#ai-generated-media

#ai-generated-media

Madison Lawrence Tabbey was scrolling through X in late October when a post from a Wicked update account caught her attention. Ariana Grande, who stars in the movies as Glinda, had just liked a meme on Instagram about never wanting to see another AI-generated image again. Grande had also purportedly blocked a fan account that had made AI edits of her.

In 2016, the legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki was shown a bizarre AI-generated video of a misshapen human body crawling across a floor. Miyazaki declared himself "utterly disgusted" by the technology demo, which he considered an "insult to life itself." "If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it," Miyazaki said. "I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all."

According to The Hollywood Reporter , Disney CEO Bob Iger said in the company's latest earnings call that it is "in the midst of rolling out the biggest and the most significant changes - from a product perspective, from a technology perspective - since [Disney+] launched." Part of this is a licensing agreement with developer Epic Games to add "a number of game-like features" to the streaming service, and the other is working with unnamed AI companies to allow subscribers to create short-form video content based on Disney properties.

In a world full of noise, hear the love choir sing/Together in unity, we're reclaiming our wings,

It's a stylized picture of droopy-mouthed Donald Trump, his face Mao-red, saturation cranked way up, details obliterated in an onslaught of digital filters-an effect the kids call "deep fried." Trump is flanked by oversize emojis-the laughing-crying face and the somber-and-downcast face with prayer hands-and spanning the top and bottom of the frame are the words BRO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT.

"Nobody likes Democrats anymore. We have no voters left because of all of our woke, trans bullshit. Not even Black people want to vote for us anymore - even Latinos hate us. So we need new voters,"

The video was originally posted by the official account of Melania's cryptocurrency, $MELANIA, then shared by the First Lady's personal X account. Though neither the caption nor the video itself expressed a clear promotional message like, "Hey, did you know I have a cryptocurrency? You should buy it or do whatever one does with crypto," her retweet worked ... sort of?

Every American will soon receive their own medbed card, the AI Trump said in the video. With it, you'll have guaranteed access to our new hospitals led by the top doctors in the nation, equipped with the most advanced technology in the world. These facilities are safe, modern, and designed to restore every citizen to full health and strength. This is the beginning of a new era in American healthcare.

Amazon is planning to use artificial intelligence to recreate destroyed footage from Orson Welles' 1942 film "The Magnificent Ambersons" - but the late directors' estate is calling bull. In a statement to Variety, a spokesperson for David Reeder, whose Reeder Brand Management handles Welles' estate on behalf of the auteur's daughter Beatrice, said that the family hadn't been informed of the project, which is slated to generate with AI the final 43 minutes of the film.

A powerful earthquake in Afghanistan had killed at least 1,400 people and destroyed over 5,000 homes. The mountainous terrain makes rescue efforts difficult. As the death toll continues to climb, rescue workers are trying to reach survivors. The midnight earthquake was followed by several aftershocks. The UN has estimated that the earthquake might affect hundreds of thousands in total. DW fact checkers have debunked some of the most popular claims.