I just mainly love the retro-moder look of it. Here's a link to how it looks, for those curious:

https://x.com/slhomme/status/1965131874734584291

I had now idea there was such a huge second-hand market for those. It was such a great opportunity to learn about this tech.

Marketing teams are starting to look for AI video production partners, but there's no central place to compare studios, see their work, or understand pricing. So I built a curated directory where you can browse AI-native and AI-augmented studios, watch their best work, and filter by the tools they use (Runway, Veo, Midjourney, Kling, etc.).

The site is free to browse. Studios can list themselves for free too. I'm curating listings manually right now to keep quality high.

Would love feedback on the UX and what data points would be most useful when comparing studios.

I'm just strating this, so it's work and progress, don't hsitate to share good videos and studios.

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Creating launch/hype videos for your product is hard. It's expensive if you go through an agency or a freelancer. You could DIY it with Adobe After Effects, but it takes a whole set of motion design and video editing skills!

That's why I built VideoJam, an easy-to-use video builder for startups, solo entrepreneurs, and hackers. Create your video in no time - no video editing skills required. You can create product videos from scratch, with ready-made scene templates, or using entire video templates.

I just launched this week, any feedback is very welcomed. Also, don't hesitate to reach out if you want to try at no cost during the beta.

I've been exploring what's possible with AI face / voice cloning lately. The result is Fakenews.news, a prototype that lets you create custom breaking news on the fly.

Just add a script, a news title, photo, ticker, and 3 min later you get a realistic looking newscaster delivering your own custom news. You can download/share the video, to prank a friend, do some funny promo, etc.

It's combining a bunch of AI models for voice-cloning, lip-synching, text-to-voice, and deepfake, etc. This is how far I've been able to push the tech to create realistic clones.

It is a fun project for entertaining purposes only. I also recognize how this kind of tech can be misused (and no doubt it will be, so I want to be careful with it. It's both thrilling and scary.

Not too sure what I'll do with this yet. But I know for sure, we'll see more and more of this in the coming months / years, whether it's to create real news or parody ones.

Curious to hear what you think, tech-wise, business-wise, ethic-wise.

You can test it free: just use "hackernews" code at checkout. I'll leave it free for the next 24hrs. (I just want to limit how much it'll cost me in CPU, those videos are not cheap to render!!

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I myself have been playing a lot with this kind of tech lately by creating realistic clones (voice + videos) of YouTubers and tiktokers. I think it has potential to go viral quite easily. I never published any of those though, because of ethical concerns. Just a question of time before other creators do this at scale though.

I almost did that with cloning real TV newscasters from bbc / fox / cnn, etc... but decided not to. But I did create a 100% "fake" journalist for an app that lets you create breaking news on the fly [1]. The result is still a little rough, obviously, but I can already tell how in just a few months it'll be impossible to distinguish a clone from a real person.

[1] https://fakenews.me

I just built an AI-generated fakenews app [1] (for fun) and it opened my eyes: we're playing with fire.

The tech is already there: a bit of roop (deepfake) + SadTalker (lipync) + chatGPT, etc and voila! Anyway can create realistic videos / music on the fly! It's both thrilling and terrifying.

AI's involvement in media production isn't just a technical footnote; it's a fundamental shift in the landscape of information and creativity. Just like we scrutinize the origins of our food, we need to dissect the genesis of our media.

What YT is doing here is a first small step. It's time for all tech giants to confront this reality head-on. We're at a crossroads, and the path we choose will redefine our relationship with technology, creativity, and truth.

[1] https://fakenews.me

Uploaded photos Examples: https://imgur.com/a/jeWgRvH Website: https://crappydrawings.ai

A fun related experiment, I thought it was fun to see what kind of movies AI would generate, so I created a "This Movie Does Not Exist" website[1] that auto generates fake movies (movie posters + synopsis). It basically uses GPT-3 to generate some story plots, and then uses that as a prompt (with in-between steps) for Stable Diffusion. Results may vary, but it definitely surprises sometimes with movies that look and sound amazing!

[1] This Movie Does Not Exist: https://thismoviedoesnotexist.org/

- Usefulness (can I do something with it?) - Versatility (can I do a variety of things with it?) - Quality (is it well made/going to last?) - Stuff they've asked for (did I actually say I want this?)

I've been gifting cash for a little while now, and the reaction has almost always been better / more fun than with a more traditional gift. I do so this with an extra fun (retro) package though [2] which does add to the fun. (disclaimer, I own this website).

[1] https://www.willpatrick.co.uk/articles/how-to-buy-gifts-that...

[2] https://cashbox.gift

My wife and I started an online/offline shop last year. When our very first orders came in, it was the best feeling ever! I wanted some kind of celebration device that would turn on and play some celebrating music each time this happened. So I started learning IoT / hardware and build a cool retro-looking police light that I can plug into our WooCommerce/Shopify/Zapier accounts (or really anything else with webhooks). This was such a fun project and people wanted to get some for their own. So I'm working on making it a "real" product. I don't care if it becomes a "success" or not, I'm already so happy to use it for my own and my friends.