Videos

Given a text prompt, such as "sprouts in the shape of text 'Imagen Video' coming out of a fairytale book. Smooth video," Google's software generates a sequence ...

"We have decided not to release the Imagen Video model or its source code until these concerns are mitigated," they concluded. These models show that computers are good at learning the logical sequence of events to simulate events, such as a water balloon bursting or an ice cream melting. "Video generative models can be used to positively impact society, for example by amplifying and augmenting human creativity. Like Meta's Make-A-Video, the quality of Google's Imagen Video is somewhat fuzzy. Smooth video," Google's software generates a sequence of images to create the short clip as seen below. However, these generative models may also be misused, for example to generate fake, hateful, explicit or harmful content," the researchers said. Imagen Video, for example, is made up of seven types of models. It seems too much of a coincidence. Research and development into generative visual models, however, moves quickly, and it'll only be a matter of time before a new architecture will create fake videos that are crisper, in high-definition, over longer periods of time. Text-to-video systems are more computationally intensive to train and run than text-to-image systems. Pixel art." [public reveal](https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/01/ai_in_brief/) of Make-A-Video last week spurred the Big G to suddenly start shouting about its own competing system, lest it looks like it's fallen behind Mark Zuckerberg's team.

Both Meta and Google have showed off DALL-E but for video — text-to-video AI models that can create photorealistic, coherent videos.

The camera zooms out slowly to the skyscraper exterior. The lion wearing looks at the camera and smiles. The camera zooms into the lion’s face, inside the office. The astronaut leaves the keyboard and walks to the left. The camera zooms into one of the many windows. Researchers gave the models datasets of millions of videos paired with captions, which it’s using to recognise and reproduce patterns. Researchers from both companies have not yet released these models to the public, but it’s only a matter of time before these become accessible. The astronaut leaves the keyboard and walks away. The camera gets inside the alien spaceship. The ocean and the coastline of a futuristic city. The camera moves beyond the astronaut and looks at the screen. Phenaki, on the other hand, doesn’t have quite the same visual quality but is able to turn long prompts into videos of multiple minutes in length with a dream-like feeling.

The technology isn't available for public use, but Meta (formerly Facebook) released a series of eerie sample clips based on prompts like “cat watching TV” ...

There should be real concern that in a media field already saturated by misinformation, AI-generated videos represent [great potential to reinforce existing shortfalls](https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2022/09/08/deepfakesthe-danger-of-artificial-intelligence-that-we-will-learn-to-manage-better/) in consensus on fact-based truth. [Marina Kassianidou Is Interested in the Leftovers](https://hyperallergic.com/761586/marina-kassianidou-is-interested-in-the-leftovers/) The Imagen team seems to be acutely aware of the potential pitfalls of AI imagery, with an explicit statement about “Limitations and Social Impact” on their research page. Perhaps this seems ridiculous when looking at one of their sample videos of, say, a flying superhero dog, but more contentious with neutral enough examples like a paintbrush moving on canvas or a horse drinking water — and by the time we get to the clip of a spaceship landing, there is a feeling that it might be wise to invest in tinfoil for a coming run on the market to use it to make helmets. When asked about what Make-a-Video could mean for the creation of deepfakes, a Meta representative said, “There are risks that Make-A-Video could potentially be used to create mis/disinformation. “There are several ethical challenges facing text-to-image research broadly,” the statement reads. [Immersing Yourself in the Works of Gustav Klimt](https://hyperallergic.com/767267/immersing-yourself-in-the-works-of-gustav-klimt/) [Required Reading](https://hyperallergic.com/767144/required-reading-599/) [America’s Overlooked Landscape Painters ](https://hyperallergic.com/766050/americas-overlooked-landscape-painters/) [Viral Stop-Motion Videos Capture a Simpler Time in India](https://hyperallergic.com/767247/viral-stop-motion-videos-capture-a-simpler-time-in-india/) Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced the debut of Make-a-Video, a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that lets people turn text prompts into brief, high-quality video clips. Using lines of text — or even just a few words — Make-A-Video can create unique clips featuring vivid colors, original characters, and ambient landscapes.

Thanks to Google and Meta, the text-to-video trend shows all the signs of getting ready to explode much like text-to-image tools.

[Imagen Video: High definition video generation with diffusion models](https://imagen.research.google/video/paper.pdf)” Google claims Imagen Video is capable of generating videos with high fidelity and has a high-degree of controllability and world knowledge. [generative artificial intelligence](https://venturebeat.com/ai/what-is-generative-artificial-intelligence-ai/) (AI). This was a major reason that Google decided not to release the model or its source code publicly until the concerns are mitigated. The text-to-video trend shows all the signs of getting ready to explode, much like text-to-image did over the past year with [DALL-E](https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-removes-dall-e-beta-waitlist-tests-api/), [MidJourney](https://venturebeat.com/ai/midjourney-founder-says-the-world-needs-more-imagination/) and Stable Diffusion. The model is currently in a research phase, but its arrival comes just five months after [Imagen](https://imagen.research.google/) showed the rapid development of synthesis-based models. DreamFusion utilizes Imagen to optimize a 3D scene. The training datasets allowed it to generalize a variety of aesthetics. As generative models may also be misused to generate fake, hateful, explicit or harmful content, Google claims that it has taken multiple steps to minimize such concerns. The text-conditioned video diffusion model can generate videos up to a resolution of 1280×768 at 24 frames per second. To create such an architecture, Google claims it transferred findings from the previous work on diffusion-based image generation to the video generation setting. With the entire cascade, Imagen Video generates high-definition 1280×768 videos at 24 frames per second for 128 frames — approximately 126 million pixels. Last week, Meta announced [Make-A-Video](https://venturebeat.com/ai/metas-new-make-a-video-signals-the-next-generative-ai-evolution/), an AI system that allows users to turn text prompts into short, high-quality, one-of-a-kind video clips.

One of Meta's Big Tech rivals, Google, is revealing its own efforts in the discipline with not one, but two research projects.

[Imagen Video](https://musically.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d52f6bce2f35240a62f393249&id=feaba050f3&e=cff7369e7d) is the first, a “text-conditional video generation system based on a cascade of video diffusion models” that is capable of creating hi-res videos based on text prompts. A teddy bear walks on the beach. [Meta’s development of a text-to-video AI called Make-A-Video](https://musically.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d52f6bce2f35240a62f393249&id=b21e4bb6d3&e=cff7369e7d), which was capable of creating videos based on text prompts.

Coming hot off the heels of Meta's text-to-video generator, Google has announced its own artificially intelligent (AI) movie generator.

Google has voiced its concerns over “problematic data” used to train its AI-image generator programs. The text that those programs generate is barely readable. The system then upscales and “predicts” additional frames, producing a final 128-frame, 24-frames-per-second video at 720p.

According to a Google paper, given a text prompt, 'Imagen Video' generates high-definition videos using a base video generation model and a sequence of ...

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Twitter is now rolling out a new feature that lets users post up to four images, videos, and GIFs all in one tweet.

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Popular social media platform Twitter is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to combine text, photos, videos and GIFs in one tweet.

Previously, you can only attach one single media per tweet, which compared to other social media platforms, is admittedly kinda dull. This change is definitely welcomed, especially among users that want to put multiple media in their tweets. [Alessandro Paluzzi](https://twitter.com/alex193a/status/1517776644316012546?s=20&t=3np2IitRFqUJUvtRdLyWLg), with the company confirming that the feature was in the works some 3 months later.

A new Twitter feature allows users to post multiple media formats under the same tweet. Until the update, people were restricted to using one format in ...

Excited to see how creatives can capitalize on this feature and share more of their process moving forward. Tap the photo icon in the Tweet composer to start mixing your media.\u201d— Twitter Support (@Twitter Support) That means you can include a photo, GIF, and video (or two!) all in the same Tweet. Mixing different types of visual content together in a single Tweet allows creators to express themselves beyond 280 characters and gives them more ways to tell their story." All users need to do is compose a tweet and tap the photo or GIF button, which will open up different media types. Tweeters are already taking advantage of the new feature, currently only available on iOS and Android (although tweets with different content types can be consumed on all platforms).

Twitter has announced it now supports “mixed media”, meaning users can upload up to four videos, photos, and even GIFs in the same tweet.

Drag 'n' drop is the new programming environment, with almost everything integrated one would need to build an app... The feature will be available only through the app for Android and iOS. With app builders one does not need to write anything.

Twitter said the update lets users add four photos, videos or gifts into a tweet, to help creators 'express themselves beyond 280 characters'.

Twitter said the new feature complements two recent video updates that were added at the end of September. That means you can include a photo, GIF, and video (or two!) all in the same Tweet. The social media site previously let users post up to four images in a single tweet. Tap the photo icon in the Tweet composer to start mixing your media. [“extreme” security issues](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/twitter-security-problems-whistleblower-zatko) from a Twitter whistleblower in August grabbed the attention of both [EU watchdogs and the US government](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/twitter-whistleblower-dpc-us-senate-security). [revive his $44bn takeover of Twitter](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-deal-court-trial), days before a trial was set to begin over his attempt to abandon the deal.

Disabled social-media influencers who brighten your day by showing how they go grocery shopping are obscuring a much more important conversation, ...

If people get the warm fuzzies when they watch videos of me romping with my guide dog, or when they virtually accompany me to the grocery store, they are likely to think: “Wow, that’s great. It’s similar to people who will jack up the price of gold-plated jewelry from a far-off country, because undiscerning shoppers here won’t know any better. It boils down to this: Inspiration porn makes the mundane seem uniquely extraordinary. Those are the things we want most of all, more than someone attending our TED Talks, or following us on Instagram. And a 12-year-old wheelchair user who’s the next keynote speaker at a community fundraising event. When anyone asks me the ultimate goals of my disability related advocacy, my answer is simple.

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Two videos showing parachutists jump from a plane in the skies above Burkina Faso started circulating online on September 30, with many claiming that the ...

On the morning of September 30, no one knew that a coup d’etat was about to take place and so it isn’t unusual that the training operations continued as normal. A large number of them are in training with AMGN [Editor’s note: which means they are being trained by experienced parachutists.] To get their certification, they have to do six jumps. There were some officials with the Burkina Faso gendarmerie in Bobo-Dioulasso for this event to celebrate a new class completing the program. The two videos both mention the same town and both say the first parachutists were spotted on September 30. Since yesterday, this plane has been dropping parachutists while people are dying in the Sahel. In the second video, the person filming the parachutists says, in Mooré, one of the many languages spoken in Burkina Faso: “You, who are parachuting.

A record-setting 'monster' cat, orcas are seen hunting sharks, and a faceplant from a pet sitter. These are the must-watch videos of the week.

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Two elite ballet dancers filmed in slow motion (1000 frames a second). Mesmerising to watch and a testament to their training. Music Video Made of Google Street View Images. Director Adam Chitayat, bored during the lockdown, ...

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Simon Henderson, who usually sports a shredded six pack, is able to morph his midsection so it looks like he is expecting. He's garnered a group of fans who ...

“I only make about $110 a week on average, but it’s enough to keep me in the black as it tops up my money,” he optimistically stated. “I’m living in rented accommodation, but I’m still paying half the mortgage,” the dad declared. “I can bring this idea to light in funny videos and my belly talent makes making these videos visual as opposed to imagined.”

The teleconferencing firm is transitioning its business in the face of increasing competition from Microsoft and others.

"Ultimately, while we believe in Zoom's platform and long-term vision, this view is balanced by execution risk, a contract renewal cycle that may occur during a time of tightening budgets and evolving competitive landscape in a slowing macroeconomic climate," read the note. Now, Zoom is reinvesting in research and development, as well as sales and marketing, to expand its business into chat, contact center and phone. "Our assessment is positive on Zoom's underlying technology, continued innovation, and market position, and we are impressed by the cash-generative financial profile, though we believe these are offset by near-term growth and margin headwinds as Zoom pivots to optimize business mix and ramps spending to explore new avenues of growth as well as address competitive evolution," JPM analyst Mark Murphy wrote in a Friday note.

Get your sweat on with these virtual dance workouts. We've rounded up a collection that includes Zumba, hip hop, dance cardio, mindfulness-based dance, ...

Filter by instructor name, class type (such as Zumba Step, Zumba Toning), time (if applicable), duration, language, and country. While there are several class formats to choose from, each utilizes high-impact dance cardio and Pilates, as well as functional [strength training exercises](/fitness/add-strength-training-to-your-workout.aspx). If you need a gentler routine, check out [ Moving to Heal](https://niaondemand.com/categories/therapeutic) classes. There are over 1,000 videos to choose from on Les Mills+, with options for all fitness and ability levels. Or, try a live class that fits your schedule. You’ll find a class calendar for live classes on the [Classic Nia](https://niaondemand.com/categories/workouts) workout, which combines elements of dance, martial arts, and mindfulness to strengthen body and mind. Scroll through the library of offerings or follow a program that meets your needs. Classes range from 5 to 50 minutes in length, and suit various fitness and ability levels. Stay safe by doing dance workouts in a space where you have plenty of room to move, Grainger says. “There’s a variety of intensity levels to suit different movement abilities,” says However, dance workouts typically boost your cardiovascular fitness, “and many will also be good for strength and mobility, especially if they involve lots of jumping and side-to-side movement,” Grainger notes.

VIDEO : Women show solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran, Aussie champion dives from a helicopter into Sydney Bay, and the first Native ...