META Just changed the game in A.I. Video Generation

With the latest announcements this week in A.I. Tools and Updates, the landscape of the tools you will be able to use to tell incredible stories are getting insanely good. I will go over a few of them in this newsletter today.

HERE IS THE BREAKDOWN:

• Pika Labs puts VFX into your pocket

• Quick Headlines

• A.I. Artist and short film to Watch

• A.I. tools for email and organization

PIKA LABS UPDATES THEIR AI VIDEO GENERATOR

Pika Labs just unveiled Pika 1.5, a major update to their AI video generation platform, introducing surreal "Pikaffects" and improved video quality to compete with industry leaders like Runway and Luma AI.

The details:

• Pika 1.5 introduces "Pikaffects," allowing users to apply physics-defying transformations to video subjects, such as melting, exploding, or turning them into cake.

• The update significantly improves both image-to-video (i2v) and text-to-video (t2v) capabilities, generating high-quality 5-second clips with lifelike movements.

• New cinematic features include advanced camera shots like Bullet Time, Vertigo, and Dolly Left.

• While subscription prices remain unchanged, each 5-second clip now requires 15 credits due to increased computational demands.

• Paid users can still access Pika 1.0 features like Lip Sync and AI Sound Effects.

• Pika is encouraging user experimentation through community challenges offering free credits.

Why it matters: After a year of relative quiet, Pika's dramatic update positions it uniquely in the competitive AI video generation market. By focusing on surreal effects rather than just increased realism, Pika differentiates itself from rivals and opens up new creative possibilities for users. This approach could potentially reshape how creators and marketers approach AI-generated video content.

QUICK HEADLINES AND TOOLS TO TRY

• OpenAI launches Canvas to compete in A.I. coding with Anthropic Calude

• Nvidia introduced their own LLM to compete with OpenAI’s Chat GPT

• OpenAI raises $157 Billion dollars

• ElevenLabs about to raise their next round which can value them as highly as $3 Billion dollars

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A.I. ARTIST TO WATCH

A.I. Artist, Dave Clark, has put together a short film that will show you why A.I. is beneficial to helping you share your vision on whatever project it is you are trying to create. Everything was made using the new A.I. tools and was not created with one click of a button. A lot of work went into this short. A new way to create art is here. It won’t replace, but it will enhance.

A.I. TOOLS FOR EMAIL AND ORGANIZATION

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