Golden Apricot Film Festival Launches AI Filmmaking Workshop for Regional Professionals
The Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF) will host an intensive AI Filmmaking Workshop from July 13–15, 2026, as part of its industry platform GAIFF Pro. D...
Would You Let A.I. Michael Caine Read You the 'Odyssey'?
As AI voice synthesis grows more convincing, a new question is emerging for the audiobook industry: would listeners accept — or even prefer — a synthetic celebrity voice narrati...
Alibaba's AI Video Model Rises to No. 2 in Global Rankings as Sora and Seedance Slip
Alibaba's AI video generation model has climbed to second place in global competitive rankings, marking a notable shift in the leaderboard landscape for video synthesis tools. T...
Adobe to Acquire Topaz Labs, Bringing AI Upscaling and Denoising to Creative Cloud
Adobe has announced the acquisition of Topaz Labs, maker of widely used AI-powered video and image enhancement, upscaling, and denoising tools. Topaz products are deeply embedde...
Annecy Defends Hisko Hulsing After AI Protest Disrupts 'Danse Macabre' Premiere
Annecy Film Festival's artistic director publicly condemned protests that disrupted the premiere of Hisko Hulsing's 'Danse Macabre,' which drew demonstrations over its use of AI...
TripoSplat Brings Native Single-Image-to-3D Gaussian Splat Generation to ComfyUI
Tripo's open-source model TripoSplat now has day-zero native support in ComfyUI, letting artists upload a single image and receive a full 3D Gaussian splat asset ready for moder...
Goldman Sachs CEO Acknowledges AI Music Tools Exploit Artists — While His Bank Underwrites AI IPOs
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon drew fresh criticism after publicly conceding on Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast that AI music applications are trained on artists' content without ...
Tripo AI Launches 8K Texture Tool for High-Fidelity 3D Model Upscaling
Tripo AI has introduced 8K Texture, a new feature that generates true 8192×8192 BaseColor textures for 3D models in under two minutes. The tool supports three resolution tiers —...