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AI video startup Runway has raised $308 million in a new funding round led by private equity firm General Atlantic. The funding will help Runway expand its new media ecosystem. Sources say the New York-based Runway is now valued at over $3 billion following this latest round. In addition to General Atlantic, several other prominent firms participated, including SoftBank.

Canadian AI image generation company Ideogram announced today the official launch of its new image model, Ideogram 2a, now available on the Ideogram website, API, and partner platforms. This launch quickly sparked discussions on X, considered a significant upgrade in the AI text-to-image field. Ideogram 2a attracts global creators and developers with its faster generation speed, lower cost, and improved graphic design and photography capabilities.

The Intelligent AI Assistant Doubao, developed by ByteDance, has recently upgraded its text-to-image capabilities. The new feature allows users to generate images containing specified text with a single click. The relevant person in charge of the Doubao large model team pointed out that the text-to-image model of Doubao integrates LLM (Large Language Model) and DIT (Digital Image Technology) framework, optimizing its learning ability for Chinese data, and enhancing the generation capability of Chinese characters, significantly improving the generation results.

Recent research from Alibaba's Tongyi Laboratory indicates that existing text-to-image Diffusion Transformer models already possess the ability to generate multiple images with specific relational contexts. With just a little 'guidance', they can achieve a synthesis of understanding and produce high-quality multi-image collections. Traditional Diffusion models are more like 'rote learning' students, requiring massive datasets to generate high-quality images. However, with the support of IC-LoRA, they become 'high-achieving students', capable of learning through analogy.

Recently, Zhichu AI has open-sourced its latest creation—CogView3 and its upgraded version CogView-3Plus-3B, injecting new vitality into the field of text-to-image generation. The debut of CogView3 is undoubtedly a significant milestone. As the first model to achieve relay diffusion in the text-to-image generation domain, it employs a unique cascade diffusion method. This innovative approach first generates low-resolution images and then completes the final output through relay-based super-resolution technology. This not only greatly enhances...

Baidu Input Method announces a comprehensive upgrade of its all-scenario AI writing assistant 'Super Writing', integrating a variety of functions such as AI writing, AI chatting, and AI intelligent Q&A, enhancing its comprehensive strength as an AI input method product. In addition, Baidu Input Method has also launched new multimodal creation features like 'Text-to-Image', further improving users' content creation experience in different scenarios.