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New twist on generative AI is quietly reshaping who wins when uncertainty hits hardest

Generative AI is best known for creating images and text. Now, it is helping industries make better planning decisions.
The Hollywood Reporter

Brian Michael Bendis Superhero Crime Comic ‘Powers’ Getting Adult Animation Treatment from Netflix, Dark Horse (Exclusive)

Bendis and co-creator Michael Avon Oeming are participating in the show's development. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Powers, the Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming indie comic series ...
GitHub

Hybrid LLM-Diffusion Framework for Educational Animation Generation with RL Feedback

DualAnimate combines the mathematical precision of LLM-generated Manim code with the visual richness of diffusion-generated backgrounds, unified by self-supervised multimodal embeddings and reinforced ...
Yahoo

Venom Animated Movie From Final Destination: Bloodlines Directors in the Works at Sony Pictures Animation

Sony is reportedly making another Venom movie. This time, it’s going to be animated. How closely the surprise animated project will stick to the events of the recent trilogy starring Tom Hardy, with ...
IEEE

Expressive 3D Facial Animation Generation Based on Local-to-Global Latent Diffusion

Abstract: 3D Facial animations, crucial to augmented and mixed reality digital media, have evolved from mere aesthetic elements to potent storytelling media. Despite considerable progress in facial ...
GitHub

High-Fidelity Relightable Monocular Portrait Animation with Lighting-Controllable Video Diffusion Model

1 National Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science on Synthetic Vision, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 2 School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 3 College of ...
IEEE

DreamHA: Towards High-Quality Human Animation with Image-to-Video Diffusion Models

Abstract: Recent diffusion models have made significant advancements in generating lifelike videos from driving signals, including a reference character and a skeleton sequence. Nevertheless, these ...
Variety

Diego Maradona Animated Series in the Works at India’s Reliance Animation (EXCLUSIVE)

India’s Reliance Animation has secured character IP rights to develop an animated series based on the life of soccer legend Diego Maradona. The Mumbai-based studio, a division of Reliance ...
Variety

‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2’ in the Works, From Netflix and Sony Animation (EXCLUSIVE)

The Mitchells and the machines are readying for a rematch. Sony Pictures Animation is making a sequel to its 2021 Oscar-nominated feature “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” with Guillermo Martinez ...
Yahoo

‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2’ in the Works, From Netflix and Sony Animation (EXCLUSIVE)

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mitchells and the machines are readying for a rematch. Sony Pictures Animation is making a sequel to its 2021 Oscar-nominated ...
Deadline.com

‘Stinetinglers’ Animated Series In The Works From New Ontario-Based Studio Limestone Animation

EXCLUSIVE: R.L. Stine’s ‘Stinetinglers’ is being worked up as an animated series. Limestone Animation, a new animation and digital studio out of Ontario, Canada, is behind the adaptation of the author ...