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ByteDance Turns Photos into Movie Scenes

OpenAI Acquires Chat Domain

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Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

ByteDance brings photos to life with cinematic flair; OpenAI takes ownership of Chat dot com domain.

Inside This Edition: šŸ’Ž

  • Hottest AI News

  • Top AI & SaaS Tools

  • AI Tutorial: Analyze PDFs with Claude

  • Top AI & Tech News

  • Interesting Uses of AI

  • Top AI Video Tutorial

  • AI Job List

  • Complimentary AI Course of the Day

Hottest AI News

ByteDance

ByteDance AI Brings Still Photos to Life in Movie Scenes

ByteDance's X-Portrait 2 transforms photos into lifelike video performances, recreating famous movie scenes with unmatched realism.

Details:

  • The system captures full facial movements, creating natural, emotionally rich performances while preserving identity in complex scenes like "The Shining" and "Face Off."

  • ByteDance uses TikTokā€™s vast video database, enabling the AI to understand diverse facial expressions across various conditions and angles.

  • The company is expanding its global AI research, investing $2.13 billion in Malaysia, despite regulatory challenges in Canada and the US.

This advancement could revolutionize animation, replacing costly motion capture, but also raises concerns about digital misinformation and authenticity.

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OpenAI

OpenAI Pays Tech Billionaire Over $10M for Chat(.)com Domain

OpenAI's latest move signals its dominance in the AI space as chat(.)com redirects to ChatGPT, marking a significant investment in their brand presence and future vision.

Details:

  • The domain, once owned by HubSpot CTO Dharmesh Shah for $15.5M, was sold to OpenAI for a higher amount, paid in shares.

  • The acquisition supports OpenAI's rebranding strategy, including simpler names like the "o1" reasoning models series.

  • The purchase, over $10M, is minor for OpenAI after their $6.6B funding round, part of a trend of AI firms acquiring premium domains.

OpenAI's domain acquisition highlights their market position and commitment to a streamlined, accessible brand in the growing AI ecosystem.

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AI Tutorial

How to Upload and Analyze PDFs with Claude AI

Claudeā€™s new Visual PDFs feature, currently in beta, lets you analyze PDFs, including text, images, graphs, and charts. Hereā€™s how:

  1. Log into your Claude account.

  2. Select your initials in the lower-left corner and choose ā€œFeature Preview.ā€ Toggle on Visual PDF Analysis to enable it.

  3. Start a new chat, tap the paperclip icon, upload your PDF, and wait for the fileā€™s thumbnail to appear. Then type your question or request and submit it.

Note:

  • Use the page numbers shown in your PDF viewer, not those printed in the document.

  • The PDF must be under 32 MB and 100 pages, and cannot be encrypted or password-protected.

  • For larger files, split them into smaller sections and upload separately.

Top AI & Tech News

  • Microsoft Outlook has dynamic AI-powered themes [Read More]

  • Anthropic, Palantir, Amazon team up on defense AI [Read More]

  • OpenAIā€™s data scraping wins big as Raw Storyā€™s copyright lawsuit dismissed by NY court [Read More]

  • ā€˜Unrestrictedā€™ AI group Nous Research launches first chatbot [Read More]

  • Mistral AI takes on OpenAI with new moderation API, tackling harmful content in 11 languages [Read More]

  • Led by a founder who sold a video startup to Apple, Panjaya uses deepfake techniques to bite into video dubbing [Read More]

Interesting Uses of AI

AI Art Spotlight

Model: Midjourney

Prompt:

A Milanese woman seated on a tram in the 90s, wearing an elegant coat and bold rings on her fingers, holding a designer handbag and gazing out the window as the tram travels through the historic center, highly detailed eyes --ar 9:16 --personalize qpaccr5 --stylize 50 --v 6.1

AI Prompt of the Day

Product Description

This prompt is about crafting a compelling product description using the PAS framework (Problem, Agitation, Solution) to emphasize how the product effectively addresses a specific customer issue.

Prompt:

Develop a product description for (Add info) using the PAS (Problem, Agitation, Solution) framework to highlight its problem-solving capabilities.

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