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Altman hints at monetization for Sora 2, protections for rightsholders

People are using Sora 2 much more than expected, leading to higher server loads and higher costs. — OpenAI is looking for ways to make money off of their astronomical success with Sora 2. (Picture: OpenAI)

In a blog post today, the OpenAI CEO says they have reached out to copyright holders about their content — and that they will «make some missteps» on the road to making money off the Sora 2 app.

— We have been learning quickly from how people are using Sora and taking feedback from users, rightsholders, and other interested groups, Altman writes in his blog.

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OpenAI launches video generator Sora 2 as a social app with «cameos»

OpenAI’s Sora 2 introduction sure looks impressive.

The idea is that people can use the latest and greatest video generation tool to insert themselves in scenes along with their friends — with so-called «cameos.»

The new video model should be significantly better at adhering to physics, and could be a «ChatGPT-3.5-moment for video,» OpenAI says.

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Friday’s news in short

The new Image-to-video feature for Veo 3 is sure to further expand the video pool online

To no one’s surprise, Grok 4 checks with Elon’s opinions
Multiple reddit and X.com users report how the new «maximally truth-seeking» Grok model checks with Elon Musk’s X account and interviews to align with his views in its reasoning. This comes hot on the heels of Grok 3 shutting down for spewing nazi conspiracies, after Elon accused it of being too aligned with left wing media.
More at TechCrunch, and CNBC who both confirm the reports.

Image-to-video generation comes to Veo 3
After opening up Veo 3 worldwide for Gemini Pro users and teasing the feature last week, it’s finally gone live globally.
It is now possible to upload a picture and have it animated in an 8-second 720p video if you are a Gemini Pro ($20/month) or Ultra ($250/month) user.
Simply upload a photo, add any instructions for the scene you want to create, and two minutes later you should have a nicely animated video. Google also says they have generated over 40 million videos since Veo 3’s inception in May.
More at Google’s blog and on 9to5Google.

In coming update, Youtube will demonetize «inauthentic» content
In a battle against «AI slop,» as in mass produced, unoriginal content chruned out at scale and made by AI tools, Youtube is now saying they will clarify their position on «inauthentic» content on July 15. They already have an extensive page on AI tools, but requires their use to be «original» and «authentic» and is seeing a lot of misuse. These videos will likely be demonetized shortly.
More at Youtube’s policy updates, and Gizmodo bemoans AI slop, as usual.

Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs promises a cure for every disease
Isomorphic Labs president Colin Murdoch has spoken to Fortune about his ambitions to use AI discovery to find cures for just about anything. They are a spinoff from the AlphaFold unit and are «collaborating with AI to design drugs for cancer,» «right now,» he says.
The next stage is doing human trials on some of the drugs they have discovered, which can be a long and cumbersome process, but is crucial to getting the drugs approved.
«We’re staffing up now. We’re getting very close,» says Murdoch, and «we’re making good progress.»
Read the full interview at Fortune.

Google rolls out Veo 3 for Gemini Pro users globally

Google is launching Veo 3 for Gemini Pro users worldwide. — Are you ready for a new wave of Veo 3 videos? It just got cheaper and available to more users. (Picture: Google)

Using the famous video generator Veo 3 just got a whole lot cheaper, moving from being exclusively available on the $250 Ultra plan to being included in the $20 Pro plan.

Veo 3 is also now available in India, Indonesia and all of Europe, Google’s Josh Woodward tweets:

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Hollywood streiker over strømming og AI-rettigheter

I den siste Indiana Jones-filmen brukes kunstig intelligens til å forynge Harrison Ford. Det du ser på skjermen er kunstig. (Bilde: Disney/via Variety.)

Fremveksten av kunstig intelligens har gjort det mulig å scanne inn skuespillere og bruke “likheten” deres i fremtidige produksjoner — og dette vil de ha beskyttelse mot.

Markedet har også endret seg dramatisk mot strømming av innhold de siste årene, og nå krever skuespillerne bedre betaling for populære produksjoner på for eksempel Netflix.

Etter brudd i forhandlingene i går kveld om akkurat disse tingene, blir nå skuespillerne med skribentene i en storstreik i USA, for første gang siden 1960.

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YouTube stanser enkelte avspillinger med reklameblokkering

YouTube blokkerer brukere med reklameblokkering. — Denne plakaten har mange brukere møtt siden onsdag. (Bilde: Personlig, på reddit.)

Videosiden «kjører et lite, globalt eksperiment» med å nekte avspilling etter tre videoer for de som blokkerer reklame.

De som blir dekket av eksperimentet, får opp en en advarselsplakat der man blir bedt om å hvitliste Youtube, fjerne adblockeren, eller starte et abonnement på YouTube Premium.

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