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The second “International AI Film Festival” demonstrated the extent to which generative AI has arrived in film: according to VentureBeat, the best examples impressed with a successful combination of strong stories and intelligently applied AI effects.
Google is offering “AI Essentials,” a new course that teaches users how to use generative AI to increase their productivity. The course focuses on practical applications such as brainstorming, decision-making, and speeding up everyday tasks. Source: Open Culture
Musician Washed Out released a new music video for his song “The Hardest Part,” which was created entirely using OpenAI’s Sora AI model. Director Paul Trillo used 55 short AI-generated video clips and combined them into a four-minute clip that demonstrates the current abilities of generative video AI.
OpenAI co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Ilya Sutskever is leaving the company after being involved in the failed coup attempt against CEO Sam Altman in November. Sutskever will now focus on a new, as-yet-unknown project, while Jakub Pachocki has been named OpenAI’s new Chief Scientific Officer.
Through the “Preferred Publisher Program”, OpenAI offers media companies licensing agreements to provide ChatGPT with up-to-date content and give users access to high-quality information sources. In return, participating providers receive both fixed licensing fees and performance-based payments. This is shown in a leaked presentation by OpenAI.
OpenAI has released “Model Spec,” a set of rules that control the behavior of its AI models, such as ChatGPT, for which OpenAI is seeking public feedback. The goal is to develop AI models that are useful and safe for all users by establishing ethical guidelines and practical rules for their use. Source: VentureBeat
OpenAI is developing a new tool called “Media Manager” that will allow authors and rights holders to determine if and how their work can be used to train AI models. The tool is expected to be available by 2025. Source: TechCrunch
Rumor has it that OpenAI is working on a new feature for ChatGPT to search the web and provide sources in the answers. This could make ChatGPT a direct competitor to Google and other AI-powered search engines such as Perplexity.
Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram, is joining the AI startup Anthropic to drive product development as its new CPO. Anthropic is counting on Krieger’s experience with user-friendly products to better market its AI technology, especially in the business environment.
Amazon-backed AI startup Anthropic is bringing its generative AI assistant Claude to Europe. The chatbot is accessible via a website and an iPhone app, and offers both free and paid subscriptions for individuals and businesses. Anthropic emphasizes Claude’s accuracy, security and privacy, as well as its expertise in numerous European languages. Claude is currently available …