Most asked questions about 'Threads' answered, see the World's Largest LED Screen, Cutting-edge Text-to-Video Tech & More!
Your weekly tech roundup:
We delve into Instagram's exciting new app 'Threads', a potential Twitter rival set to change the dynamics of social media. Marvel at the awe-inspiring MSG Sphere in Las Vegas, the world's largest LED screen set to revolutionize entertainment. Explore the innovative strides in text-to-video technology and the contentious debate over the EU's AI Act amongst European business titans.
Lastly, touch upon OpenAI's ChatGPT Browsing feature suspension and the complex AI-copyright issues surfacing in the gaming industry.
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The biggest sphere on earth, covered in LEDs, making it the largest screen on earth too. The results are spectacular - no this video isn't CGI. It will be used as a concert theatre when it finally opens but for now, its another dramatic addition to the las Vegas Skyline. Read more about it here.
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A new method turns text into smooth, high-quality videos. It creates important snapshots or 'key frames' using a tweaked image model, then smoothly blends these styles all over the video. The result: eye-catching videos that flow almost seamlessly.
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Over 150 executives from major European companies, including Renault, Heineken, Airbus, and Siemens, have criticized the European Union’s recently approved Artificial Intelligence Act in an open letter, arguing it could undermine Europe's competitiveness and technological innovation.
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Instagram launches 'Threads': Touted as a rival app to Twitter but its more than that...
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Instagram just launched a new social app that is text-based similar to Twitter. Download it here and try it out. Or dive into some frequently asked questions here to discover if it's for you. The thing that stood out to me though was this image in the signup process, what is Zucker's bigger plan for the fediverse:
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Virgin Voyages have created an "AI replica" of JLO you can use to invite people on a cruise with you and it's... a bit crap. Watch the video:
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If you've seen the latest series of Black Mirror this is very 'Joan is Awful-esque"
Virgin has launched a tool called Jen A.I. for creating personalized invitations from JLO herself. The actual experience isn't anything like what you expect from the video, it basically creates a link to a pre-recorded video with some options you selected, and minimal personalisation. An interesting marketing trick badly executed? - try it here or save yourself the effort and see the results I created here.
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OpenAI has pulled the old 'Now you see it, now you don't' trick on ChatGPT Plus subscribers. Yes, folks, the much-derided 'Browse with Bing' has been given a time-out. OpenAI suggests that our trusty AI friend may have been sneaking past paywalls and privacy settings.
There are plans afoot to bring back 'Browse with Bing' after a little 'attitude adjustment'.
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If you use AI to help create 'an original' story for a game who owns the copyright. It seem simple at first since copyright can't be held by AI but what if the AI is scrapping copyrighted material and ideas to begin with. Read the full story.
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