Tag Archives: Will Smith

A new, uncensored AI video model may spark a new AI hobbyist movement

“A muscular barbarian breaking a CRT television set with a weapon, cinematic, 8K, studio lighting” “A scared woman in a Victorian outfit running through a forest, dolly shot” “Low angle static shot: A teddy bear sitting on a picnic blanket in a park, eating a slice of pizza. The teddy bear is brown and fluffy,… Read More »

Is China pulling ahead in AI video synthesis? We put Minimax to the test

In the spirit of not cherry-picking any results, everything you see was the first generation we received for the prompt listed above it. “A highly intelligent person reading ‘Ars Technica’ on their computer when the screen explodes” “A cat in a car drinking a can of beer, beer commercial” “Will Smith eating spaghetti“ “Robotic humanoid… Read More »

Chinese social media users hilariously mock AI video fails

Enlarge / Still from a Chinese social media video featuring two people imitating imperfect AI-generated video outputs. reader comments 46 It’s no secret that despite significant investment from companies like OpenAI and Runway, AI-generated videos still struggle to achieve convincing realism at times. Some of the most amusing fails end up on social media, which… Read More »

We made a cat drink a beer with Runway’s AI video generator, and it sprouted hands

reader comments 36 In June, Runway debuted a new text-to-video synthesis model called Gen-3 Alpha. It converts written descriptions called “prompts” into HD video clips without sound. We’ve since had a chance to use it and wanted to share our results. Our tests show that careful prompting isn’t as important as matching concepts likely found… Read More »

Will Smith parodies viral AI-generated video by actually eating spaghetti

Enlarge / The real Will Smith eating spaghetti, parodying an AI-generated video from 2023. reader comments 110 On Monday, Will Smith posted a video on his official Instagram feed that parodied an AI-generated video of the actor eating spaghetti that went viral last year. With the recent announcement of OpenAI’s Sora video synthesis model, many… Read More »

OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora, a photorealistic AI video generator

Enlarge / Snapshots from three videos generated using OpenAI’s Sora. reader comments 172 On Thursday, OpenAI announced Sora, a text-to-video AI model that can generate 60-second-long photorealistic HD video from written descriptions. While it’s only a research preview that we have not tested, it reportedly creates synthetic video (but not audio yet) at a fidelity… Read More »

A song of hype and fire: The 10 biggest AI stories of 2023

Getty Images | Benj Edwards reader comments 0 “Here, There, and Everywhere” isn’t just a Beatles song. It’s also a phrase that recalls the spread of generative AI into the tech industry during 2023. Whether you think AI is just a fad or the dawn of a new tech revolution, it’s been impossible to deny… Read More »

AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti astounds with terrible beauty

Enlarge / Stills from an AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti that has been heating up the Internet. reader comments 82 with Share this story Amid this past week’s controversies in AI over regulation, fears of world-ending doom, and job disruption, the clouds have briefly parted. For a brief and shining moment, we can… Read More »

Chris Rock’s Live Netflix Special Edited to Take Out Botched Joke

A joke in Chris Rock’s latest Netflix special, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, has been edited out of the special after Rock flubbed the joke during his live performance. The joke in question referenced a conversation that he had with Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, while Rock was hosting the 2016 Oscars. According… Read More »

King Richard Trailer Features ‘Be Alive’ Track By Beyoncé

Warner Bros. Pictures has dropped a brand new King Richard trailer for the forthcoming biographical drama film, centering around Venus and Serena Williams’ father and mentor, Richard Williams. The film is currently slated to make its debut on November 19 in theaters and on HBO Max. The video, which you can check out below, provides… Read More »