Here’s what’s been making waves in the AI world this past week:
Nvidia’s Keynote at Computex
- Earth-2 Digital Twin: For hyper-local climate prediction and weather forecasting.
- Real-Time Path Traced Subsurface Scattering: Advanced lifelike skin rendering in digital humans.
- Power Efficiency Improvements: Significant advancements in GPU compute power with reduced energy consumption.
- Future GPU Plans: Roadmap includes Blackwell GPUs (next release) and Ruben GPUs (2026-2027).
- Project G Assist: An AI helper for video games, providing real-time assistance.
Eleven Labs & Stability AI Sound Effects
- Eleven Labs: Introduced AI-generated sound effects, allowing users to prompt any sound effect needed.
- Stability AI: Released an open-source model for generating audio samples, including drum beats, instrument riffs, and ambient sounds. Available on Hugging Face.
Cisco Live: Digital Resilience and AI Investment
- Digital Resilience: AI tools to enhance the security and integrity of digital infrastructures.
- Global AI Investment Fund: $1 billion fund to support AI-driven tools and technologies.
Kling AI Video Generator
- Kling: New AI video generator from China. Access limited to those with a Chinese phone number. Creates lifelike videos, including a boy riding a bike through changing landscapes and various short animations.
ToonCrafter
- ToonCrafter: Animates between two frames, ideal for cartoon and anime-style visuals. Available for free on Hugging Face, supports open-source usage.
Domo AI
- Domo AI: Converts video clips into cartoon-like animations with lip-syncing capabilities. Examples include Harry Potter clips transformed into pixel art and cartoon styles.
Other Noteworthy Updates
- AI Outages: Several AI models, including ChatGPT and Perplexity, experienced temporary outages.
- California’s SB 1047 Bill: Proposed legislation to regulate AI development, imposing stringent requirements on developers.
- AI Candidate for Mayor: An AI named Virtual Integrated Citizen (Vic) is running for mayor in Cheyenne.
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