Meta enlists horror movie producers, other filmmakers to test AI movie generation model

Meta enlists horror movie producers, other filmmakers to test AI movie generation model

Facebook owner Meta says it has teamed up with Blumhouse Productions, the Hollywood company behind popular horror films such as The Purge and Get Out, to put its new generative AI video model Movie Gen to the test. The announcement comes after Meta unveiled Movie Gen, which it said can create realistic-seeming video and audio … Read more

Meta Unveils Orion AR Glasses, Upgrades AI Chatbot With Celebrity Voices

Meta Unveils Orion AR Glasses, Upgrades AI Chatbot With Celebrity Voices

Meta unveiled its first augmented reality (AR) glasses at Connect, the annual development conference of the company, on Wednesday and upgraded its own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot with voice options of celebrities such as Dame Judi Dench and John Cena. The social media giant, which announced it is building AR glasses five years back, claims … Read more

Judi Dench Among First Woman Members Of UK’s Garrick Club: Report

Judi Dench Among First Woman Members Of UK’s Garrick Club: Report

Veteran actors Judi Dench and Sian Phillips have become the first woman members of London’s esteemed Garrick Club after it voted in May to allow women to join, the Guardian reported Tuesday. Founded in 1831 for actors and “men of refinement and education”, the Garrick was one of the last such clubs not to allow … Read more