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AI: Coming Soon to a Visual Effect Near You According to a recent press release, the AI in VFX market is projected to balloon to USD 25.51 billion by 2034. That’s a CAGR of 19.38%, for those keeping score at home. In other words, AI is poised to become less of a futuristic fantasy…
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Vishambhara’s AI-Generated Teaser: A Glitch in the Matrix? Megastar Chiranjeevi’s upcoming socio-fantasy epic, Vishambhara, is facing a digital drubbing before it even hits theaters. The culprit? Its teaser, which producers now admit used AI-generated visuals instead of traditional VFX. Let’s unpack this. And by “unpack,” we mean dissect with a healthy dose of cynicism.…
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Lights, Camera, Algorithm! The AI VFX Boom. Remember when visual effects were the domain of artists hunched over computers for weeks, painstakingly crafting explosions and alien landscapes? Those days are… well, not completely gone. But they’re rapidly being supplemented (or supplanted, depending on your outlook) by the rise of AI. A recent report suggests…
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Hotspring, the VFX outsourcing platform, just upped its game. They’ve integrated Slapshot AI, their in-house tool designed to automate the drudgery – rotoscoping and frame generation – that sucks the joy out of visual effects work. Slapshot: From Roto to… More? Slapshot first appeared in 2024, initially focusing solely on rotoscoping. Now, Hotspring is…
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ServiceNow, the workflow leviathan, is at it again. This time, the target is Logik.ai, a company specializing in CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) solutions. The official line? To bolster ServiceNow’s CRM portfolio and inject some much-needed oomph into its sales and order management capabilities. CPQ: Decoding the Alphabet Soup For the uninitiated, CPQ is the…
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The content subscription market, a behemoth currently valued in the tens of billions, is ripe for disruption. Enter SUBBD, a platform making waves with its promise to fuse AI and Web3, potentially revolutionizing how creators and fans interact. But is it the future, or just another flash in the pan? SUBBD: AI-Powered Creator Utopia?…
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AI Automation: Is Your Swanky City Doomed? The Financial Times, behind its paywall (naturally, because news these days costs more than a decent cup of coffee), suggests that wealthy cities might be the surprise losers in the upcoming AI automation revolution. Surprise? Maybe not. Let’s unpack this potential urban apocalypse. The Logic (or Lack…
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Hong Kong’s HashKey, fresh from navigating the, shall we say, dynamic world of licensed crypto exchanges, is now wading into the AI pool. Their offering? ModAI, a generative AI tool promising to automate content moderation, goose user engagement, and generally provide customer support. The claim? An 80% reduction in operational costs and a doubling…
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Microsoft Copilot: Is Your Productivity About to Get a Serious Upgrade? Another day, another AI promising to revolutionize our lives. This time, it’s Microsoft Copilot, and it’s making some bold claims about boosting productivity. Let’s cut through the marketing jargon and see what’s actually new. Copilot’s Productivity Promise: TL;DR Automation is King (or Queen):…
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The Algorithm Giveth, and the Algorithm Taketh Away (But Hopefully Not Your Crypto) The relentless churn of the crypto markets continues, and lately, all eyes are on AI tokens. CoinGecko tells us they’re collectively worth over $20 billion, with a recent surge in value. But in the grand tradition of crypto, separating the signal…