Tom Paton, whose Where the Robots Grow was one of the first AI animated feature films, debuted a new AI generated series today, Non-Player Combat. His small team in the UK has been building AiMation Studios around a pipeline for long form generative AI content and AImation, a companion iOS microstreamer for distribution. Non-Player Combat […]
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When Andreessen Horowitz and CIV committed to leading the $12 million seed round for Unlimited Industries, the move would have raised eyebrows in a pre-AI world. But the pattern of AI reinventing legacy sectors from accounting receivables to healthcare admin has become so familiar that backing a construction firm now fits a “New Industrials” trend […]
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Generative AI is growing fast as a traffic source to top U.S. retailers for the 2025 holiday shopping season. getty We’re using ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and many other AI answer engines to find gifts and goodies for the 2025 holiday season. According to fresh data from Adobe, AI traffic to retailers grew 830% year over […]
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The Grand Prize for Best Immersive Experience at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, went to The Clouds Are 2000 Metres Up, by. The Achievemenet award went to A Long Goodbye. A special jury prize was awarded to Less Than 5 Gr of Saffron. Singing Chen acknowledges receiving the Venice Immersive Best Experience Award for ‘The […]
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Blur won no awards at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, which wrapped yesterday. This year’s competition featured thirty projects. There were three winners, but Blur dominated conversation on Lazzaretto Island where the Immersive Competition took place. From the moment I arrived the refrain was constant: “Did you see Blur?” Demand was far greater than supply. […]
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At the Mastercard Priceless Lounge inside the Hotel Excelsior, during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, the second edition of the Reply AI Film Festival announced its winners. Created by global consultancy Reply, the festival has quickly become one of the most visible showcases for AI-driven short filmmaking. More than 2,500 submissions arrived from 67 […]
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Snap is exploring outside investments to help bring its Specs AR glasses to market next year. The company has already invested $3 billion into AR over the past decade, yet its core social media business remains unprofitable, prompting CEO Evan Spiegel to say he’s now “ready to ask for some help.” Snap has even discussed the […]
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Poster for Kling AI’s new series, ‘Loading…’ Kling Kling AI, a generative video platform developed by Chinese tech company Kuaishou, is releasing a seven-part anthology series Loading…. which was created in partnership with the Beijing-based studio Outliers. The series is being distributed globally beginning July 2 on YouTube, where episodes will be released twice a […]
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In an entertainment landscape upended by generative AI and social media, a new Los Angeles-based studio is wagering $12 million that the next global franchise will not come from Hollywood, but from YouTube. Founded earlier this year by former Warner Bros. and DreamWorks Animation executive Chris deFaria and AI investor Aaron Sisto, Chronicle is taking […]
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