Public Release: Kling AI Video Generator

OpenAI publicizes SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine that gives real-time access to web information. Unlike its keyword-centric predecessors, SearchGPT employs the delicate GPT-4 architecture to coalesce disparate information into coherent, attribution-rich summaries. Currently undergoing closed beta with a select cadre of 10,000 early adopters, SearchGPT integrates features like “visual answers,” which can include AI-generated videos and multimedia content. Read more.

Users receive 66 free every day credits and may create videos in three resolutions: 960×960 square, 720p landscape, and 720p portrait. Kling AI supports English and Mandarin prompts, maintaining top quality across languages. Users can adjust creativity levels to influence the video’s alignment with prompts and use negative prompts for enhanced accuracy. Notably, Kling AI can generate realistic videos, as demonstrated by its accurate portrayal of wolf pups on a gravel road.

Nonetheless, it sometimes struggles with consistency in minimal detail animations, requiring post-production corrections. The platform plans future updates for HD video production and extra features, with content restrictions in place to stop inappropriate or unauthorized content creation. Read more.

Google’s free Gemini chatbot gets 1.5 Flash update, making responses faster and smarter with a 32,000-token capability—4 times greater than its predecessor. Users will experience improvements in response speed, reasoning, and image understanding across the free versions of the Gemini mobile app and web interface. Latest functionalities include file uploads for contextual prompts and data file evaluation for visualizations, features previously limited to paid users. Google can be tackling AI hallucinations by incorporating source citations for all responses, including those inside Gmail integration. Read more.

Nvidia’s latest AI offering could spark a custom model gold rush with its latest AI Foundry service, offering businesses a turnkey solution to forge custom language models tailored to their idiosyncratic needs. This service integrates Nvidia’s hardware, software, and expertise, allowing firms to customize popular open-source models reminiscent of Meta’s Llama 3.1. Alongside this, Nvidia has launched Nvidia Inference Microservices (NIM), which packages customized models into containerized formats with API access for easier deployment. Read more.

Video game performers to strike over AI concerns starting Friday morning after contract talks with major game studios failed. The dispute centers on AI protections, with the union arguing that current proposals inadequately cover performers’ rights. SAG-AFTRA contends that the studios’ definitions of who qualifies as a “performer” and the potential for AI to copy voices and likenesses without proper compensation remain unresolved. Read more.