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Runway's AI Glam💄, KISS Digitally Lost 🎞️, ByteDance's Bot 🤖
Runway & Getty's AI glam 🎥, KISS says au revoir for real 🤖, ByteDance's chatbot you can Tik 👄.
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Runway & Getty: A match made in AI heaven? Get the 411 on how Enterprise AI is reshaping the creative landscape. Stick around, genius!
In today's rundown:
🎥 Runway & Getty’s AI Collab
🤖 KISS Gets Digitally Replaced
💬 ByteDance’s Chatbot Buzz
🔥 Press Worthy Stories
📚 Learn & Grow
Read time: 3 minutes
VISUAL CREATORS
The AI video frontier just got more interesting with Runway and Getty Images teaming up to offer custom AI video models for enterprises.
It's a move away from novelty AI towards serious B2B solutions.
The implications here are significant – imagine large-scale customers like media companies and studios being able to generate video content with their own AI.
This could change the game for traditional video production houses, and not in a good way.
While it's still early days for this partnership, it's a clear signal that AI in video is about to get more professional and more proprietary.
Is AI about to steal creatives' reels?Vote to see live results! |
🔥 Press Worthy
Fujifilm's fourth camera registration this year has fans buzzing with anticipation. Could it be the much-awaited X100V successor? The creatives are crossing lenses and hoping.
So.co rebrands its music photo awards to So.co Image of Music Awards, now open for entries.
Meet MVC, the back-to-basics 35mm pinhole camera. It’s simple: slide film, snap pics. No filters, no fuss. Chicken Crimpy’s Thingiverse hit is a DIY dream for analog enthusiasts.
Photographer’s $8m Missed Shot: Andrew Miller, who photographed Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin in 2014, is yet to receive his agreed payment of 3,600 ETH, now valued at a staggering $8m.
📚 Learn & Grow
Japan: New Buyers Want Either a Vlog Camera or Full Frame, with Little in Between; Lower-End Cameras Are ‘Hobby Cameras’ at Best.
Mic Loop: How to Properly Set Up a Lavalier.
Zoom Lenses: More Than Meets the Eye
PRODUCTION MASTERY
KISS rocks into the future with virtual avatars created by George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic.
They’re not just dabbling; the plan is for the band to stay out of makeup and onstage, but their digital clones will keep the flame alive.
ABBA’s already doing it with their Voyage show, and choreographer Wayne McGregor says the tech lets artists “go back into their performance energy”.
We’re talking more than holograms here; this is a deep dive into the digital.
Are virtual artists the future?Vote to see live results! |
🔥 Press Worthy
RØDE buys Mackie, expanding its audio empire with live sound expertise.
Pratik Naik, renowned retoucher and photographer, delves into the impact of generative AI, urging creatives to view it as a tool to amplify vision, not a threat to replace it.
NYC-based filmmaker Dhwani Shah reveals how shooting on an iPhone can be a creative—and budget-friendly—choice. Storage snags and sunlit windows included.
Skylum's Luminar Neo introduces GenErase and GenSwap. AI-assisted editing gets better at object removal, though swapping still needs tweaks.
📚 Learn & Grow
Essential Tips for Photography Business Growth
AI's Environmental Toll: How To Create Content Without Draining The Planet
Scientists use AI to recreate images from brain activity with 75% accuracy, opening possibilities for non-verbal communication in the medical field.
CREATOR ECONOMY
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is launching a platform that allows businesses and creators to create their own AI chatbots.
The move follows similar initiatives from other major tech firms, such as Facebook's Meta and OpenAI.
While previous attempts to popularize branded chatbots in the West have largely fizzled out, the surge in popularity of OpenAI's conversational AI model, GPT-3, suggests the time might be right for a second try.
Will branded AI chatbots take off with creatives?Vote to see live results! |
🔥 Press Worthy
AI-powered apps storm Apple and Google's best of 2023 lists. Apple highlights generative AI's cultural impact, featuring ChatGPT, Canva, and Picsart.
Netflix’s $62M bet on director Carl Rinsch backfired when his sci-fi series, "Conquest," never materialized. Rinsch’s strange behavior and money mismanagement drained $44M before the plug was pulled.
YouTube 2023 reflects creator impact with Música Mexicana breakout, fans making Skibidi Toilet pop, and MrBeast still ruling subs.
Advertisers unfazed by X's ethical quagmire. As major brands flee, opportunistic marketers see cheap ad space, willing to overlook the platform's toxic content for a chance at performance.
📚 Learn & Grow
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Creator Uprising: The Hollywood Strikes Igniting a Global Movement.
Creator Economy Survival Guide: 7 Tips to Make Your Content King in 2024
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