Chat GPT moves towards becoming the personal assistant we dream of, Adobe releases AI bulk Editing tool and state-of-the-art video models are showing signs of threatening animators - are keyframes on the way out?

CHAT GPT NEW FEATURE: TASKS

Here's one of those tiny announcements that could have big implications. Chat GPT can schedule tasks and reminders, this is the first step towards the AI personal assistant we all want and need. This, in theory at least, is a huge productivity gain:

Luma Labs Ray 2 is getting worryingly good at animation

Luma Labs has updated its video model and it seems to be a competitor to the leading video models (Sora, Kling and Minimax)

Luma AI @LumaLabsAI Introducing Ray2, a new frontier in video generative models. Scaled to 10x compute, #Ray2 creates realistic videos with natural and coherent motion, unlocking new freedoms of creative expression and visual storytelling. Available now. Learn more http://lumalabs.ai/ray. 12:13 PM • Jan 15, 2025 843 Retweets 7063 Likes Read 137 replies

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When I say worryingly good I mean it's still crap but we all know where the future is going - check out this video and skip to 4:35 to see an attempt at Manga animation.
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What happens when someone trains a model solely on animation - I fear the future of animation may be generative, farewell keyframing.

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Adobe’s new AI tool can edit 10,000 images in one click

I feel like this feature was already available. But now it's "AI" - anywho Adobe has released an AI tool called Firefly web app: with two different features “Remove Background” and “Resize" to batch edit up to 10,000 images at once. The goal is to make it easy for people without the technical know-how to join in as well.
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This segues nicely into a report that "92% of leaders expect non-design roles to require some design skills" - As AI continues to decrease the barriers to entry jobs will inevitably merge - design roles as we know them are fading away.
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What do you think are the areas designers should be pushing into?
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Personally, I believe entrepreneurship is becoming more appealing - apply your creativity, create some IP and then push it out using AI tools to help with copywriting and marketing. We're on the cusp of hyper-productive one-man businesses.

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