Recently, UK-based AI video generation company Synthesia announced the completion of a $180 million Series D funding round. Since its establishment in 2017, Synthesia has become a leader in the industry, serving over half of the Fortune 100 companies and producing millions of minutes of AI-generated video content each month. The company is dedicated to helping businesses efficiently create videos and virtual avatars to enhance their communication effectiveness and content dissemination capabilities. With this funding, Synthesia plans to further develop.

Luma AI recently launched its latest video generation model Ray2 on its Dream Machine generative AI video creation platform, which has attracted widespread attention in the industry. Since the release of Dream Machine last summer, the AI video field has seen rapid changes in just seven months, with many new models emerging, including Runway, Kling, OpenAI's Sora, and Google's Veo2.

Recently, Ali Mama officially launched the commercial-grade Image-to-Video AI Native application - Taobao Star Image-to-Video, based on its self-developed Taobao Star video generation model. This new AI Native tool combines massive e-commerce data, rich design language, and industry-leading marketing experience, aiming to promote the intelligent upgrade of the entire process of e-commerce AI content creation.

In the AI field, talent mobility has always been a fiercely competitive arena. Recently, the job switch of Tim Brooks has drawn widespread attention. After working at Sora for only three months, he announced his move to the competitor Google DeepMind. This move is seen as a response to serious challenges faced by Sora's technology, particularly in generating speed and performance, which have been underwhelming compared to other players in the industry. Reports indicate that Sora has numerous technical issues and struggles to compete with Luma and Stabilit.

With the rapid advancement of generative AI technology, more and more companies are beginning to leverage these technologies to create product promotional videos. Recently, the startup Avataar, supported by Peak XV and Tiger Global, launched a new tool called 'Velocity' that can generate videos directly from product links. The launch of this innovative tool will make video production much easier, even without professional knowledge. Avataar's founder Sravanth.

Aishi Technology announces the official launch of PixVerse version 3.5, which brings significant performance improvements and new features. The new version of PixVerse can generate videos in as fast as 5 seconds, significantly enhancing motion control, providing users with a smoother and more precise video generation experience. Additionally, version 3.5 has made significant improvements to anime effects, supporting easy switching between various styles to meet the personalized needs of different users.

OpenAI's AI services experienced an interruption in the early hours of December 27th, Beijing time, affecting the ChatGPT chatbot, Sora video generation model, and some API calls. By 6:05 AM, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT had partially resumed service, but the chat history loading feature remained limited, and a full restoration timeline has yet to be determined.

Recently, New York-based company Runway announced the launch of a new talent network aimed at helping brands, agencies, and film production companies hire AI film creators. With advancements in video generation by Google and OpenAI, Runway hopes to expand the application of its AI video tools through this platform. The new Runway talent network provides a platform for creators, artists, and companies focused on AI video tools from around the world to showcase their work.

OpenAI recently stated that there are currently no plans to release its AI video generation model, the Sora API. The Sora model can generate highly realistic videos based on textual descriptions or reference images. During an AMA (Ask Me Anything) event with the OpenAI developer team, Romain Huet, the Director of Developer Experience at OpenAI, clearly stated that the Sora API is not currently in the plans. 'We do not have any plans for the Sora API at this time.'

During the 2024 Volcano Engine FORCE Power Conference · Winter, Volcano Engine announced a brand new upgrade of the Doubao Large Model family, showcasing its latest advancements in the field of artificial intelligence. The daily tokens usage of the Doubao Large Model has exceeded 4 trillion, reflecting an increase of over 33 times since its release in May, demonstrating its widespread application and rapid growth in the industry.

Chinese AI video generation startup Aishi Technology recently announced the completion of its Series A2 to A4 financing, raising nearly 300 million yuan. Previously, the Series A2 financing was funded by Ant Group, while the recent Series A3 and A4 rounds were co-invested by the Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, Guoke Investment, and Guangyuan Capital. This round of financing will primarily be used to enhance technological research and development capabilities, expand computing power resources, build a talent team, and accelerate product feature iteration and market coverage, thereby continuously promoting the widespread application of AI video generation technology.

Recently, OpenAI revealed during a Q&A session that there are currently no plans to launch an API for its video generation model Sora. Sora can generate relatively realistic videos based on text descriptions or reference images, attracting significant attention. However, Romain Huet, the head of the development team at OpenAI, stated that they do not plan to launch the API at this stage. He mentioned at the meeting: 'We currently have no plans for a Sora API.' This decision may be related to capacity issues.

Pollo AI, a leader in the field of AI video generation, recently released four new AI effects, attracting attention in the industry once again. Users can easily achieve effects like 'squeeze,' 'inflate,' 'explode,' and 'melt' by simply uploading static images, bringing anything (or anyone) to 'life' in videos using advanced AI technology. Additionally, Pollo AI has appropriately introduced several holiday-themed templates to help users quickly create short videos filled with a Christmas atmosphere. The four newly launched effects each have their own unique characteristics.

Google has officially released its next-generation video generation model Veo2, aiming to compete with OpenAI's Sora. Google claims that Veo2 demonstrates higher realism and intricacy in video generation. This update not only enhances video quality but also improves understanding of real-world physics and the subtle nuances of human movement and expression. Google states that Veo2 has a better understanding of the physics of the real world as well as the nuances of human movement and expression.

According to media reports, at the 2024 Annual China Game Industry Conference, Giant Network launched the 'QianYing' voice game generation large model, further focusing on the 'Game + AI' sector. According to public information, 'QianYing' consists of two core large models: the Game Video Generation Large Model YingGame and the Video Dubbing Large Model YingSound, which breakthrough achieves the generation of interactive voice game videos. Giant Network stated that the current 'QianYing' voice game large model...

OpenAI recently launched its video generation model Sora, but the training data for the model may contain a lot of copyrighted game content, raising concerns about legal issues. Sora can generate videos of up to 20 seconds based on user text prompts or images, supporting various aspect ratios and resolutions. At the time of its release, OpenAI mentioned that Sora's training data includes Minecraft videos, sparking curiosity about other potentially used game content. In practical tests, Sora is able to...

Adobe is making a significant expansion into the artificial intelligence (AI) space, launching a brand new high-end video generation feature based on the tremendous success of the Firefly AI platform. According to the company, the Firefly platform has generated over 16 billion pieces of content since its launch, demonstrating its impact. In a fourth-quarter earnings call on December 11 (Wednesday), Adobe announced plans to launch AI video generation capabilities as a premium service in early next year. Currently, this feature is in a limited

OpenAI's video generation tool Sora has garnered significant attention since its launch, but where it draws its expertise from has remained a mystery. Now, a corner of that mystery seems to be revealed: Sora's training data likely contains a large amount of game live streams and tutorial videos from Twitch! Sora acts like a skilled 'master of imitation', capable of generating videos of up to 20 seconds long just from text prompts or images, and can handle various aspect ratios and resolutions. In February of this year, OpenAI first publicly introduced Sora.