Entrepreneur Ivan Crewkov from Siberia discovered the immense potential of AI in education after a failed attempt in the smart speaker market, inspired by his daughter's experience learning English. His children's English education AI company Buddy.ai recently raised $11 million in seed funding, led by BITKRAFT Ventures, as its AI technology and business model focused on addressing children's English learning challenges gained recognition from investors. Crewkov's entrepreneurial journey has been quite dramatic.

Recently, Meituan launched an AI image tool called 'Miaoshua', which has quietly gained popularity. This tool offers a novel, fun, and absurd AI visual experience. So what makes it fun? By entering the Miaoshua mini program, users can find various interesting themes available, including: Item Collection Manual, Halloween Wonderful Night, Doll Dreamland, Block World, and Minion Adventures, among others, which are quite entertaining. For example, under the 'Item Collection Manual' theme, if you upload a picture of a mirror, it can generate a fun introduction effect for the item manual.

Have you ever thought about designing a unique piece of jewelry yourself? Now, with Arcade AI, this dream can easily become a reality. This emerging AI platform was founded by Mariam Naficy, who previously created the renowned cosmetic retailer Eve and the design marketplace Minted, and is dedicated to supporting independent artists. Arcade AI began its public beta in September this year, allowing users to input their own ideas and generate multiple jewelry design options. Users can even upload reference images to create similar designs.

Recently, NVIDIA and Microsoft launched a new initiative aimed at promoting AI innovation in the healthcare sector. This collaboration combines NVIDIA's Inception global program with Microsoft's startup support program, intending to assist more startups in enhancing their medical devices and workflows. Currently, the two companies have hundreds of startups participating in these ecosystems. Note: The image is AI-generated and licensed through Midjourney. Through this collaboration, startups will have easier access to acceleration resources.

Researchers from Fudan University and Baidu have jointly developed a new AI model called Hallo2, which can generate character animations in 4K resolution for durations of up to several hours, with precise control via voice and text prompts. Traditionally, producing high-quality character animations requires significant time and manpower. The introduction of Hallo2 is expected to completely change this situation, bringing revolutionary changes to fields such as filmmaking, virtual assistants, and game development.

At the global creative conference Adobe MAX 2024, Adobe launched its latest product - GenStudio, a brand new solution specifically designed for performance marketing. GenStudio is part of the Adobe GenStudio ecosystem and aims to help businesses achieve greater efficiency and personalized experiences in content creation and marketing processes. It optimizes every marketing stage comprehensively from content planning and creation to management, activation, and performance measurement.

Kuaishou, Peking University, and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications have joined forces to unveil a groundbreaking technological achievement—the Pyramid-Flow high-definition video model. This open-source project has made significant breakthroughs in the field of AI-generated video, bringing new possibilities to the industry. The Pyramid-Flow model demonstrates remarkable capabilities, generating high-quality videos of up to 10 seconds in length, with a resolution of 1280x768 and a frame rate of 24fps, using only text input. It excels in light and shadow effects, motion continuity, overall image quality, and text interpretation.