With the proliferation of deepfake technology, the amount of false content online has surged. According to data from the ID verification platform Sumsub, the number of deepfakes quadrupled from 2023 to 2024, accounting for 7% of all fraud in 2024. This includes various forms such as identity impersonation, account takeover, and complex social engineering attacks. To tackle this challenge, Meta has recently launched a new watermark tool - Meta Video Seal, aimed at helping with AI-generated content.

OpenAI has announced the long-awaited video chat and screen sharing features in its premium voice mode. This new functionality is now available to ChatGPT Teams, Plus, and Pro users in the iOS and Android mobile applications, with plans to roll it out to ChatGPT Enterprise and Education subscription users in January next year. However, users from the EU, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein will not have access to this premium voice mode.

OpenAI recently launched its video generation model Sora, but the training data for the model may contain a lot of copyrighted game content, raising concerns about legal issues. Sora can generate videos of up to 20 seconds based on user text prompts or images, supporting various aspect ratios and resolutions. At the time of its release, OpenAI mentioned that Sora's training data includes Minecraft videos, sparking curiosity about other potentially used game content. In practical tests, Sora is able to...

Recently, a research team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sony AI, and Sony Group introduced a new technology called MMAudio, which aims to achieve high-quality audio synthesis from videos through multi-modal joint training. The core innovation of MMAudio is its ability to generate synchronized audio using video and text inputs, thereby expanding the application scenarios for audio generation. MMAudio is designed to support generating sound effects that align with video content from either video or text inputs.

Adobe is making a significant expansion into the artificial intelligence (AI) space, launching a brand new high-end video generation feature based on the tremendous success of the Firefly AI platform. According to the company, the Firefly platform has generated over 16 billion pieces of content since its launch, demonstrating its impact. In a fourth-quarter earnings call on December 11 (Wednesday), Adobe announced plans to launch AI video generation capabilities as a premium service in early next year. Currently, this feature is in a limited

Dr. Alan Becker, a deep learning scientist who previously led the development of Snapchat's 'My AI' chatbot, has recently come back to launch a new company called eSelf. This startup is focused on creating a real-time, video-based conversational AI assistant platform and has successfully secured $4.5 million in seed funding, officially entering the fierce competition in the field of AI assistants. eSelf's early goal is to provide a more realistic and interactive AI experience for verticals such as education, sales, financial services, real estate, and healthcare.

OpenAI's video generation tool Sora has garnered significant attention since its launch, but where it draws its expertise from has remained a mystery. Now, a corner of that mystery seems to be revealed: Sora's training data likely contains a large amount of game live streams and tutorial videos from Twitch! Sora acts like a skilled 'master of imitation', capable of generating videos of up to 20 seconds long just from text prompts or images, and can handle various aspect ratios and resolutions. In February of this year, OpenAI first publicly introduced Sora.

As OpenAI recently released its video-generating AI model Sora, it has attracted widespread attention. An in-depth investigation reveals that the training data for the model may include a large amount of unauthorized game videos and livestream content, which could pose significant legal risks for the company. Through detailed testing, researchers found that Sora is capable of generating videos in various gaming styles, ranging from scenes reminiscent of 'Super Mario Bros.' to first-person shooter graphics in the style of 'Call of Duty', and even typical styles of 90s arcade fighting games.

In the digital age, computer chips are getting smaller, but computing problems are becoming larger. With the continuous advancement of AI models, energy consumption and computing demands in data centers are growing exponentially. IBM's recent breakthrough in optical technology promises to transform this situation. Traditional data centers face two major technical bottlenecks: the limitations of copper wire transmission and electronic transmission speeds. Currently, most CPUs are largely idle, simply waiting for data packets to be transmitted. This represents a significant waste of computing resources. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed.

EndlessAI, a four-year-old AI startup, recently launched its iOS application Lloyd, which has attracted over 50,000 users just three months after its quiet release. What sets Lloyd apart is its proprietary video streaming and encoding technology, which combines users' real-time videos with AI models to support a variety of tasks, from bike repair to storytelling. Currently, 41% of users engage with the application daily. Although Lloyd has not yet reached the user levels of ChatGPT.

Beijing Mianbi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced the completion of a new financing round of hundreds of millions of RMB. This round was jointly led by Loongson Venture Capital, Dinghui Baifu, Zhongguancun Science City Fund, and Sequoia Capital. The Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund and Qiming Venture Partners participated as co-investors, with Wanjia Capital acting as the exclusive financial advisor. Mianbi Intelligence plans to use this funding to accelerate the commercialization of terminal-side AI large models, aiming to provide high-performance, low-energy consumption, and faster large model services under the same parameters to deeply serve the industry and create tangible value for users.

Recently, Visual China announced a strategic partnership with Beijing Vidu Technology Co., Ltd. to jointly explore and establish a 'Visual Industry Large Model Platform and Applications.' This collaboration aims to deepen the application of artificial intelligence technology in the visual content industry and promote the intelligent upgrading of the industry, with the goal of providing more efficient and intelligent services for global visual content creators and users.

The video generation feature for Doubao on PC, a product of ByteDance, has entered its beta testing phase, with some users already receiving access. After applying for the beta test, users can visit doubao.com, select the 'Video Generation' feature, upload images, and input prompt words while also adding camera movements and storyboard information to generate video content. During the beta phase, users can generate up to ten videos for free each day.