A new study testing 1,008 AI-generated SVGs across 48 animal-vehicle combinations finds no evidence that AI labs are secretly 'pelicanmaxxing' — gaming Simon Willison's famous pelican-on-a-bicycle SVG benchmark — with pelicans ranking 6th out of 8 animals in drawing quality, suggesting broad SVG optimization rather than targeted benchmark manipulation.
A new Adobe survey of 16,000 creators reveals that 87% say AI is accelerating their business growth and 75% call it essential to their workflow, even as copyright lawsuits against OpenAI, Suno, and Midjourney highlight growing tensions over unauthorized use of artists' work in AI training.
BlenderMCP is revolutionizing 3D design by connecting Blender directly to Claude AI, allowing users to control modeling, scene creation, and object manipulation through natural language via the open-source Model Context Protocol integration.
Midjourney strikes back at Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros in a major copyright battle, demanding the Hollywood giants reveal their own internal AI use, arguing the studios may be guilty of the same copyright-infringing conduct they're accusing Midjourney of.
Meta launches Muse Image, a powerful new AI model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, now live in Meta AI, letting users transform text prompts and personal photos into stunning, shareable visuals across Instagram and WhatsApp, with Facebook, Messenger, and advertiser tools coming soon.
AI-generated actor Tilly Norwood is set to star in her first feature film 'Misaligned,' a surreal coming-of-age story developed by U.K. studio Particle6, sparking fierce backlash from SAG-AFTRA, which accuses the technology of using stolen performances to displace human actors.
Google DeepMind invests $75 million in indie film studio A24 in a landmark partnership to develop AI filmmaking tools, as Hollywood's AI race intensifies with Netflix and Amazon also making major moves to integrate artificial intelligence into film production.
Google is investing $75 million in acclaimed studio A24 to develop AI-powered filmmaking tools through a partnership with Google DeepMind, marking a major push into Hollywood as tech giants race to reshape how films are created.
Google DeepMind and A24 are joining forces in a groundbreaking research partnership that embeds cutting-edge AI directly into the filmmaking process, with Google also making a financial investment in the acclaimed studio.
Runway's AI Film Festival in Santa Monica puts generative AI filmmaking in the spotlight, showcasing ten short films that blend 4K AI-generated shots with traditional footage, as Hollywood accelerates its embrace of the technology through major studio deals and high-profile advisers like Martin Scorsese, even amid growing pushback from creatives …