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Alibaba collaborates with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to launch the FantasyPortrait digital human animation project. It employs an innovative expression-enhanced diffusion transformer technology to achieve complex emotional expressions and cross-identity expression transfer in single or multi-person scenarios. The technology supports multimodal driving and can be applied to both human and animal characters, as well as audio-driven functions. The project will open-source its code in the future, providing high-quality digital human animation solutions for fields such as film, gaming, and virtual reality, promoting technological development in the industry.

Pixar's Pete Docter criticizes AI as 'boring' in entertainment, highlighting human creativity's irreplaceability. While AI lowers animation barriers, he views it as a tool, not a threat. Hollywood remains divided on AI, with concerns over job losses versus cost-saving potential, as seen in 2023's writers' strike.....

Bilibili (B站) announced the opening of its latest animation video generation model - Index-AniSora. This innovative technology brings a revolutionary breakthrough to the generation of anime-style video content, supporting one-click generation for various types of secondary anime style video shots, including dub series, domestic creations, comic改编 animations, VTubers, animation PVs, and meme animations, greatly improving the production efficiency and quality of animation content.

OpenAI recently released a new image generator that has drawn attention for its ability to produce illustrations mimicking the style of Studio Ghibli, but criticized by some users for lacking "soul." Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has fiercely rebutted critics, including Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. Altman responded to Miyazaki's harsh criticism during an interview with tech founder and YouTuber Arun Mayya, openly refuting...

ByteDance recently launched its new AI project, DreamActor-M1. This project aims to replicate the functionality of Runway Act-One, utilizing advanced generative AI technology to transform character performances in videos into virtual animations with improved accuracy and expressiveness. This news has quickly garnered widespread attention from the industry and netizens, seen as another significant step forward for ByteDance in the AI video generation field. Technological Breakthrough: Ambition to Surpass Runway Act-One. According to publicly available information, Drea...

Recently, an innovative technology named LHM (Large-scale Human Model for Animation) has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of 3D human body reconstruction, bringing new development directions and application prospects to the field. Reconstructing animatable 3D human bodies from a single image has been a highly challenging task, plagued by ambiguities in geometry, appearance, and deformation separation. Current state-of-the-art research mostly focuses on static human modeling, and these methods often rely on synthetic 3D scans for training, which greatly limits their applications in...

On March 17, Beijing Shengshu Technology Co., Ltd. announced that its video large model product, Vidu, has reached a strategic cooperation with Aura Productions, a renowned American animation studio, to jointly create the first overseas AI-original sci-fi anime series. This collaboration marks the formal integration of AI technology into the anime production workflow, setting a precedent for AI video generation platforms to participate in the creation of anime shorts and propelling the animation industry into a new AI-driven era.

ByteDance's AI-powered assistant app, Doubao, recently announced a new feature called "Bring Photos to Life." This feature aims to meet users' needs for animating old photos, breathing new life into cherished memories. The process is reportedly simple: users open the Doubao app, select the feature, upload an old photo, and describe the actions of the people or objects in the photo. After a short wait, Doubao uses advanced AI technology to transform the static image into a lively animation.

Autonomous truck company TuSimple has announced its completion of a transformation, officially rebranding as CreateAI and shifting its focus toward the generative AI field, including animation and game development. This rebranding signifies TuSimple's departure from the autonomous trucking business and its entry into a new arena. TuSimple's transformation comes at a time of ongoing turmoil for the company. Previously, the company exited the stock market in January 2024 and closed its U.S. autonomous trucking operations, transferring the remaining assets to China to fund the new business.

The Japanese government recently announced a plan to utilize artificial intelligence technology to combat online manga and animation piracy. According to data from the Tokyo Bureau of Cultural Affairs, there are currently at least 1,000 websites illegally offering free downloads of Japanese manga and animation. These sites are accused of causing losses of billions of dollars to Japan's cultural industry each year. To address this issue, the Japanese government has proposed a pilot program totaling 300 million yen (approximately 2 million USD). This program will implement an image and text detection system, leveraging artificial intelligence technology to surveil the internet.

Adobe announced a series of new features for Adobe Express this week, aimed at providing mainstream users who need to create web pages and graphics with greater integration and creative capabilities. The new features include tighter integration with Creative Cloud applications, as well as new tools for text and shapes. Adobe Express now allows for easier collaboration and content sharing with InDesign and Lightroom. The platform also offers AI functionalities.

The once-celebrated autonomous truck startup TuSimple is undergoing a remarkable transformation, a shift that has left some shareholders perplexed and angry, and could potentially embroil the company in legal disputes again. The company is attempting to transfer approximately $450 million to China to support a new AI animation and video game company, sparking a fierce competition. TuSimple's transformation is astonishing. Founded in 2015 by Mo Chen and Xiaodi Hou, the company was once a star in the autonomous driving industry, backed by Chinese venture capital.

The Gradio tool for LivePortrait has been updated with fine control over animation areas, customizable features for expressions and head poses, and relative motion options that protect privacy. It supports neutral lip expressions, automatically saves, and displays suitable output formats to enhance user convenience. Its core advantage lies in expression transfer technology, which can accurately replicate expressions and dynamics onto different characters or pets, adapting to various creative needs, including facial control for static images and videos, providing users with unprecedented creative freedom.