Sunday, June 4, 2023

A look at The Frost, a 12-minute movie created by Waymark using DALL-E 2, as startups like Waymark and Runway make AI tools for fast and cheap video production (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
A look at The Frost, a 12-minute movie created by Waymark using DALL-E 2, as startups like Waymark and Runway make AI tools for fast and cheap video production  —  Exclusive: Watch the world premiere of the AI-generated short film The Frost.  —  The Frost nails its uncanny, disconcerting vibe in its first few shots.



As TSMC plans to hire 4,500 workers at its Arizona fabs, recruiters say the company's culture, rigid standards, and overseas training are turning off candidates (Yvonne Lau/Fortune)

Yvonne Lau / Fortune:
As TSMC plans to hire 4,500 workers at its Arizona fabs, recruiters say the company's culture, rigid standards, and overseas training are turning off candidates  —  On the Glassdoor profile of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC—the world's biggest manufacturer of semiconductor chips …



Interviews, pitch decks, and documents suggest that the recent success of Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque has been bolstered by exaggeration and dubious claims (Forbes)

Forbes:
Interviews, pitch decks, and documents suggest that the recent success of Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque has been bolstered by exaggeration and dubious claims  —  Stability AI became a $1 billion company with the help of a viral AI text-to-image generator and — per interviews with more than 30 people …



A look at the ad-supported, free dual screen TV from Ilya Pozin's Telly, which says its data and analytics collection will be on par with other TV vendors (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge:
A look at the ad-supported, free dual screen TV from Ilya Pozin's Telly, which says its data and analytics collection will be on par with other TV vendors  —  More than 250,000 people have signed up in hopes of getting Telly's unique TV.  There's something to this concept, but plenty of unknowns remain.



Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in data center financing decisions (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...