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Meta's latest AI breakthrough turns fast food into fitness equipment — with CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the unwitting star. But don't let the nuggets distract you: Movie Gen could be the most powerful text-to-video platform yet.

Today’s Insights

• A new video model is coming to Instagram

• A guide to OpenAI’s new Canvas tool

• Everything else you should know today

• 5 new AI tools to boost your productivity

• AI-Generated Images: Pirates of Midjourney

NEXT IN AI

Meta’s new model lets you star in your own videos

Of all the surprises Meta AI could have dropped, a model that can generate videos of Mark Zuckerberg leg-pressing chicken nuggets wasn’t exactly on our bingo card. But behind the hype is what might be the most capable text-to-video model yet. Here’s everything you need to know about Meta AI’s new Movie Gen platform.

It has unique architecture: Meta combined a text-to-image and text-to-video model to build a platform that can generate 16-second clips with state-of-the-art quality.

Insert yourself: You’ll be able to jump into the frame by uploading an image of your likeness; the model was fine-tuned to “preserve human identity and motion.”

You can tweak your own videos: You’ll be able to insert objects, replace elements, and edit the backgrounds of clips you’ve filmed (i.e. giving your dog purple hair, or placing an athlete inside an Olympic stadium).

Built-in audio: The platform has the unique ability to generate audio alongside your clips, including sound effects and a background score.

Stay Tuned: Movie Gen is still in the research phase, but Zuckerberg hinted it’ll be released on Instagram sometime next year.

What it means: Besides its technical advances and realism, the new platform could also be a big step up in terms of accessibility. While roughly 70% of Americans say they’ve used a chatbot within the past three months, far fewer are using AI for video generation. That all could change next year, when 2B monthly Instagram users get access to Movie Gen.

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A guide to ChatGPT’s new canvas feature

It’s hard to believe, but ChatGPT’s user interface hasn’t gotten a major update since 2022. That changed last week when OpenAI introduced Canvas, a tool that lets you fine-tune the model’s responses without having to write an entirely new prompt.

Similar to Claude’s Artifacts tool, early users say it could fundamentally change how you interact with ChatGPT — making it feel less like a series of trial-and-error exchanges and more like a collaboration with a competent colleague. Keep in mind, it’s only available to paid subscribers while in Beta.

Here’s everything you can do with the new feature:

• Access a separate window with a set of fine-tuning options so you don’t lose your place in the main chat; the window will pop up automatically if ChatGPT detects it could be useful (i.e. drafting an email)

• Edit text and code directly in Canvas — or highlight a piece of text and transform it in a variety of ways, sort of like using an AI-powered word processor

• Lengthen or shorten a block of text, tweak its technical complexity, change its tone, translate it, and add a final layer of polish

• You can also ask ChatGPT to explain a specific line of code or automatically fix bugs with a single click

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AI & TECH NEWS

Everything else you need to know today

• Image Intel: Alphabet released a series of new AI-powered search features, including the ability to ask questions about a video or photo (i.e. identifying a fish at an aquarium).

• Another One Down: The co-lead on OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora announced he’s headed to DeepMind, marking the company’s fourth major resignation in two weeks.

• Wait List: The AI audio firm ElevenLabs is expected to soon announce a new funding round that would value the startup at $3B, with potential backers already lining up at the door.

🤖 Brain Food: Apple's AI research team developed a new model, Depth Pro, that can generate detailed 3D depth maps from single 2D images. All in just 0.3 seconds, and without traditional camera metadata. This could be big news for things like AR and self-driving cars, where improved spatial awareness and real-time depth perception could change the game.

🏡 Right at Home: Jane Fisher used her own family’s experience living as foreigners in Japan to create a platform called Imii designed to help immigrants adjust to unfamiliar environments. The AI-powered app gives practical information about taxes, etiquette, and housing while connecting users with neighbors who speak their language, helping them feel more connected to their community.

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Brand Strategy Made Easy

Prompt: For the duration of this conversation, act as a Brand Strategist expert in brand strategy and development, with a specialization in successful brand launches. Your first task is to create a comprehensive brand strategy plan that outlines the steps necessary to successfully launch a new brand. Be sure to include market research, target audience analysis, brand positioning, messaging, and a timeline for implementation. Your plan should be detailed and specific, taking into account the unique needs and goals of the brand you are working with. Throughout our conversation, focus on providing actionable insights and recommendations that will help ensure the success of the brand launch.

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AI-GENERATED IMAGES

Pirates of Midjourney

Midjourney Prompt: an epic illustration of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, in the foreground a boat with amused and frightened tourists, splashes of water, on the sides pirates brandishing a saber and a musket. Behind a ghost pirate ship with cannons coming out of the mist, we can see green lights on the boat and silhouettes. In the background there is the city of Tortuga lit by torches. In the sky a huge full moon.
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