TikTok is launching a new set of labels for videos that were made with or significantly edited by artificial intelligence, which is intended to help creators better comply with a "synthetic and manipulated media" policy TikTok refreshed earlier this year.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/tiktok-to-more-clearly-label-videos-that-are-ai-generated
In July, the Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify unveiled an internal tool that struck a chord with people online. The way it worked was simple enough: Using a few metrics, like compensation, the number of people involved, and length of time, the tool was able to calculate and display the estimated cost of a proposed meeting by any of its employees.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9wqn/meeting-bloat-has-taken-over-corporate-america-can-it-be-stopped
Video calling was originally pitched as a key feature of the Nest Hub Max, but Google Meet and Zoom are dropping support at the end of September. It feels way too soon to be removing key functionality from the Max.
https://9to5google.com/2023/09/18/nest-hub-max-google-meet-zoom/
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Meta is finally bringing Horizon Worlds out of virtual reality. The 3D social platform has previously been exclusive to its VR headsets, but Meta announced on Thursday that Horizon Worlds is starting to roll out on mobile and the web in early access. “To start, a small number of people can now access Super Rumble through the Meta Quest app on Android, with iOS rolling out in the coming weeks,” Meta said. “Early access is also available on any web browser at horizon.meta.com.”
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/14/23873820/meta-horizon-worlds-mobile-web-vr-early-access-release
Earlier this week the company said it wanted to charge its customers a fee every time someone installed a game based on the engine. It said the charge would only kick in once a game hit a certain number of downloads, but could be as much as $0.20 (£0.16 GBP) at the top level. This generated a quick, angry response across the games industry.
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-66810296
What’s maybe even more important, though, is that Adobe also today announced how it plans to charge for Firefly going forward. The company is going to use what it calls “generative credits” to measure how often users interact with these models. Basically, every time you click “generate” to create a Firefly image, you’ll consume one credit (and the company retooled the Firefly web app, for example, so that it doesn’t automatically start generating images before you’ve made all of the tweaks you wanted to make).
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/13/adobes-firefly-generative-ai-models-are-now-generally-available-get-pricing-plans/
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Designed for touch, Procreate Dreams features tools like Performing that enable users to automatically add keyframes to a project using gestures that record the animator’s actions in real time. Procreate claims the tool will “forever change the way creatives animate” by allowing them to instantly respond to their project as it plays.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/8/23864374/procreate-dreams-animation-app-ipad-release-date-announcement-price