AI AX will accept Tech, Anthropic’s Lightspeed Raise, Firefly Video and Anduril assign Army XR contracts

Google and Meta will focus on what is called “underperformers.” The pain is spreading around the world, affecting thousands of employees, many of whom earned salaries of six. Technology jobs are the first to be affected by AI-driven workforce cuts, but these workers still choose Republican jobs. AI makes a great programmer a great programmer. And a good programmer does more than two jobs.

Humanity is to raise $60 billion. The Amazon-backed AI startup known for Claude Chatbot is having high discussion to raise $2 billion and could value the company at $60 billion. The new funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, will significantly increase humanity’s valuation from $18 billion in 2024. The company projected revenues of 2.2 B in 2025, and expects to reach $12 billion by 2027.

Adobe is launching a public beta version of Firefly Video Model, an AI-powered tool for generating commercially secure video content. Integrated with the Firefly app and Adobe Premiere Pro, authors can generate videos from text prompts or images, control camera angles, and create custom motion elements. Firefly Video supports 1080p resolution and 4K Pro level features will soon arrive. Major brands like Deloitte, IBM, Mattel and Pepsico have already tested it. Adobe offers Firefly Standard ($9.99 per month) with 20-second 5-second video and Firefly Pro ($29.99) with 70-fifly video, providing audio and vector generation.

Oculus founder defense company Anduril is taking over Microsoft’s military AR headset project. Palmer Luckey’s defense company, Anduril Industries, is set up to envisage Microsoft’s integrated visual augmentation system program for the US Army. Pending Department of Defense approvals will be followed by Anduril overseeing production, future hardware and software development, and delivery timelines. Microsoft Azure serves as Anduril’s favorite cloud for AI workloads.

Snap Inc. has introduced AI text-to-image models optimized for mobile devices. This advancement is based on SNAP’s previous AI initiative, including lens generators from texts published in September 2024. The new AI model improves the user experience by enabling rapid on-device image generation without relying on cloud-based processing.

AI and XR are featured in Super Bowl ads. The best thing for me was a black and white homage to open pixels. It’s a graphics. It’s amazing. It arouses curiosity. I never thought it would be an Openai ad until the end.

Rid and humiliate the art-loving, art-loving snobs. Meta brings in Kingsman director Matthew Vaughn to direct film stars Chris Pratt and Chris Hemsworth. The movie stars are the stars of these spots instead of the product, which is good and deserves better.

Google Gemini “Dream Job.” Young home fathers prepare for job interviews using Google Gemini AI while caring for the baby. Childcare is a difficult and underrated job. Dad is tired. Baby hungry. He’s losing confidence. oof. It’s a little real and sad for me.

Movie AI

Native Foreign is using Critterz:Remastered:Openai’s Sora video generation model to release a shot for shot remake of AI-assisted animation shorts. The project revisits the original Critterz, which debuted in April 2023 as an early test of AI-driven animation using DALL-E 2. Shows rapid advances in AI. The remaster moves from 2D animation to fully realized 3D, improving character movements and emotions. Openai introduces a side-by-side comparison of both versions, highlighting the two years of progress in filmmaking produced.

The best Star Wars movies for many years are made with AI. Filmmaker Kavan Cardoza, a social media handler, Kavan The Kid, has released The Ghost’s Apprentice, a stunning AI-generated Star Wars fan film. Using Google Veo, Midjourney and Runway, he created an 11.5 minute short in just 14 days, pushing AI tools to the limit. His previous AI-generated Batman Short Drew Warner Bros. Legal Attention and Star Wars may follow. But instead of shutting him down, Hollywood should learn from him. Cardoza’s Phantom X Studio is already attracting interest from major brands and studios.

This is scary. “In this latest AI short film/vignette,” filmmaker Davide Bianca wanted to try out the idea of ​​building the appeal of tide-changing tides. It’s a heavy exhibition, but through subtle features and minimal dialogue. ” Extensive performance captures were made on the Runway Gen3 Act 1 and the iPhone, encouraging performance on Kling 1.6, creating a sense of awareness among the characters. Every gaze, every subtle movement, every moment of tranquility had to carry weight. The challenge was that the characters felt overly familiar with each other, not relying on excessive dialogue. ”

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What we’re reading

How AI takes over short stories by Joshua Clymer (reading for 52 minutes)

AI blind spot that kills Hollywood (Sherry Palmer Blog)