🏰 Disney's AI Brings Cartoon Physics to Life

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• Imagination to Reality
  Disney AI Teaches Robots to Dance and Dodge

• Memes to Masterpieces
  Ideogram 2.0`s Game-Changing Upgrade

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🎬 Disney's AI Brings Cartoon Physics to Life

ETH Zurich and Disney Research scientists have developed an AI system that transforms simple text or image inputs into realistic, physics-based movements for virtual characters and robots.

How does it work?

• Two-stage approach: learns motion representation from a large dataset, then trains a control policy using reinforcement learning

• Handles diverse motions from simple walking to complex acrobatics

• Outperforms previous methods in accuracy and generalization

What can it do?

• Adapts to physical constraints, transferring motions to real robots

• Maintains balance and style while performing various actions

• Disney's video shows a robot dancing and staying upright when pushed

Why is this a big deal?

• Bridges the gap between animation and robotics

• Helps humanoids move more naturally and adapt to new situations

• Could accelerate the development of personal robots, expected as soon as 2025

What's next?

• Potential applications in entertainment, robotics, and AI research

• May lead to more lifelike and adaptable robots in various industries

• Could bring us closer to coexisting with robots sooner than expected

This breakthrough could revolutionize both virtual character animation and real-world robotics, bringing us one step closer to the sci-fi future we've imagined.

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• Samsung has announced plans to significantly upgrade its voice assistant, Bixby, with generative AI capabilities later this year — aims to position Bixby as a competitor to ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Apple’s Siri.

• Researchers developed a new AI-based method called NES-VMC that can accurately calculate the excited states of atoms and molecules, a challenge in physics and chemistry that previously delayed improvements in solar tech.

• AI21 Labs unveiled Jamba 1.5, a multilingual AI model series with 256,000 context length and permissive licensing for smaller organizations.

• Perplexity AI plans to start running ads in fourth quarter as AI-assisted search gains popularity — circulated a pitch deck, promoting the app`s reach and increasing usage — intends to adopt a cost -per-thousand impressions (CPM) model.

• Nvidia and Mistral released Mistral-NeMo-Minitron 8B, a highly accurate small language model that can run efficiently on laptops and PCs.

• McAfee released AI-powered deepfake detection software for select Levono PCs to protect users from AI-generated scams.

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🎨 How Ideogram 2.0 is Rewriting AI Image Generation?

Ideogram has launched version 2.0 of its text-to-image model, featuring major upgrades and new capabilities.

What are the key improvements?

• Five new image styles: General, Realistic, Design, 3D, and Anime

• iOS app for mobile users

• Beta API for developers

• Over 1 billion public Ideogram images available

How realistic are the images?

The Realistic style produces photo-like images with significantly improved textures for human features, especially hands and hair - traditionally challenging areas for AI.

What about text in images?

The Design style dramatically enhances text rendering, enabling creation of greeting cards, t-shirt designs, and more with accurate text.

Is it free to use?

Ideogram offers a free tier allowing users to generate about 40 images or 10 prompts daily at no cost.

Why does this matter?

Ideogram 2.0 sets a new standard in AI image generation by consistently producing high-quality images with near-perfect human hands and text - common 'AI giveaways' in other models. This makes it ideal for creating memes, newsletter images, YouTube thumbnails, posters, and more.

What's the potential impact?

This upgrade could significantly expand the use of AI-generated images in various fields, from social media content to professional design work, potentially disrupting traditional image creation methods.

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