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AI Startup Stability Has a New Tool For Creating Generative Video
Startup Stability is taking generative AI up a notch. While the technology has been used largely for photos and voice replications, Stability is making waves with a new tool for advanced AI-generated videos.The feature is called Stable Video Diffusion and is described by the company as “a latent video diffusion model for high-resolution, state-of-the-art text-to-video and image-to-video generation.” What that essentially means is it’s a foundational model for creating videos, based on a similar model used to make AI imagery.Unlike most AI models, Stable Video Diffusion doesn’t only churn out videos based on text prompts. It’s also capable of transforming a single image into a video between 14 and frames, shown at a speed between 3 and 30 frames per second.In addition to announcing the tool...
AI Startup Stability Has a New Tool For Creating Generative Video
Startup Stability is taking generative AI up a notch. While the technology has been used largely for photos and voice replications, Stability is making waves with a new tool for advanced AI-generated videos.The feature is called Stable Video Diffusion and is described by the company as “a latent video diffusion model for high-resolution, state-of-the-art text-to-video and image-to-video generation.” What that essentially means is it’s a foundational model for creating videos, based on a similar model used to make AI imagery.Unlike most AI models, Stable Video Diffusion doesn’t only churn out videos based on text prompts. It’s also capable of transforming a single image into a video between 14 and frames, shown at a speed between 3 and 30 frames per second.In addition to announcing the tool...
Tesla introduces new fee to limit congestion at Superchargers
/ The Supercharger Congestion Fee will charge US drivers $1 for every minute they charge their car above 90 percent at ‘certain Supercharging locations.’ a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>A row of Tesla charging stations.
Tesla introduces new fee to limit congestion at Superchargers
/ The Supercharger Congestion Fee will charge US drivers $1 for every minute they charge their car above 90 percent at ‘certain Supercharging locations.’ a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>A row of Tesla charging stations.
Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed
/ Security researchers have found flaws in the way laptop manufacturers are implementing fingerprint authentication. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.
Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed
/ Security researchers have found flaws in the way laptop manufacturers are implementing fingerprint authentication. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.
Spotify’s new royalty scheme picks the winners
/ Plus, Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast company forms a union. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Happy Thanksgiving week! I will be out tomorrow making twice baked potatoes, putting together holiday baby outfits (many tiny overalls will be worn!!), and attempting a night drive to Long Island without hitting Southern State traffic or eliciting baby rage. This is to say, there will be no Hot Pod Insider this week and I will ret...
YouTube says it’s not slowing down Firefox — just ad blockers
/ Addressing complaints that YouTube videos are taking extra long to load on Firefox, YouTube says it’s down to its efforts to keep the ads flowing. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Users on Reddit and Hacker News are complaining that YouTube seems to have inserted an intentional five-second delay before video pages will load in Mozilla’s Firefox and occasionally some other browsers. YouTube tells The Verge that these users are right about the delay, but the browser has nothing to do with it — it’s part of the company’s efforts to quash ad bloc...
OpenAI drops a big new ChatGPT feature with a joke about its CEO drama
/ ChatGPT’s voice feature lets you ask it a question by saying it aloud — and now it’s available for free. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration: The Verge ChatGPT’s voice feature is now available to all users for free. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), OpenAI announced users can now tap the headphones icon to use their voice to talk with ChatGPT in the mobile app, as well as get an audible response. OpenAI first rolled out the ability to prompt ChatGPT with your voice and images in September, but it only made the feature available to paying users. The release comes as Ope...
Flipboard is ditching X
Twitter – X/ Tech / The platform says it will hold on to its accounts and retweet from time to time, but it plans to focus on Mastodon and other social platforms instead.
