Posts by Susan Darwin
ByteDance unveils Seedance 2.5, a 30-second native 4K AI video model that accepts 50 reference inputs
TL;DR ByteDance announced Seedance 2.5 at its Beijing conference, generating 30-second native 4K video from up to 50 multimodal reference inputs. ByteDance unveiled Seedance 2.5 on Tuesday at its Volcano Engine FORCE conference in Beijing, a video generation model that produces 30-second clips at native 4K resolution from a single prompt. The company skipped four…
Read MoreRansom note claimed Nancy Guthrie died after abduction
The note from the possible kidnappers reportedly stated that they did not mean for her to die and included an apology to the family. Source link
Read MoreLovable CEO says Europe’s AI startups have a confidence problem, not a talent problem
TL;DR Lovable CEO Anton Osika says Europe’s AI gap is about confidence, not talent, as his Stockholm startup hits $500M ARR. Lovable CEO Anton Osika says European AI startups do not have a talent shortage, they have a confidence deficit. In a post on X over the weekend, Osika argued that founders were repeatedly told…
Read MoreLush! Gavin and Stacey superfans buy Uncle Bryn’s house
A couple from Banbury buy the Barry house which Rob Brydon’s character called home through the show. Source link
Read MoreNearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop, study finds
TL;DR Kapwing found 59% of TikTok videos shown to new accounts are AI slop, three times YouTube’s rate, with kids’ content the worst-hit category. Nearly six out of every ten videos TikTok serves to a brand-new account are AI-generated junk. That is the central finding of a report published by video editing platform Kapwing, which…
Read MoreThree men die in White City building fire
The men were rescued from the single-storey building but died soon after, London Fire Brigade said. Source link
Read MoreUbisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies at 69 in plane crash near La Baule
TL;DR Claude Guillemot, who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986 and led gaming peripherals maker Guillemot Corp, has died at 69 in a plane crash in western France. Claude Guillemot, one of five brothers who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986, has died in a plane crash near the coastal town of La Baule in western France. He was…
Read MoreBBC sees destroyed villages in Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon
The BBC has been given rare access to the part of southern Lebanon that is under Israeli occupation, as part of a humanitarian convoy of the Order of Malta distributing aid to Christian villages that have been isolated because of the war. The mission happened on Thursday, a day before the announcement of a new…
Read MorePM under pressure from Labour MPs and ministers to set timetable for exit
The BBC has been told that the transport secretary is among those advising Starmer to set out a timetable. Source link
Read MoreUK’s top data and AI regulator quits in a historic first
The UK’s top data and AI regulator has resigned. It is the first time it has ever happened. John Edwards stepped down as information commissioner on Friday, with immediate effect. His exit followed a months-long workplace investigation. He said his position had become “untenable”. What he admitted Edwards was careful in his statement, posted on…
Read MoreUK weather: Amber heat health alerts in place as temperatures set to soar above 30C
Amber heat health alerts are issued when high temperatures are likely to have a significant impact on health and social care services. They suggest there is likely to be an increase in deaths, especially among those aged over 65 or with long-term health conditions. Friday is expected to be the first very hot day. Temperatures…
Read MoreLife360 now lets parents order Uber rides for teens without leaving the app
Life360 and Uber launched an integration that lets parents request and coordinate Uber rides for teens and other family members directly inside the Life360 app. Parents can tap a family member’s real-time location on the Life360 map, and the pickup details auto-fill in the Uber app. Trip progress is visible on either platform. Uber’s teen…
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