animation from a text prompt, provides editable keyframes, and allows the user to modify the animation.
What new AI features does Google Chrome now offer?
-New Chrome AI features include tab organization, custom theme creation with AI, and soon - AI-powered writing assistance.
How can artists protect their work using Nightshade?
-Nightshade adds noise to artwork that disrupts training if someone tries to train an AI on the art without permission.
What new audio AI capabilities does 11 Labs offer?
-11 Labs released a new 'dubbing studio' feature that can translate audio/video files into other languages while maintaining the original voices.
How are OpenAI and Google collaborating on AI?
-Google and OpenAI are partnering up on open source AI projects, similar to what Meta is doing with Microsoft.