Today in Generative Media

AI art auction success; Aussie writers angry at AI agreements; Take the deepfake test

News and Opinion

• Christie’s AI art auction reportedly exceeds expectations (TechCrunch)

• ‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements (The Guardian)

• Can You Spot A Face Swap? Take The Deepfake Test (Forbes)

• A year later, OpenAI still hasn’t released its voice cloning tool (TechCrunch)

• Intangible, a no-code 3D creation tool for filmmakers and game designers, raises $4M (TechCrunch)

• AI Developers Turn to Synthetic Data as Original Content Dries Up (Decrypt)

Software and Research

• Meet Muse.| The first AI made for fiction, designed for authors (SudoWrite)

• Diffusion Self-Distillation for Zero-Shot Customized Image Generation (project page)

• GEN3C: 3D-Informed World-Consistent Video Generation with Precise Camera Control (project page)

Misc

• 😎 NEW ENTERTAINMENT x TECH JOBS 😎 (LinkedIn)

• Watch this trippy masterpiece blending classical + generative techniques to create a cohesive world. (X)

• We wanted full control for our new AI movie “Paper Jam”, so we hand-animated all poses in an AI-generated 3D space. Scenes were then rendered using Flux with regional custom character LoRAs for consistency and interpolated with Kling (X)

• AI is redefining animation—not by replacing imagination, but by expanding it. 🎥 (LinkedIn)