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MorphThe next era of AI involves video generation, with giants in the space such as Google and OpenAI recently unveiling new text-to-video models. Now Stability AI and Morph are joining the party, with a unique take on a video-generating platform. On Wednesday, Morph announced a collaboration with Stability AI in developing Morph Studio, an all-in-one video generation solution meant to help take users from an idea into an entire film by leveraging generative AI. Also: The best AI image generators of 2024: Tested and…

Tim Burke, a freelance journalist and media consultant, has been charged with 14 federal crimes, including conspiracy. Burke was arrested this morning, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Last May, Burke’s home in Tampa, Florida, was raided by the FBI as part of the bureau’s investigation into how unaired clips of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight were leaked to Vice and liberal watchdog Media Matters.  The clips included video of Kanye West repeating antisemitic tropes, as well as embarrassing footage of…

HBO has long posted the main segment from new episodes of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver to YouTube on Monday to coincide with the episodes’ premiere, but now you’ll have to wait. John Oliver posted yesterday that “HBO has decided they’re going to wait until Thursday to post them to YouTube from now on,” adding that he hopes HBO changes its mind.HBO confirmed the change to Variety yesterday, saying that when the show first premiered, “the convenience of watching on Max did not exist,” so it leaned on YouTube clips for…

AI made this videoGif: OpenAIOne of the more unsettling things about AI is how blisteringly fast the technology develops. A few months ago, it seemed like useful AI-generated video tools were still out of reach. Well, now that’s over. OpenAI just released a new text-to-video generator called Sora. In a word, it’s stunning. “Sora is able to generate complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion, and accurate details of the subject and background,” said OpenAI in a blog post. “The model understands not…

2. LUTsThis is where it gets serious. I'm going to simplify this, so you don't get bogged down in terminology or the science of it all.LUT stands for Look Up Table and they make it very easy to change the look of your clips. LUTs use predetermined sets of mathematical formulas to make adjustments to gamma, contrast, saturation, luminance, and hue to alter the look. With LUTs you can achieve very dramatic effects without having to go through hours of manually altering the various values for color. Essentially, you load…

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.Kapwing is an excellent web-based video editing tool. Its useful new AI features make it easy to convert a long video—like a Zoom recording, an interview, or a presentation—into short, shareable clips.Read on to find out how to easily create video clips with Kapwing’s AI, and some limitations and alternatives. Make social video clips with AIThe Kapwing feature I find most…

Microsoft has begun to unban players who accidentally uploaded NSFW clips from Baldur’s Gate 3 to Xbox servers. Baldur’s Gate 3 has quickly earned a reputation for being the horniest game on the market, thanks to a huge number of adult romance options and nudity that players are presented with. However, last week it was reported that players received bans from Microsoft due to captured NSFW clips being automatically uploaded to public Xbox servers. According to Microsoft’s rules set out to protect players from offensive…

A pair of unreleased Bose wireless earbuds leaked and they bring one of the most unusual designs we’ve seen in a while. The Bose Ear Clips feature an open-ear design that attaches around your ear lobe without completely blocking your ears for better spatial awareness of your surroundings. Bose Ear Clips marketing images The G-shaped design is shown in a silver and white color with what appears to be a large glossy silver touch control area. The buds will have clear markings for the left and right…

Baldur's Gate 3 players on Xbox banned for recording clips of some of the game's more explicit content should soon see their bans lifted, according to developer Larian Studios.The issue recently came to light after a player posted on Reddit to warn other Xbox users about using the console's capture tools, in this case video recording, to record scenes involving, as they put it, "naked camp time fun." The player, Daddy-Vegas, received a ban for all three of their recorded clips, resulting in a ban of over…

An investigative report from Bloomberg paints a disturbing picture of Twitch’s difficulties in moderating the livestreaming platform — especially its Clips feature, which allows users to preserve short videos. The outlet reports that, after analyzing about 1,100 clips, it found at least 83 with sexualized content involving children. Twitch removed the videos after it was alerted, and a company spokesperson wrote to Engadget in an email that it has since “invested heavily in enforcement tooling and preventative measures,…