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Hybrid AI model crafts smooth, high-quality videos in seconds
What would a behind-the-scenes look at a video generated by an artificial intelligence model be like? You might think the process is similar to stop-motion animation, where many images are created and stitched together, but that’s not quite the case for “diffusion models” like OpenAl’s SORA and Google’s VEO 2. Instead of producing a video…

Smooth, silent, strange: What it’s really like to hail a robotaxi
Some people can brush off careless, dangerous driving when they see it. Not me. I loathe it and shake my fist at the sky like Grandpa Simpson. As a pedestrian and motorist, I’ve been nearly struck by distracted or careless drivers more times than I can count. Recently, my jaw went slack when I watched…