According to Phoenix Technology, Luo Yihang recently joined Shengshu Technology as CEO, assuming full responsibility for the company's R&D, product development, commercialization, and team management. Holding a doctorate in Automation from Tsinghua University, he has over a decade of experience in cloud computing and AI, possessing a strong technical background and commercialization expertise. Before joining Shengshu Technology, Luo served as the head of ByteDance's Volcano Engine AI application product line, reporting directly to the president of Volcano Engine. It's understood that he built this product line from the ground up, overseeing numerous AI-related products and managing a team of hundreds. Previously, he also participated in...

VideoPainter is a deep learning-based editing tool that allows for automated video content modification using simple prompts. It's particularly well-suited for long-form video editing. Imagine watching a great video, only to find a detail you'd like to change. Previously, you might have had to painstakingly adjust each frame or even reshoot the entire segment. Now, with VideoPainter, you simply input a short prompt, and the system...

Recently, the Modelers community officially launched Step-Video and Step-Audio, two open-source multimodal large models developed by Step-Star. These models are designed for video generation and voice interaction, respectively, aiming to provide developers and enterprise users with more powerful AI tools. Step-Video, formally known as Step-Video-T2V, is a 30-billion parameter model, making it the world's largest open-source video generation model. This model can directly generate 20...

Heygem is an open-source alternative to HeyGen, offering precise cloning of appearance and voice, and supporting lip-sync for realistic video generation.

March 9, 2025, California, USA — Open-source models are making text-to-video technology increasingly exciting. AI developer Ostris (@ostrisai) recently shared on X platform the results of his Wan2.1 LoRA model trained with his own photos. Using only about 20 photos and a consumer-grade RTX 4090 graphics card, he achieved astonishing video generation results. This achievement not only showcases the potential of open-source technology but also sparked a discussion on video LoRA training within the X community.

Tencent has announced the open-sourcing of its newly developed image-to-video generation framework, HunyuanVideo-I2V. This release follows the successful open-sourcing of HunyuanVideo and aims to further advancements within the open-source community. HunyuanVideo-I2V incorporates cutting-edge video generation technology, enabling the transformation of static images into dynamic video content, offering creators expanded possibilities. HunyuanVideo-I2V leverages a pre-trained...

Dubformer, a company specializing in AI dubbing technology, has raised $3.6 million in funding to further develop its innovative emotional transfer technology, enhancing the realism and emotional depth of AI-generated voiceovers.

A recent scam involving AI-generated fake videos featuring the YouTube CEO has been exposed. Content creators are urged to be vigilant and aware of this emerging threat.

The DeepBeepMeep team recently released Wan2.1GP on GitHub, a video generation model optimized for users with low-end GPUs. Based on Alibaba's Wan2.1, this model aims to provide powerful video generation capabilities to those lacking access to high-performance GPU resources. The launch of Wan2.1GP marks a significant advancement in video generation technology, particularly within the open-source community. Image source note: Image generated by AI, licensed from Midjourney.

On March 3rd, Shanghai Secret Tower Network Technology Co., Ltd. announced that its AI search function has added a new "video" search module, further expanding its coverage of multimodal data. This new function, based on the analysis and understanding of hundreds of millions of video contents, helps users find the learning and entertainment video resources they need more efficiently.

Wang Xingxing, founder of Unitree Robotics, recently joined WeChat's video account as an individual and released his first video on June 25th, publicly addressing recent untrue online rumors. In the video, he cautioned the public to carefully discern information about himself and the company, emphasizing that much of the online content is inaccurate. He also revealed that he will use the video account to showcase the technological upgrades and interesting stories behind the development of his robot products. Previously, Unitree Robotics had issued an official statement clarifying that all equity transactions are handled directly via email by the company's financing personnel, and that no intermediaries are involved.