#66 From Will Smith to Meta's MovieGen: How AI Video Got Real. Plus Claude 3.5’s “Computer Use” & Open Source Tools

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In this episode, we are joined by Vitale to discuss:
Meta’s video generation breakthrough: Explore Meta’s new “MovieGen” model family that generates hyper-realistic, 16-second video clips with reflections, consistent spatial details, and multi-frame coherence. Also discussed: Sora, a sneak peek at Meta’s open-source possibilities.
For a look back, check out this classic AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti.

Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 updates: Meet Claude 3.5 and its “computer use” feature, letting it navigate your screen for you.

Easily fine-tune & train LLMs, faster with Unsloth: Discover tools that simplify model fine-tuning and deployment, making it easier for small-scale developers to harness AI’s power. Don’t miss Gerganov’s GitHub contributions in this space, too.

Deno 2.0 release hype: With a splashy promo video, Deno’s JavaScript runtime enters the scene as a streamlined, secure alternative to Node.js.

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1. #66 From Will Smith to Meta's MovieGen: How AI Video Got Real. Plus Claude 3.5’s “Computer Use” & Open Source Tools (00:00:00)

2. Generative AI for Video Generation (00:00:01)

3. High-Quality Video Generation Models (00:09:55)

4. Advancements in Open Source AI (00:27:38)

5. AI Automation (00:39:52)

6. Deno 2 and UV Discussion (00:50:27)