Friday, Sept. 22nd

Explore the intersection of AI and creativity in this article 🚀

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Seatd Team
September 22, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

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Happy National Rhino Day!

Here's the line-up for ya 🤠:

  • Anyone can build their own app, check out how below! 🚀 

  • Guess what the team from Game of Thrones is up to 🤔 

  • Get your cuteness fix with this short film starring the most lovable fuzzy friends. 😎

  • Check out this incredible online seminar from Unreal Engine ✨

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⭐️ Creator Highlight: Planet Zebulon Five

The video concept imagines an alien world called Zebulon Five that goes beyond our own boundaries, portraying it as a realm where the unknown and mesmerizing collide in awe-inspiring landscapes like emerald skies and non-water oceans. Created through AI technology in collaboration between filmmakers, the world of Zebulon Five blends reality with fantasy and beauty with danger in an interstellar narrative that challenges perceptions of science and imagination. While not currently in development, the creative concept video aims to ignite curiosity about AI-assisted filmmaking and building imaginary worlds that fuse wonder, perception, and possibility.

👾 Late Night Labs

Check out Eric’s most recent photo from his Tatooine Series: Aeliana was born under the Sunfall, a sacred event when the twin suns of Tatooine align. As tradition dictates, she was brought to the temple without a name, to be raised by the nuns and monks of the Helianthic Order. It was only during the Sunfall that she was christened "Aeliana," meaning "my light." Shot on Isopter • 50mm

Problem: I want to make my own app, but I don’t know how to code! 😵‍💫 

Solution: Check out this AI tool!💡

  • Have an idea for an app? This Canadian-based start up allows you to whip up a working prototype in minutes flat. You can go from concept to product at the speed of thought.

  • Imagica.ai opens up AI innovation to everyone by removing the need for coding skills. Now anyone can leverage the power of AI through their intuitive no-code platform.

  • From the minds of Brain Technologies, they raised $50M in 2021.

Job Board 👀 

Here are some awesome open positions in the AI space that we would love to see one of readers fill:

Industry Insights 🧠

'Game of Thrones' author George R.R. Martin and other writers sue ChatGPT's maker claiming copyright infringement

  • The Authors Guild and prominent writers sued OpenAI alleging it trained AI models like ChatGPT on authors' works without consent.

  • The lawsuit claims AI text generation threatens authors' ability to earn income and "endangers" fiction writing fiction as a profession.

  • It seeks damages for lost licensing opportunities and an injunction to prevent ongoing harms.

  • This joins other lawsuits by writers accusing AI companies of copyright infringement via training on their works without permission.

Events 🫡

Free Unreal Fellowship: Animation course

September 13 to September 28, 2023

The Unreal Fellowship's 3-week animation course in real-time animation is now available for free on the Epic Developer Community for a limited time, offering aspiring animators a masterclass in techniques like keyframing and mocap integration to help them capitalize on the industry's shift to real-time animation.

With 15 webinar-style classes and office hours, this typically invite-only course can give animators new skills to open career doors in the rapidly evolving landscape.

Database ⚙️

We launched our database of 80+ AI tools earlier this summer, make sure you’re watching this space- it’s updated weekly!

Definition: Deep Learning

A subfield of ML that uses neural networks with multiple layers to learn from data. Example: A deep learning model that can recognize objects in an image by processing the image through multiple layers of neural networks.

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