RunwayML introduced Act-One, an extraordinary way to add fully controllable facial expressiveness to any face – real or animated – in a video. Instead of trying to explain all that it does, check it out here: https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-act-one
Stability AI released the open source Stable Diffusion 3.5 – with improved photorealism of people and much better rendering of hands.
Alibaba’s MIMO – Alibaba’s got a new AI tool called MIMO that can swap out people in videos using just a single photo reference, and change them into whatever characters you like, doing whatever you wish. It eliminates the need for complicated stuff like multi-camera setups or motion capture.
Leonardo in Canvas – Canva has launched Dream Lab which incorporates Leonardo in its text to image creations. The new Dream Lab tool can generate up to 19 different types of graphics, including 3D renders and illustrations, and can also reference other images to fine-tune outputs, making its outputs more reliable. It’s also capable of generating multi-subject images and photorealistic portraits.
