Highlights From Last Week in Creative AI

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Ben Relles, Souki Mansoor & Jonah Carloss
December 01, 2023

Good morning. Back with some more examples of very creative individuals embarking on some very interesting experiments with AI. The Pika Labs preview is wild and stands out as one of the most exciting launches in AI for creators to date.  While I don't anticipate platforms like YouTube will suddenly be inundated with short films and animated series, I would like to believe that tools like this open the door to more of this type of storytelling which has typically been challenging to pull off as an individual creator.  

As always you can visit realcreative.ai, built on Coda.io, where you can find these creators and hundreds of other creators using AI to bring their ideas to life. 

Have a great weekend-

Ben

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Ephemera
Paul Trillo

In "Ephemera," Paul Trillo skillfully employs RunwayML's Gen-2 motion brush to create an AI-driven visual spectacle, blending technology and art to animate ethereal, cloud-like human figures and faces. This short film captivates with its exploration of impermanence, where AI brings transient forms to life in a striking and unique experience.

The Cold Call
Ryan Phillips

Ryan Phillips' “The Cold Call” is a British gangster film, crafted using AI tools, that narrates the tense story of two hitmen—one seeking to leave his life of crime, only to become the target of his partner. The film blends Midjourney's visuals with Runway’s Gen-2 and PikaLabs animation, creating lifelike characters, and features innovative lip-syncing and voice generation techniques

Pieter Levels' take on “The Secret of Monkey Island” ingeniously merges the game's classic charm with a fantastical depiction of historical Amsterdam. Players embark on a journey as Guybrush Threepwood, a budding pirate, exploring a world where Dutch culture melds with pirate lore, solving puzzles in a unique and immersive adventure.

Storybook Vision
Karen X. Cheng

Karen X. Cheng's new GPT tool ingeniously transforms images into Pixar-style characters, using ChatGPT Vision for detailed descriptions and DALL-E 3 for artistic realization. Inspired by the Pixar TikTok challenge, this creative tool offers a unique fusion of AI-powered description and illustration, revolutionizing character design.

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"A Safe Place to Land," a documentary utilizing Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs), showcases the technology's versatility in documentary filmmaking. Directed by Souki Mansoor, it tells the moving story of two women who founded the Don’t Look Back Center in Colorado Springs, highlighting their journey from personal struggles to creating a supportive community.

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Pika 1.0
Pika Labs

Pika 1.0 is a groundbreaking idea-to-video platform that leverages AI to enable users to create and edit videos effortlessly. This platform transforms your creative ideas into dynamic videos, offering an intuitive, AI-driven experience for video production.

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