Digital human avatar technology provider Didimo Inc. is bringing generative artificial intelligence to the world of video game character creation. With today's launch of Popul8, Didimo says, game developers now have a simple way to create hundreds of unique game characters in a fraction of the usual time and cost. Popul8 is a generative AI tool that builds on Didimo's existing avatar creation toolset, accelerating the time it takes for developers to create extremely lifelike, 3D game and metaverse characters with full control over their appearance. Traditionally, it has taken developers countless hours to create realistic-looking characters for their computer games, with painstaking attention to detail a very necessary part of the design process. With Popul8, it becomes possible to design animated and diverse avatars in a matter of minutes. The tool allows for consistent designs, with users able to upload template characters from any game to ensure their new avatars match its aesthetic style.

Is it possible that some of the greatest AI inventions are overlooking something major? In this episode, I dive into what seems to be the missing piece in artificial intelligence and AI research. Listen in to learn how a different approach could bridge the gap between the world of AI and everyday function and usability. "Steve Jobs showed that with Apple. That they were not just science and engineering creations they were theater, they were art.

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"With great power comes great responsibility." You don't have to be a Marvel buff to recognize that quote, popularized by the Spider-Man franchise. And while the sentiment was originally in reference to superhuman speed, strength, agility, and resilience, it's a helpful one to keep in mind when making sense of the rise of generative AI. While the technology itself isn't new, the launch of ChatGPT put it into the hands of 100 million people in the span of just 2 months, something that for many felt like gaining a superpower. But like all superpowers, what matters is what you use them for. Generative AI is no different.

San Francisco-based company Synthesis AI, a frontrunner in the field of synthetic data technologies, unveiled its latest project, Synthesis Labs, on April 18, 2023. This initiative focuses on introducing new generative AI capabilities, with an emphasis on text-to-3D technologies for digital humans. These advancements mark a milestone in the company's journey to support advanced AI applications, making Synthesis AI the first ever to demonstrate text-to-3D digital human synthesis at high-resolution cinematic quality. By merging generative AI with cinematic VFX pipelines, the Synthesis AI platform generates perfectly labeled synthetic data, which can be utilized to train machine learning models. The newest text-to-3D offerings, featured in Synthesis Labs, allow users to experience prompt-based input and editing, making no-code 3D generative AI capabilities accessible to a wide range of users – from computer vision and machine learning experts to non-technical users.

Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. In enterprise security, speed is everything. The quicker an analyst can pinpoint legitimate threat signals, the faster they can identify whether there's a breach, and how to respond. As generative AI solutions like GPT develop, human analysts have the potential to supercharge their decision making. Today, cyber intelligence provider Recorded Future announced the release of what it claims is the first AI for threat intelligence.

Since the arrival of ChatGPTChatGPTand especially the integration of GPT, theartificial intelligenceartificial intelligence of OpenAI in Bing, Google's management is on alert. AI dev teams were forced to rush out the Bard chatbot, with major issues as a result. Today, while the New York Times announces that SamsungSamsung may well replace Google with Bing as the default search engine on its smartphonessmartphones, the tension goes up a notch at the Internet giant. As a result, it seems that AIs will take an important place at the next conference. Still according to information from New York Timesmore than 160 Google employees are currently in the process of floorfloor on an AI directly integrated into the search engine.

The recent wave of generative artificial intelligence services, from ChatGPT to Midjourney, are designed to be simple to use: The idea is that anyone can produce text or images using natural, non-technical language. That said, there's still a lot to learn about how to get the most out of these tools and about the technology underpinning them, especially if you want to do something truly creative with the help of these tools. Spend some time with the resources we've listed here and you'll quickly become a smarter-than-average AI operator. From demos of what AI is capable of, to discussions of how it's best implemented, these videos, podcasts, newsletters, and blogs are well worth bookmarking if you're keen to invest in the generative AI revolution happening around us. Some of the best resources out there when it comes to generative AI are Substacks, and Inside My Head is a case in point.

The winner of a Sony World Photography Award has refused to accept the prize after revealing the winning photo he submitted was created using an artificial intelligence image generator. The Berlin-based German photographer Boris Eldagsen won the Creative category of the award's 2023 Open competition, and was garlanded at a ceremony on 13 April in London. The award is considered one of photography's most prestigious honours. By entering a computer-generated image to a traditional photography prize, and then subsequently refusing to accept the ensuing award, Eldagsen claims he hopes to "drive debate" about a technology that is poised to dramatically alter how we define and understand photorealist imagery. Eldagsen's winning image, Pseudomnesia: The Electrician, was created using DALL-E 2, an image generator developed by OpenAI, the San Francisco-based company that also created the AI chatbot ChatGPT.

Internet Accountability Project founder and President Mike Davis says he agrees with Elon Musk's move to pause artificial intelligence development, saying top tech companies are'monopolies' with'too much power.' Billionaire and Twitter CEO Elon Musk appeared to suggest that would sue OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in a viral tweet Tuesday. Musk was responding to a post from podcast host Benny Johnson that asked whether Musk would "sue Open AI for defrauding" him. "Wait for it …" Musk tweeted back, sparking speculation online that the billionaire would take a swing at OpenAI, an artificial intelligence powerhouse based out of San Francisco. Musk recently gave an interview to Fox News host Tucker Carlson during which he warned that AI could cause "civilization destruction."