ByteDance is secretly preparing to establish a Large Model Research Institute to strengthen its position in AI large models. The institute has attracted top talents from the industry, including Qin Yujia and Huang Wenhao, who will manage technology projects and report directly to founder Zhang Yiming. This move indicates ByteDance's long-term plans and proactive strategies in AI model R&D, aiming to leverage external expertise for technological a....

TikTok pays Microsoft nearly $20 million monthly to access OpenAI's artificial intelligence models via Microsoft's cloud services, bringing approximately $1 billion in annual revenue to Microsoft's cloud division and highlighting the value of AI services in the tech industry. Should TikTok develop its own large language model, it may reduce its reliance on Microsoft's services. OpenAI previously suspended ByteDance's account to investigate whether it violated developer agreements. As OpenAI's exclusive cloud service provider, Microsoft has invested significant resources to support its models, such as ChatGPT.

Vimeo has just announced a major update, joining YouTube and TikTok, and is now requiring creators to explicitly label AI-generated content. This new regulation means that all video content that appears realistic must disclose its source if it was created or modified by AI, ensuring transparency with the audience. As AI technology advances, distinguishing between real and fake video content is becoming increasingly difficult. Vimeo's new policy aims to prevent viewers from being misled and mista

Sora's entry into TikTok marks the arrival of the AI short video marketing era. The emergence of Sora will significantly reduce video advertising production costs and could disrupt the advertising industry. The videos generated by Sora are more realistic, avoiding the 'uncanny valley' effect associated with traditional AI-generated videos. Sora will change the way videos are produced and enhance the efficiency of brand storytelling. Although Sora introduces automated advertising creativity, human creativity remains irreplaceable.

Jiang Lu, Research Lead of Google's VideoPoet project, has joined TikTok and is rumored to take on the role of head of the North American technology department. Jiang left Google to continue working in the video generation field, launching video generation technology similar to Sora. Jiang is a part-time professor at CMU and has extensive research experience, making him a key talent in AI that major companies are vying for. The VideoPoet project replaces UNet with Transformer, becoming the SOTA in AI video generation, attracting TikTok's interest.

TikTok is testing the AI Song feature, which generates songs based on text prompts. Initial feedback suggests that the generated songs are less impressive than previous AI songs. Users are trying the feature, but the results are not ideal; the song pitches are off, and even the autotune functionality has issues. TikTok had previously launched AI-generated songs, such as 'Heart on My Sleeve' featuring AI representations of Drake and The Weeknd.

The founder of the music remix application Hook, Gaurav Sharma, aims to use AI to enable music fans to legally create remixed versions of their favorite tracks for sharing on short video platforms like TikTok. Hook plans to allow users to choose song snippets of no more than 60 seconds and use AI tools to add their own style. Hook addresses copyright and compensation issues, enabling creators to use AI to make music without infringing on copyrights. The app has secured $3 million in seed funding, including from Steve.

TikTok's latest initiative: introducing AI-generated content labels. The label requires creators to use it to inform viewers that the content is produced by AI. There are plans to rename filters and effects that use AI tools to enhance recognizability. This move aims to boost content transparency and maintain the quality of the platform's content. User experience will therefore be improved.

AIGC, in combination with landscape design, brings new possibilities to the art of landscaping. TikTok creators have received 120,000 likes for aquarium designs crafted by AI. AI technology reshapes natural landscapes, creating stunning visual effects. AI painting tools provide sources of inspiration and enhance creative efficiency. AIGC technology brings more innovation and surprises to landscape design.

TikTok is exploring a new way for creators to tag their posts indicating whether they contain AI-generated content. TikTok's policy requires users to disclose AI-generated content. This feature from TikTok appears to be rolling out gradually.

TikTok is exploring a new way for creators to tag their posts to indicate whether they contain AI-generated content. TikTok's policy requires users to disclose AI-generated content. This new feature comes after Instagram announced the launch of AI content disclosure labels.