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Video News: Week Ending 06/14/2024

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Kling/KWAI

“Less than 48 hours ago, Sora competitor Kling dropped. People are already getting access and creating wild AI videos. 🤯 1. MadMax Beer commercial made in 1 hour 

“2. Golden retriever puppy bouncing through tall grass. 

“3. People eating melons and watermelons 

“4. Eating tacos at the beach 

“5. a shoebill stork on the red carpet, at a movie premiere 

“6. A starfighter walks through an alien jungle, surreal, sci-fi movie, 8K 

“7. The huge shark in the water swam over and opened its mouth wide 

“8. Man touching wheat 

“9. A young man is skiing, fresh snow covering the woods, winter sunlight, light through the branches, realistic photo, rich details 

“10. An adorable otter with a happy atmosphere surrounded by splashing water and floating twinkle twinkle little stars. 

“Both videos are AI generated, one in 2023 and the other in 2024. This is how rapid the progress in AI is! 

Luma

“wow. The new model from @LumaLabsAI extending images into videos is really something else. I understood intuitively that this would become possible very soon, but it’s still something else to see it and think through future iterations of. A few more examples around, e.g. the” / X

“Luma AI just dropped a Sora-like AI video generator called Dream Machine. But unlike Sora or KLING, it’s completely open access to the public. Here are 10 wild examples (and how to access it): 1. 

“Luma’s ‘dream machine’ is a much needed step up in AI video tools. No more ‘Ken Burns’ style clips with minimal movement – we’re talking real, dynamic action. Still craving control tho. Like most image-to-video AI, its kinda like working with a chaotic golden retriever you’re 

“The best way to use Luma is to generate a key image with your favorite tool (Midjourney, etc) and then have the AI animate that. It will still have that AI video feeling of limbs and people mutating, but you will get closer to what you want. Here is an otter on the red carpet. 

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Luma Dream Machine

https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine

“Here are some stand alone shots generated with @LumaLabsAI #LumaDreamMachine 

“I can’t necessarily say that Luma is super useful in its current state (very hard to control what you get, so it would take the usual dozens of tries to get something you wanted), but it is fun. “an army of golden retrievers riding tiny buggies” 

More examples of Luma

“I’ve been wanting to get to the bottom of this story for so long. #DreamMachine #LumaAI 😂 

“What a thrill to use #DreamMachine to animate even the most collectors memes 😊 

“I’m not a videographer, but I’d been a professional photographer for a decade – and I love being able to breathe new life into some of my favorite shots, like this one… even if my model morphed quite a bit here. 😅 (Photo by me, video by Dream Machine, audio by Suno) 

Pika

“This image-to-video model update is wild. 

Synthesia

“We’re leading the #AIvideo generator category on @G2dotcom, but we’re just getting started 🚀 🔜 new features 🔜 new workflows 🔜 new use cases 🔜 new avatar capabilities Join us on June 24 to learn more: 

The Rest of Video News

“Introducing Proteus 0.1, REAL-TIME video generation that brings life to your AI. Proteus can laugh, rap, sing, blink, smile, talk, and more. From a single image! Come meet Proteus on Twitch in real-time. ↓ Sign up for API waitlist: 

“Apparate Labs launched PROTEUS, a new real-time AI video generation model. It creates realistic avatars and lip-syncs from a single reference image, similar to VASA-1, but it’s completely real-time. 

“🔥Introducing Pandora 🌏 🪐 a World Model that generates videos of world states with real-time language control 🎥🕹️ Simulate the world across domains in an _interactive_ way! check out more 

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AI News #37: Week Ending 06/14/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 7 Must-Read Links

The post you just read is an deep dive extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.

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