AI breaks the internet again, plus AR news and love languages
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Yesterday's news broke the internet as Open AI announced its latest development — text to video. Whilst it's not available for general use yet, access is being given to visual artists, designers, and filmmakers for feedback.
It’s not just AI news, the AR news is also ramping up with Apple Vision Pro updates, including a hot off-the-press, native app release from TikTok.
Plus, in the spirit of St Valentine, learn how you can balance your love language with a more long-term approach.
Until next time (300th issue!), ⚔️ Your Majesty
Creating video from text
AI video production just took a monumental leap forward — OpenAI introduced Sora: A text-to-video model that can generate realistic and complex scenes from text. It's not available yet, but things just got wild.
Find out moreopenai.com (opens in a new tab)My McLuhan lecture on enshittification
An examination into the process of “enshittification”, a term coined by author Cory Doctorow about how platforms colonized the internet, why all those platforms are degrading so quickly, and why it matters.
Learn morepluralistic.net (opens in a new tab)After seeing TikTok on Vision Pro, there is no way YouTube and Netflix can say no
TikTok has really embraced the Vision Pro opportunity with a fully rebuilt from the ground up native app.
Check it outthestreet.com (opens in a new tab)Bard becomes Gemini
Google invites users globally, in 40 languages, to try its latest releases, Ultra 1.0 and a brand new mobile app enabling you to collaborate with AI, on the go.
Learn more about the latest updatesblog.google (opens in a new tab)Introducing Stable Cascade
An innovative text-to-image model introduces an interesting three-stage approach, setting new benchmarks for quality, flexibility, fine-tuning, and efficiency with a focus on further eliminating hardware barriers.
Find out morestability.ai (opens in a new tab)Your Majesty alumni Sougwen Chung On Finding Inspiration In AI
When it comes to using AI as another instrument in an artist’s toolkit, this award-winning artist is way ahead of the game.
Read moretime.com (opens in a new tab)Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Is a Big Lie
Is it time to drop the vibes-based approach to environmentalism for something a little more robust?
Uh oh, read morewired.co.uk (opens in a new tab)The Year Digital Fashion Went Out Of Style
No matter how hard each player in this ecosystem worked, the past 12 months have seen the ‘hype’ around Web3 fashion wane – what’s next and how does the future of digital fashion look?
Read moretexintel.com (opens in a new tab)How an African streaming service dethroned Netflix
According to the subscription figures late last year, a young South African company has zoomed past Netflix to become Africa’s streaming platform of choice.
Learn morerestofworld.org (opens in a new tab)What the 5 love languages get right, and what they get very wrong
While love languages often help couples get in the habit of communicating better, just this one approach isn’t going to last in the long run –– we need a balanced diet.
Find out morevox.com (opens in a new tab)
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