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Shake off the sleep—it’s Thursday. This is the latest issue of /Imagine, your go-to source for the freshest news and developments in AI. Here’s EVERYTHING you need to know. Let’s dive in…

🎬 AI Video Leaps Forward…Again

The Bytes:

✣ This is absolutely wild. Alibaba’s Emote Portrait Alive (EMO) framework revolutionizes talking head video generation with its Audio2Video Diffusion Model.

✣ EMO masters the full spectrum of human expressions, pushing the boundaries of expressiveness and realism in AI video.

✣ The technology bypasses traditional 3D modeling, directly synthesizing video from audio to maintain seamless movement and consistency.

✣ EMO excels in producing not just speaking but also singing videos, as you can see in the videos that have been going viral online.

Why you should care: We are advancing so rapidly in AI video that it’s hard to keep up. This year, creators are going to be armed with a toolkit that they couldn’t imagine before. With EMO, we’re one step closer to bridging the gap between the virtual and the real. Currently, this is in the research phase, but as always, we will keep you posted when it goes live.

🍏 Apple’s Done Sitting on AI Sidelines

The Bytes:

✣ The company has been intensifying its AI initiatives and is done sitting on the sidelines. Today, during their shareholder meeting, CEO Tim Cook suggested that they would unveil revolutionary generative AI advancements in 2024.

✣ The company has shifted significant resources, including staff from the now-canceled Apple Car project, to focus on AI, indicating a major strategic pivot.

✣ The firm has been experimenting with Siri enhancements, AI-generated media, and multimodal AI technologies that could redefine user interaction.

Why you should care: Apple’s AI ambitions suggest a transformative year ahead. We have all been waiting for them to jump into the game. The potential integration of GenAI across Apple’s product suite could offer users a more intuitive and seamless experience. As WWDC 2024 approaches, the anticipation for Apple’s AI reveal grows, promising to usher in a new era of smart technology that’s more responsive and adaptable to our needs. Keep an eye on Apple; they aren’t playing around.

🌐 Figma Acquires AI No-Code Builder Dynaboard

The Bytes:

✣ Figma dropped some major news that they acquired Dynaboard, a platform that uses AI to help bring your designs to life.

✣ This acquisition signals Figma’s commitment to enhancing its design capabilities, AI chops, and the ability for creators to build their ideas quickly.

✣ Users can expect a more seamless design-to-development workflow, with AI-assisted features like UI generation and code creation.

Why you should care: For all the Figma faithful and the broader design community, this acquisition is a game-changer. It’s about making the design journey slicker, quicker, and more intuitive to turn ideas into production-ready applications. With Dynaboard’s AI tools under Figma’s umbrella, the future of digital product design looks exciting.

AI Video/Storyboarding Tool 🔮

Internal Comms From Sundar Pichai About Google Gemini Failure 👀

Productivity Tutorial 🪄

New AI Tool Updates ✨

Taking a break from regularly scheduled programming to share a new tool for AI image creation called LetzAI. Their new V2 offers unparalleled consistency and model customization.

I have another brand called Women and Weapons that I co-founded with my wife, and we have a virtual influencer named Nova (shown above). As a brand, we have gone deep with AI image generators. Consistency has been the missing link for us to be able to create assets for the brand and Nova. Sure, you might get a single awesome space pirate portrait, but could the AI give you that same space pirate in a bustling market scene or on a spaceship bridge? Probably not.

LetzAI changes the game. This platform is a beast when it comes to maintaining a character, product, or brand aesthetic. Have a virtual influencer like our girl Nova at Women and Weapons, or a product you want to create assets for? You should try this.

With LetzAI V2, creating a model takes mere minutes. I was able to upload 15 images of our influencer, and in no time I had a model trained on our character. This is a stark contrast to the traditional, time-consuming methods of achieving an asset like this, involving motion capture and rendering that would be required for us.

I got early access, and it isn’t available to everyone, but you can request access here. I’ll do a deep dive and share more soon.

I’m rooting for the team at Letz. The more competition, the more rapidly development takes place across the entire sector.

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