ChAIos Media News - January 30 Edition

Hi there, fellow generative AI enthusiast,

It’s hard to believe but the first month of 2024 is already coming to an end. An insane amount of things have already happened in generative AI. 2024 is clearly off to a crazy exciting start. Let’s dive right in!

Awesome creations from the community

Nobanks Nearby drops an amazing music video in his unique signature style

The amazing Nicolas Neubert drops this gorgeous dark mood AI short

Beautiful short by Chrissie

Google teases a brand new AI video model

Google's Lumiere AI is a groundbreaking video generation tool that pushes the boundaries of AI-generated video content. It creates highly realistic or surrealistic short video clips in response to textual prompts, demonstrating remarkable versatility in animating still images or transforming parts of them in creative ways. The model's "Inpainting" feature stands out for its ability to seamlessly fill in edited parts of a video, making unwanted elements disappear as if they were never there. As a research project, Lumiere is not yet commercially available, but it showcases the potential for future applications in various fields, from entertainment to content creation. This leap in technology highlights the rapid advancements in AI and its increasingly sophisticated ability to understand and manipulate video content in ways previously unimaginable.

Unfortunately this new video model is not yet available but looking at the stunning demo footage we can’t wait to get our hands on it!

Learn more about the Lumiere model

Perplexity comes to Arc Browser

Perplexity is now integrated into Arc Browser (a favorite of Ben and Marco’s) as an optional default search engine option, allowing users to access the power of AI-powered search. This integration enables Arc users to enjoy advanced natural language processing capabilities, providing precise answers in real time without clutter or information overload. By combining Arc's minimalist interface and Perplexity's intelligent search, a streamlined browsing experience is created, offering fast, straightforward access to the needed information. The integration aims to enhance how people interact with the internet, and it reflects the commitment of both Perplexity and Arc Browser to deliver an intuitive, seamless user experience.

Get Arc here: https://arc.net/gift/4c230805

Get Perplexity here and then optionally add it as an Arc Profile’s default search engine: https://www.perplexity.ai/

See the new integration here:

New Style Transfer feature from Lensgo AI let’s one transfer an image’s style to a video.  

LensGo now includes a beta Style Transfer feature, allowing users to apply an image's style to a video, enhancing its new video-to-video application. LensGo AI is a versatile AI platform offering text-to-image/video generation and custom model training. Checkout their web app and X profile: https://lensgo.ai/ and https://twitter.com/lensgo_ai

Some examples of Lensgo Style Transfer

Hive3 and Imagine AI Live team up for an exciting AI competition

Hive3 and the Imagine AI Live conference are hosting an exciting AI design competition with a huge prize pot. 3 winners will receive free access to the Imagine AI Live conference which will be held at the Fontainebleau hotel in Las Vegas on March 27-28 2024.

If you win you’ll get to meet Ben and Marco there. Marco will also be delivering a keynote at this exciting conference. There are still a few days left so go check it out and give this competition your best shot!

Hive3 / Imagine AI Live competition

The AI Music Video Show announces the first AI Music and Video Festival

In close cooperation with the Imagine AI Live conference, the first AI Music and Video festival will take place on the day after the conference. More details will be revealed soon but we can already promise you that it’s going to be an epic event. Live streaming will be provided for those who are unable to attend. Together with the Imagine AI Live conference this means we can look forward to 3 fantastic generative AI themed days in Las Vegas. We hope to see many of you there!

Recent movers and shakers

AI Music and Video Festival in Las Vegas announced

Leonardo releases a new upscaler

This week, Leonardo has released a brand new ‘Universal Upscaler’ to members of the Leonardo Creator Program and other alpha testers. We have had the privilege to play with it and we can honestly say that this upscaler is incredible. We will say that Magnific.ai is still the king of all upscalers and we don’t expect that to change any time soon but truth be told, this upscaler by Leonardo comes pretty close. And they haven’t even implemented all the planned features yet. The upscaler has not yet been released to the general public but we expect this to happen soon.

Check out the below post for an example of what this new upscaler can do.

Midjourney released version 6 of their Niji model

Midjourney has released a new version of their beloved Niji model. Niji is a model that focuses on an anime themed style but it can be used for other things as well. Check out the below thread on X for some amazing examples of what this new model can do.

And that’s a wrap

That’s it for this week. Thank you for your support and see you again next week! Got a tip, want to be featured, interviewed, or have something you think should make it into next week's edition? Reach out to Marco or Ben on X, or drop us an email at [email protected]. Your input is always welcome!