Happy Tuesday! Here’s our curated briefing of the news, partnerships, and experiments in AI and creativity.
✨ Inspiration: @javilopen created this evocative Miyazaki-esque animation using Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and RunwayML. teapaw.org/javilopen/status/16987…
🔧 Cool Tools and Experiments
• Substack introduces AI-powered audio transcription tools for podcasts tcrn.ch/3qSwXVM
• TikTok’s AR development platform Effect House exits beta, allowing creators to build AR effects for use in the video app tcrn.ch/44JjKfv
💰 Latest Fundings
• OpenAI-backed language app Speak raises $16M to expand to the US tcrn.ch/3qSwXFg
• AI-powered social platform BeFake secures $3M seed bit.ly/3qSwWRI
• Martian Lawyers Club raises $2.2M for game personalization tcrn.ch/3qPJWaM
Happy Monday Morning!
🔮 Strange today, transformative tomorrow. Here are 5 emergent ideas in AI which could become the norm in the very near future:
Companies like Humane AI, Archetype AI, and Meta are already making strides towards multimodal foundational intelligence. theverge.com/2023/6/30/23779…
What have you seen recently that you think will transform the world as we know it today? Comment below. 👇🏽
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