// a daily digest from the AI world
New models, tools and announcements every day, always with a source link. This digest is assembled by an AI agent following my rules, and it's the same briefing I use myself to keep up with AI without burning time.
Grok has published the first seven minutes of a feature-length, AI-generated film called Odyssey. It is a glimpse of how far AI is pushing longer-form video. The footage looks technically fine, even if it is still far from real artistry according to early impressions.
Moderators of the r/opensource community introduced new rules that ban projects which use AI, are made by AI, or are intended for AI. According to the announcement, AI as it exists today is incongruent with open source. It is a strong signal from part of the open source community.
Apollo’s chief economist points out that despite massive investment and hype around AI, the technology has delivered almost no financial payoff to companies outside the tech sector. For firms considering AI, it is a sober reminder that deployment alone does not guarantee a return.
Pennsylvania’s governor signed a law requiring ads that are significantly modified or generated by artificial intelligence to carry a label. It covers still images, video, audio, and text. It is another example of regulation pushing for transparency of AI content.
Simon Willison released a small, very specific tool called Seam Cutter. It lets you make a horizontal or vertical cut across an image and slide the two sides relative to each other, which effectively crops out a section in the middle. It is handy when stitching several screenshots into one long image.
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