Summary Adobe is adding generative AI capabilities to its Premiere Pro video editing software, the company announced in a blog post. The new AI-powered tools will allow video editors to extend video clips, add or remove objects, and generate missing B-roll footage without leaving the familiar Premiere Pro workspace. Ashley Still, product manager at Adobe, …
Summary X chatbot Grok uses posts from X users to generate supposedly first-hand news about current events. While Musk touts this as a great advantage, it is exactly what leads to bizarre fake news stories. For example, X users posted jokes about why the sun “disappeared” during last week’s solar eclipse. Grok aggregated these jokes …
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Summary Large language models can make information more accessible – but AI researcher Andrew J. Peterson warns of a negative long-term effect: a “knowledge collapse”. Foundation models like LLMs change how we access and produce information. However, a new theoretical study by Andrew J. Peterson from the University of Poitiers warns that overreliance on AI-generated …
Image: Khronos Group Der Artikel kann nur mit aktiviertem JavaScript dargestellt werden. Bitte aktiviere JavaScript in deinem Browser und lade die Seite neu. OpenXR has shaped the VR and AR industry. Now the Khronos Group has updated the specification and released OpenXR 1.1. FACTS The OpenXR Working Group announced a new version of the industry …
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Image: Youtube Der Artikel kann nur mit aktiviertem JavaScript dargestellt werden. Bitte aktiviere JavaScript in deinem Browser und lade die Seite neu. If you own a Meta Quest 3, you can now enjoy 8K resolution video at 60 frames per second in the Youtube VR app. FACTS Version 1.54 of YouTube VR introduces support for …
Image: Stonebrick Studios Der Artikel kann nur mit aktiviertem JavaScript dargestellt werden. Bitte aktiviere JavaScript in deinem Browser und lade die Seite neu. The voxel game CyubeVR was the best-selling PSVR 2 game in the US and Europe last month. FACTS The Playstation Store top downloads are released once a month and give an idea …
Newsletter Update from April 15th, 2024: OpenAI makes it official: In addition to opening its first office in Asia in Tokyo, OpenAI is also launching a GPT-4 model optimized for the Japanese language. The company wants to work with the Japanese government, local companies, and research institutions to develop secure AI tools that meet Japan’s …
Image: Streetrat & Marulu / Blizzard Der Artikel kann nur mit aktiviertem JavaScript dargestellt werden. Bitte aktiviere JavaScript in deinem Browser und lade die Seite neu. You can now roam through Azeroth as if you were actually there, thanks to a VR mod for World of Warcraft. But there are caveats. FACTS WoVR, a VR …
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Summary Video game voice actress Amelia Tyler says a clone of her voice was used to read out rape pornography, according to a report from Eurogamer. Tyler, who received a BAFTA nomination for her role as the narrator in the video game “Baldur’s Gate 3”, describes a very negative experience with AI-generated speech. She says …
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Summary China’s AI regulation is deliberately lax to promote the growth of domestic companies, according to Angela Huyue Zhang, a law professor at the University of Hong Kong. The regulation follows a three-phase pattern: a relaxed phase that gives companies room to grow, a suddenly stricter phase, and then another relaxed phase. This pattern was …
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