Strange Daily Issue #2
Strange Daily Issue #2
Hasbro might integrate AI into tabletop gaming, Google introduces Robotic Transformer, Khan Academy looks to AI-powered lesson planning
Welcome to Strange Daily Issue #2, where we cover the latest business and technical news in AI and human creativity.
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✨ Inspiration: How They Made It
Creator Nicholas Neubert made a jawdropping movie trailer right from his desk. Read more in Forbes and he documented his process on Twitter.
How they made it:
Images: Midjourney
Videos: Runway
Music: Pixabay / Stringer_Bell
Edited in: CapCut
📢 Latest News
Stability AI released SDXL 1.0, which they say is the world’s best open image generation model. With image generation quality said to rival Midjourney, it claims to have solved well-known problems in images like accurate depictions of hands and text. (link)
Github CEO says that Copilot will write “80% of code development sooner rather than later” (link)
🤝 Partnerships
Hasbro, makers of Dungeons and Dragons, partners with Xplored: Integrating smart-sensing technology, AI, and dynamic multimedia into analog tabletop gaming experiences [Link]
News app Artifact partners with Speechify: Offers AI-powered text-to-speech feature that read news articles [Link]
Khan Academy partners with Instructure: Offering AI-powered lesson planning, grading tools and improved student writing outcomes [Link]
Visual effects company RealmFX partners with FaceCake: Combining AI and AR in an out-of the-box solution for VFX artists [Link]
🎓 Recent Academic Papers
Gorilla: LLMs connected with massive APIs [Link to abstract/full-text]
Google introduces Robotic Transformer (RT-2): An AI learning model for smarter robots [Link to abstract/full-text]
PhotoGuard: A new tool created by researchers at MIT that could protect pictures from AI manipulation [Link to abstract/full-text]
University of Colorado Boulder engineers designed a shape-shifting display that allows users to draw 3D designs [Link to abstract/full-text]
CMU researchers propose TIDEE: An embodied agent that can tidy up never-before-seen rooms without any explicit instructions [Link to abstract/full-text]
🔧 Cool Tools and Experiments
Instagram tests various AI tools: Includes generative AI stickers, Summarized DMs, story editor tools AI Brush and Restyle [Link]
Adobe Generative Expand: Expand images with AI generated content [Link]
GETMusic: A tool that utilizes machine learning to generate music and understands tracks [Link]
Plaud Note AI Voice Recorder: A pocket-sized device that records calls and offers voice-to-text transcription, automated summaries, meeting notes [Link]
💰 Latest Startup Fundings
Protect AI raises $35M to expand its platform that protects machine learning code [Link]
Passage, a 3D world-building platform, raises $6M to launch AI-driven virtual world builder [Link]
Video tech startup Voia raises $3M in pre-seed funding: Voia enables creators to produce Hollywood-production quality videos from their iPhones [Link]
That's all for today's bulletin! Keep exploring, keep creating, and most importantly, keep learning. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to hit reply and let us know. We're all ears! 🐰
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