OpenAI’s latest model takes text prompts and turns them into ‘complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion,’ and more.
OpenAI is launching a new video-generation model, and it’s called Sora. The AI company says Sora “can create realistic and imaginative scenes from text instructions.” The text-to-video model allows users to create photorealistic videos up to a minute long — all based on prompts they’ve written.
Sora is capable of creating “complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion, and accurate details of the subject and background,” according to OpenAI’s introductory blog post. The company also notes that the model can understand how objects “exist in the physical world,” as well as “accurately interpret props and generate compelling characters that express vibrant emotions.” — Read More
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Will Generative Ghosts Help or Haunt? Contemplating Ethical and Design Questions Raised by Advanced AI Agents
After 76-year-old Lee Byeong-hwal learned he had terminal cancer, he decided to leave his wife a “digital twin” to stave off loneliness. “Sweetheart, it’s me,” an avatar of Byeong-hwal says to his wife as she blots tears from her face. “I’ve [sic] never expected this would happen to me. I’m so happy right now,” the wife responds to the virtual representation of her husband a few months after his passing.
In a two-minute video from the South Korean startup DeepBrain AI, viewers – and potential buyers – get a sneak peak into Re;memory, a “premium AI human service” that allows those left behind to cherish “loved ones forever.” For only €10 to 20 thousand, buyers get a seven-hour filming and interview session to help create a synthetic version of a person based on their real voice and image data. And for another thousand Euros, loved ones can get a 30-minute “reunion” to interact with the deceased persons’ digital twin in a “memorial showroom” equipped with a 400-inch screen and high-quality sound system.
DeepBrain AI is only one of several startup ventures rushing products to market that can create digital representations of the deceased. Yet many practical and ethical considerations still hang in the balance,. — Read More
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