Recently, Google announced a new feature in its search results aimed at helping users better understand how content is created and modified. This initiative follows Google's joining of the Content Provenance and Authenticity Alliance (C2PA), which includes major brands like Amazon, Adobe, and Microsoft, all dedicated to combating online misinformation. Google stated that this new feature will be gradually rolled out over the coming months, using current content credential standards (i.e., image metadata) to label AI-generated or edited images in search results.

With the rise of generative AI, the prompt trading market is rapidly expanding. However, current trading platforms, exemplified by PromptBase, are predominantly seller-driven in pricing and lack objective price measurement standards. In response to this challenge, the multimedia and intelligent security team at Fudan University has proposed an innovative prompt trading model aimed at better adapting to a future buyer-driven market. This new trading model consists of two main phases: prompt category selection and pricing strategy formulation. In the first phase, the platform employs a greedy search-based multi-armed bandit algorithm to...

Recently, Meta announced that it will adjust the way it labels AI-edited content on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. This change means that the 'AI Information' label indicating whether content has been edited by AI tools will be moved from below the username to the post menu. Previously, users could easily see this label below the username, but now they will need to click the menu to find it. However, Meta also stated that content generated entirely by AI will still be labeled.

Adobe has introduced a new AI creation tool, Firefly Video Model, designed to generate high-quality video content. This tool is based on ethical training, using the company's proprietary or licensed data, and supports text-to-video generation, image-to-video conversion, and video editing, with each generated segment lasting up to 5 seconds. The videos generated during the demonstration were impressive, following text prompts and showcasing scenes from the natural world. Features include filling in video gaps, creating seamless transitions, and achieving perfect perspectives. Through Firefly, Adobe is empowering creators.

Reddit, known for its vast user community and rich data resources, has opened up new revenue streams through data licensing. The platform hosts over 100,000 active communities, attracting 76 million users daily and generating a massive amount of data that includes real-time discussions, opinions, and interactions, which is highly valuable for AI and machine learning model development. With the rapid advancement of AI technology, Reddit's data has become a key resource for training AI models. In 2023, Reddit launched its data licensing program, which is expected to grow significantly in 2024.

SenseTime's performance report for the first half of 2024 showcases strong capabilities in the AI sector, particularly with a 256% year-over-year growth in its generative AI business, which for the first time surpassed traditional AI, accounting for 60% of total revenue. Total revenue reached 1.74 billion yuan, a 21% increase year-over-year, although the net loss was 2.47 billion yuan, with the loss margin narrowed by 21% compared to the previous year. The impressive performance of the generative AI business marks a strategic shift in the company's focus, with significant technical strength as its large model 'Ri Ri Xin' outperformed GPT-4Tu in several evaluations.

The domestic open source video generation model CogVideoX-5B has been officially released in the Mota ModelScope community, significantly improving the quality and visual effects of video generation. Based on the large-scale DiT model, this model utilizes a 3D causal variational autoencoder and expert Transformer technology, achieving spatio-temporal joint modeling through 3D-RoPE positional encoding and a 3D full attention mechanism. The use of progressive training techniques allows the model to generate long videos with distinct motion features, coherence, and high quality.

During the themed event on 'The Deep Empowerment of AI Technology in Primary and Secondary Education', Li Ying, CEO of Baidu Xiao Du Technology, shared the latest developments in Xiao Du's education business. As of July 2024, the Xiao Du Learning Machine has surpassed 2 million cumulative users, with more than 50% being daily active users, indicating its popularity. The usage rate of AI teachers has increased by 3.5 times compared to traditional methods, with users spending an additional 25% time on the learning machine, totaling 114 minutes per day. Notably, during the immersive interactive preview section for Chinese language, the average usage time reached 22 minutes.

San Francisco's Deputy Mayor Yvonne Meré has initiated a lawsuit against 16 websites that exploit AI technology to create deepfake pornographic content without the consent of women and girls. The lawsuit addresses the harmful trend among teenagers, particularly regarding the use of "strip apps" to manipulate peers' images. These websites garnered 200 million visits in their first six months, offering free initial services followed by paid options....

Multimodal generative models are leading a new trend in artificial intelligence, focusing on the integration of visual and textual data to create multifunctional AI systems that perform various tasks, from image generation to understanding and reasoning across different data types. A key challenge is to enhance the capabilities of autoregressive (AR) models so they can generate high-detail images based on textual descriptions. While diffusion models excel in generating high-quality images, AR models lag behind in image quality, resolution flexibility, and multitasking capabilities. Researchers from Shanghai AI Lab and The Chinese University of Hong Kong have introduced Lum

Tencent's Hunyuan DiT model has recently partnered with the community to release three new controllable plugins for ControlNet: tile (high-definition image enlargement), inpainting (image restoration and expansion), and lineart (line art generation), further expanding its ControlNet matrix. The addition of these plugins enables the Hunyuan DiT model to cover a wider range of application scenarios.

The research team at Alibaba Group has released a new framework called UniPortrait, which focuses on personalized processing of portrait images, including single-character consistency, multi-character consistency, and style reference. UniPortrait is specifically designed with two modules: ID embedding and ID routing, which maintain a high level of realism in facial features, support a broad range of facial editing capabilities, and even allow users to generate images using free-form text descriptions without a fixed layout. Through a two-phase training scheme, UniPo

On August 14th, Beijing time, Kunlun Wanwei officially launched Melodio, the world's first AI streaming music platform, along with the AI music commercial creation platform Mureka. Both products are powered by Kunlun Wanwei's latest self-developed DiT (Diffusion Transformer) architecture music model, Skymusic2.0, marking a new height in AI music creation technology.

Clapper is an AI generation and video editing tool developed independently by an individual developer, integrating various AI technologies including image generation, video creation, and audio. It offers APIs for image, audio, music, and video generation, allowing users to complete the entire process from creative conception to final production on a single platform. Clapper features a timeline function that supports content generation and editing orchestration, providing both a traditional interface and an infinite canvas mode to meet the needs of divergent thinking and precision editing. As an open-source tool, Clapper...

Clapper is an open-source video editing tool that integrates advanced technologies like StabilityAI, ElevenLabs, Real-ESRGAN, and ChatGPT. Key features include AI-driven story visualization for quick video story generation, flexible combination of elements like characters and scenes, an interactive editing process with an intuitive interface, and an upcoming director mode for comprehensive control over video production. A major advantage is its o....

Baidu Wangpan's AI creative generation tool, 'Super Canvas', has launched a Pro version aimed at providing efficient and customized creative generation services for studios. Users can simply upload images and choose from over 70 styles to easily generate photoshoots with different makeup, clothing, and scenes. Its 'Background Redraw' feature intelligently identifies and extracts the subject, allowing users to switch backgrounds with one click, reducing setup costs. The Pro version is specifically designed for studios, supporting batch generation of entire style sets and enabling online collaboration across multiple devices, greatly enhancing work efficiency. It offers customized creative services to assist studios.

Comfy Org has made significant progress in technological innovation, with in-depth revisions and updates addressing the original issues of ComfyUI. Support for Flux models (including Flux.1-Dev and Flux.1-Schnell) has been added, along with the integration of Tencent's Hunyuan DiT model, which significantly enhances AI image generation capabilities and expands multilingual support. The fourth stable version of ComfyUI, v0.0.4, has been released, and it is recommended for use in production environments to ensure system stability.