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StableAnimator's AI Animation, Mistral Expands to Silicon Valley, and Trump's AI Czar Plans

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Stefan
November 28, 2024

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Today’s edition covers the latest in AI and tech: StableAnimator is revolutionizing human image animation with identity-preserving quality, while French AI giant Mistral expands to Silicon Valley to challenge the industry leaders. President-elect Trump considers appointing an AI czar to shape federal AI policy, signaling a potential shift in government strategy. Meanwhile, Runway's new Frames tool offers creators precise stylistic control in image generation, and French AI company LightOn sees its stock surge on its market debut, underscoring Europe’s growing presence in the AI space. Dive in for more!

Today’s top stories

StableAnimator: High-Quality Human Image Animation Without Post-Processing

StableAnimator, developed by a team from Fudan University, Microsoft Research Asia, Huya Inc, and Carnegie Mellon University, creates human image animations while preserving identity without using post-processing tools. Read more

Runway has unveiled Frames, a new image generation model designed to provide users with unprecedented control over stylistic consistency, now available through Gen-3 Alpha and the Runway API. Read more

Mistral, a French AI startup valued at $6 billion, is opening an office in Palo Alto and plans to hire U.S.-based engineers and scientists to strengthen its presence in the U.S. market. Read more

Trump Considers Appointing AI Czar to Shape Federal AI Policy

President-elect Trump is contemplating the creation of an AI czar role in the White House to oversee federal AI policy and enhance government use of AI technology. While Elon Musk won't fill the position, he is expected to significantly influence the AI debate and applications. Read more

LightOn's shares rose by up to 9% on their first day trading on the Euronext Growth market in Paris, surpassing initial valuation expectations. Read more

Samsung has restructured its leadership by appointing Jun Young-hyun as co-CEO and head of the memory business and the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, aiming to revamp its memory business and improve competitiveness against rivals like SK Hynix. Read more

Alibaba has launched the QwQ-32B-Preview, an AI model with 32.5 billion parameters, designed to outperform OpenAI's o1 model on specific benchmarks. Read more

Ai2, a nonprofit AI research organization, has unveiled its new open-source language models, OLMo 2, which are said to rival Meta's Llama models in performance. Read more

Bluesky's open API permits external entities to collect user data for AI training, raising concerns despite Bluesky not using the data themselves. The platform is exploring options for users to communicate consent preferences. Read more

ElevenLabs has unveiled GenFM, a new feature on their iOS app that allows users to create multispeaker podcasts in 32 languages by uploading content like YouTube videos or documents. Read more

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is set to release a consumer app resembling OpenAI's ChatGPT, enabling users to utilize xAI's Grok chatbot. This launch may follow a funding round potentially raising $5 billion, valuing the company at $50 billion. Read more