ElevenLabs is a startup focused on AI voice cloning and text-to-speech APIs, recently announcing a new feature that allows users to build complete conversational AI agents. Users can now customize various parameters of the conversational agent, such as voice tone and response length, according to their needs on ElevenLabs' developer platform. Previously, ElevenLabs mainly offered various voice and text-to-speech services. The company's growth director, Sam Sklar, stated that...

TikTok recently announced that its AI-driven video generation tool, Symphony Creative Studio, is now fully available to all TikTok business users. This tool will provide advertisers and content creators with an unprecedented creative experience. This intelligent tool, which integrates video generation, transformation, and expansion functions, aims to help advertisers and creators overcome the bottleneck between creativity and production, making the video creation process simpler and more efficient. Users can access the full suite of features at no additional cost.

Recently, the short video platform TikTok announced a partnership with Getty Images to launch a new AI ad creation tool. Through this collaboration, advertisers can directly use licensed images and videos provided by Getty Images when utilizing TikTok's AI ad creation tools, producing ads that include AI-generated content. The platform's AI avatar feature can create virtual characters that look like real people, adding richer expressions to the advertising content.

A remarkable startup is developing a groundbreaking AI system that promises to give creators unprecedented capabilities for generating cinematic worlds. The company, named Odyssey, employs a unique approach: having staff carry specialized camera systems to gather scene data from around the globe. Founded by autonomous driving experts Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, Odyssey recently completed an $18 million Series A funding round led by EQT Ventures.

At the Baidu World Conference held on November 12, 2024, Baidu announced an important innovation in the field of AI creation — 'Free Canvas', a new feature launched in collaboration with Baidu Wenku and Baidu Netdisk. Baidu's founder, chairman, and CEO Robin Li emphasized that 'Free Canvas' is a versatile whiteboard powered by the Wenxin multimodal large model, designed to inspire limitless inspiration and creativity in everyone, allowing anyone to become the protagonist of their own story, a cartoonist, or a short video director. He pointed out that 'Free Canvas' is not a futures product but is available immediately.

Recently, Kuaishou has launched the 'Keling AI' standalone app to enhance its AI creation strategy on mobile platforms. This app is based on Kuaishou's self-developed Keling large model and Ketu large model, providing capabilities for video and image generation and editing. According to official descriptions, the 'Keling AI' app is a next-generation creative productivity platform, forming a cross-platform product matrix with web, app, mini-program, and international versions. The 'Keling AI' app meets users' daily creative needs, but compared to the more feature-complete Keling web version, it still has some practical functionality missing.

ByteDance quietly enters the new battlefield of AI communities, drawing industry attention with its internally incubated AI platform, Lumi. Positioned as a community for sharing AI models, the platform is still in the whitelist testing phase, but its complete ecological layout is beginning to take shape. As an important part of ByteDance's strategy in the AI field, Lumi's core positioning is to create a comprehensive platform that integrates model sharing, workflow building, and model training. In the context of AI technology rapidly penetrating various industries, the emergence of this platform may provide developers and researchers with greater opportunities.

Adobe announced a series of new features for Adobe Express this week, aimed at providing mainstream users who need to create web pages and graphics with greater integration and creative capabilities. The new features include tighter integration with Creative Cloud applications, as well as new tools for text and shapes. Adobe Express now allows for easier collaboration and content sharing with InDesign and Lightroom. The platform also offers AI functionalities.

Tencent Zhi Ying has launched a new feature called 'AI Online Sensation Helper', aimed at simplifying the photo editing process and enhancing efficiency through artificial intelligence technology. This feature, using a cloud-based smart video creation tool, allows users to upload photos and have them automatically beautified and optimized by AI, including portrait beautification and background enhancement, to meet users' pursuit of trendiness and personalization.

Artificial intelligence is entering the realm of music creation at an unprecedented speed, sparking intense debate about the essence of art and creation rights. From viral AI-generated songs to legal lawsuits from major record companies, AI music is reshaping the entire music industry landscape. On one hand, AI music technology has opened the doors of creation for ordinary people. Platforms like Boomy and Sound Draw allow users without professional music backgrounds to easily create songs. This democratized approach to creation has garnered support from some artists, who believe it can激