Fri. 02/16 – Sora Brings Text To Video AI To Life

Huge watershed reveal of OpenAI’s Sora, its first text-to-video model, which can create up to a minute of 1080p video. We used to have a Today In Elon segment. We’re close to needing a Today In Sam Altman one. Increasing signs the Crypto winter is ending. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.Links:OpenAI introduces Sora, its text-to-video AI model (The Verge)OpenAI’s Sora Turns AI Prompts Into Photorealistic Videos (Wired)OpenAI’s newest model Sora can generate videos — and they look decent (TechCrunch)OpenAI’s Sam Altman Seeks US Blessing to Raise Billions for AI Chips (Bloomberg)Sam Altman owns OpenAI's venture capital fund (Axios)Crypto exits remain low but investors remain unfazed (TechCrunch)Crypto venture funding climbs for first time in nearly 2 years after bitcoin’s stellar run (CNBC)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:The fediverse, explained (The Verge)How an African streaming service dethroned Netflix (RestOfWorld)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.