He is starting in technology, but there is replacement work for technology workers.
He awarding the so -called ‘Underperformers’ on Google and Meta. The pain has spread all over the world and will affect several thousand employees, many of whom earn the middle of the six figures. While technology work is among the first to be influenced by the reduction of AI’s workforce, these workers still have their choice of repalcement affairs. He makes good programmers great programmers. And excellent programmers do the job of two or more people.
Davos, Switzerland – January 23: Anthropic General Director Dario Amodei participates in the 55th annual meeting of … [+]
Anthropic to collect $ 60 B. The start of Amazon, known for Claude Chatbot, is in advanced discussions to raise $ 2 billion, potentially estimating the company at $ 60 billion. This new round of funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, will significantly increase anthropic rating from $ 18 billion to 2024. The company projects $ 2.2 B in 2025, with expectations to reach $ 12 billion to 2027.
Adobe Firefly Video (Beta) went directly on February 13th. Users are indemnified by any copyright claim … [+]
Adobe releases public beta of her model Firefly VideoA tool with the one strengthened for generating the content of the safe commercial video. Integrated into the application Firefly and Adobe Premiere Pro, it allows creators to generate videos from text promotions or images, control camera angles and custom movement elements. Firefly Video supports 1080p resolution, with pro 4K level skills soon. The main brands like Deloitte, IBM, Mattel and Pepsico are already testing it. Adobe offers standard Firefly ($ 9.99/month) for 20 videos with five seconds and Firefly Pro ($ 29.99/month) for 70 videos with five seconds, along with audio generation and vector.
Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus and a anduril industries, speaks during WSJ of Wall Street Journal … [+]
Oculus protection company A anduril is taking over the Microsoft AR Gosses project. Palmer Luckey’s defense company, Anduril Industries, is set to take control of Microsoft (IVAS) visual abduction system for the US Army. In anticipation of the approval of the Department of Defense, Dheuril will oversee the production, future development of equipment and software and distribution deadlines. Microsoft Azure will serve as a favorite cloud of anduril for his work loads.
Bobby Murphy, Main Technology Officer on Snap Inc., speaks at the 6th annual SNAP summit summit … [+]
Snap Inc. It has introduced a model that text-on-image optimized for mobile devices. This progress is built on previous SNAP initiatives, including a text-lental generator discovered in September 2024, which allowed users to create Snapchat lenses through descriptive requirements. The new model it enhances the user’s experience by enabling quick generation, in image equipment without relying on Cloud -based processing.
He and XR presented in the Super Bowl advertising. For me, the best of them was the black and white homage of Openai on pixel. Is graphic. Surprise surprising. Arouse curiosity. I didn’t know it was an advertisement for Openai to the end.
Let’s make fun of and humiliate pretencious snobes that like art. Meta brought in Treasurer Director Matthew Vaughan to run film stars Chris Pratt and Chris Hemsworth, who play the vandals of the wild, accidental art gallery. Film stars are the stars of these points, instead of the product, which is good and deserves better.
Google Gemini ‘Dream Job’. The new father of staying at home prepares for a job interview using Google Gemini as he cares for his child. Child care is a difficult and underestimated job. Dad is tired. The baby is hungry. He is losing faith. Ooof a little very real and sad to me.
Cinematic
Domestic alien is emitting Critterz: RemasteredA shoot-up shooting for his long-term assisted short, using OpenAi’s Sora video generation model. The project reviews the original Criterionwhich debuted in April 2023 as an early test of the animation directed by him with distinct 2. the fast of him. Remaster moves from 2D to 3D animation fully realized, with improved characters and emotions. Openai will show an side comparison side by side of both versions, highlighting two years of progress in creating generating films.
Star Wars’s best film has been done with him over the years. Director Kavan Cardoza, who moves on his treatment on social media, Kavan The Kid, has released Ghost studentA stunning movie of the fan generated by Ai Star Wars. Using Google Veo, Midjourney and Runway, he created 11.5-short minutes in just 14 days, pushing the tools in their borders. His previous generated Joke Short Drew Warner Bros. ‘legal attention, and Stars wars can follow the lawsuit. But instead of closing it, Hollywood must learn from him. Phantom X I Cardoza is already attracting interest from the main brands and studios.
This is scary. “In this latest short film/vignette of he,” says filmmade Davide Bianca for tide change, “I wanted to experiment with the idea of building tension through silence, and see if I could create something really wild and worrying, not through dance intake or heavy exhibition, but through delicate characterization and minimal dialogue. awareness raised among the characters. Everyone glance, every delicate movement, and every moment of calm had to carry weight. The challenge was for the characters to feel aware of each other without relying on excess dialogue. “
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