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Meta Avat3r – Large Animatable Gaussian Reconstruction Model for High-fidelity 3D Head Avatars
https://tobias-kirschstein.github.io/avat3r
Avat3r takes 4 input images of a person’s face and generates an animatable 3D head avatar in a single forward pass. The resulting 3D head representation can be animated at interactive rates. The entire creation process of the 3D avatar, from taking 4 smartphone pictures to the final result, can be executed within minutes.
https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-researchers-generate-photorealistic-avatars-from-just-four-selfies
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Shadow of Mordor’s brilliant Nemesis system is locked away by a Warner Bros patent until 2036, despite studio shutdown
The Nemesis system, for those unfamiliar, is a clever in-game mechanic which tracks a player’s actions to create enemies that feel capable of remembering past encounters. In the studio’s Middle-earth games, this allowed foes to rise through the ranks and enact revenge.
The patent itself –ย which you can view hereย – was originally filed back in 2016,ย before it was granted in 2021. It is dubbed “Nemesis characters, nemesis forts, social vendettas and followers in computer games”. As it stands, the patent has an expiration date of 11th August, 2036.
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Crypto Mining Attack via ComfyUI/Ultralytics in 2024
https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/issues/18037
zopieux on Dec 5, 2024 : Ultralytics was attacked (or did it on purpose, waiting for a post mortem there), 8.3.41 contains nefarious code downloading and running a crypto miner hosted as a GitHub blob.
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Walt Disney Animation Abandons Longform Streaming Content
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tiana-disney-series-shelved-1236153297
A spokesperson confirmed there will be some layoffs in its Vancouver studio as a result of this shift in business strategy. In addition to theย Tianaย series, the studio is also scrapping an unannounced feature-length project that was set to go straight toย Disney+.
Insiders say that Walt Disney Animation remains committed to releasing one theatrical film per year in addition to other shorts and special projects
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Andreas Horn – ย The 9 algorithms
The illustration below highlights the algorithms most frequently utilized in our everyday activities: They play a key role in everything we do from online shopping recommendations, navigation apps, social media, email spam filters and even smart home devices.
๐น ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐น๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ
– Organize data for efficiency.
โ Example: Sorting email threads or search results.
๐น ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ธ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐น๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ
– Finds the shortest path in networks.
โ Example: Google Maps driving routes.
๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
– AI models that understand context and meaning.
โ Example: ChatGPT, Claude and other LLMs.
๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐
– Ranks pages and builds connections.
โ Example: TikTok PageRank, LinkedIn recommendations.
๐น ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐น๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ
– Encrypts and secures data communication.
โ Example: WhatsApp encryption or online banking.
๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
– Secures cryptographic systems.
โ Example: Protecting sensitive data in blockchain.
๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ (๐๐ก๐ก๐)
– Recognizes patterns in images and videos.
โ Example: Facial recognition, object detection in self-driving cars.
๐น ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
– Compresses data efficiently.
โ Example: JPEG and MP3 file compression.
๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐น๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ (๐ฆ๐๐)
– Ensures data integrity.
โ Example: Password encryption, digital signatures.
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OpenAI 4.5 model arrives to mixed reviews
The verdict is in: OpenAI’s newest and most capable traditional AI model, GPT-4.5, is big, expensive, and slow, providing marginally better performance thanย GPT-4oย at 30x the cost for input and 15x the cost for output. The new model seems to prove that longstanding rumors ofย diminishing returnsย in training unsupervised-learning LLMs were correct and that the so-called “scaling laws” cited by many for years have possibly met their natural end.
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Walter Murch – “In the Blink of an Eye” – A perspective on cut editing
https://www.amazon.ca/Blink-Eye-Revised-2nd/dp/1879505622
Celebrated film editor Walter Murch’s vivid, multifaceted, thought-provoking essay on film editing. Starting with the most basic editing question — Why do cuts work? — Murch takes the reader on a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers unique insights on such subjects as continuity and discontinuity in editing, dreaming, and reality; criteria for a good cut; the blink of the eye as an emotional cue; digital editing; and much more. In this second edition, Murch revises his popular first edition’s lengthy meditation on digital editing in light of technological changes. Francis Ford Coppola says about this book: “Nothing is as fascinating as spending hours listening to Walter’s theories of life, cinema and the countless tidbits of wisdom that he leaves behind like Hansel and Gretel’s trail of breadcrumbs…….”
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CUDA Programming for Python Developers
https://www.pyspur.dev/blog/introduction_cuda_programming
Check your Cuda version, it will be the release version here:
>>> nvcc --version nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver Copyright (c) 2005-2024 NVIDIA Corporation Built on Wed_Apr_17_19:36:51_Pacific_Daylight_Time_2024 Cuda compilation tools, release 12.5, V12.5.40 Build cuda_12.5.r12.5/compiler.34177558_0or from here:
>>> nvidia-smi Mon Jun 16 12:35:20 2025 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 555.85 Driver Version: 555.85 CUDA Version: 12.5 | |-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
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PixVerse – Prompt, lypsync and extended video generation
https://app.pixverse.ai/onboard
PixVerse now has 3 main features:
text to videoโก๏ธ How To Generate Videos With Text Promptsimage to videoโก๏ธ How To Animate Your Images And Bring Them To Lifeupscaleโก๏ธ How to Upscale Your Video
Enhanced Capabilities
– Improved Prompt Understanding: Achieve more accurate prompt interpretation and stunning video dynamics.
– Supports Various Video Ratios: Choose from 16:9, 9:16, 3:4, 4:3, and 1:1 ratios.
– Upgraded Styles: Style functionality returns with options like Anime, Realistic, Clay, and 3D. It supports both text-to-video and image-to-video stylization.New Features
– Lipsync: The new Lipsync feature enables users to add text or upload audio, and PixVerse will automatically sync the charactersโ lip movements in the generated video based on the text or audio.
– Effect: Offers 8 creative effects, including Zombie Transformation, Wizard Hat, Monster Invasion, and other Halloween-themed effects, enabling one-click creativity.
– Extend: Extend the generated video by an additional 5-8 seconds, with control over the content of the extended segment.
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Alibaba Group Tongyi Lab WanxAI Wan2.1 – open source model
๐ SOTA Performance: Wan2.1 consistently outperforms existing open-source models and state-of-the-art commercial solutions across multiple benchmarks.
๐ Supports Consumer-grade GPUs: The T2V-1.3B model requires only 8.19 GB VRAM, making it compatible with almost all consumer-grade GPUs. It can generate a 5-second 480P video on an RTX 4090 in about 4 minutes (without optimization techniques like quantization). Its performance is even comparable to some closed-source models.
๐ Multiple tasks: Wan2.1 excels in Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Video Editing, Text-to-Image, and Video-to-Audio, advancing the field of video generation.
๐ฎ Visual Text Generation: Wan2.1 is the first video model capable of generating both Chinese and English text, featuring robust text generation that enhances its practical applications.
๐ช Powerful Video VAE: Wan-VAE delivers exceptional efficiency and performance, encoding and decoding 1080P videos of any length while preserving temporal information, making it an ideal foundation for video and image generation.
https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/Wan_2.1_ComfyUI_repackaged/tree/main/split_files
https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/Wan_2.1_ComfyUI_repackaged/tree/main/example%20workflows_Wan2.1
https://huggingface.co/Wan-AI/Wan2.1-T2V-14B
https://huggingface.co/Kijai/WanVideo_comfy/tree/main
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