Loopy: New Audio-to-Video Lipsyncing Model Looks Insane It generates lifelike facial expressions and movements from audio alone. It captures subtle details like sighs, expressive eyebrows, and natural head gestures, making your videos incredibly realistic. Sample videos 1/5

Big paper I have been waiting for: what are the real impacts of AI on programmer productivity? It is a randomized controlled trial using the older, less-powerful GPT-3.5 powered Github Copilot for 4,867 coders in Fortune 100 firms. It finds a 26.08% increase in completed tasks.

A surgeon in Rome successfully performed a remote robotic surgery on a patient located 8,000 km away in Beijing! Using cutting-edge robotic systems and the power of 5G technology, the team successfully carried out the operation with precision and real-time control, despite the

Canada announced a new military aid package for Ukraine! 🇺🇦🤝🇨🇦 The package includes: ◾️80,840 additional CRV-7 rocket motors  ◾️1,300 CRV-7 warheads ◾️970 C6 machine guns ◾️10,500 9mm pistols ◾️29 M113s decommissioned chassis ◾️64 Coyote LAVs decommissioned chassis ◾️50

China: 99.9% pure graphite breakthrough can revolutionize tech, battery industry interestingengineering.com/energy/china-g…

Norway’s record smashing giant underwater drone swims 3400m deep autonomously interestingengineering.com/innovation/nor…

New item unlocked! The Cellular Airborne Sensor Search and Rescue System was successfully used in two real-world situations onboard a CC-130H Hercules.

This is wonderful. Choir! Choir! Choir! singing the Hip on the streets of Toronto. #TIFF24

20 years after we started in dorm rooms at Stanford Palantir is now part of the S&P 500. cnbc.com/2024/09/06/del…

With our next-generation delivery platform launching soon in Dallas-Fort Worth and Pea Ridge, Arkansas, we’re putting our system through rigorous testing every day.

Ukrainian soldiers leave a military base after receiving training. I let you watch how they said goodbye ❤️

Fascinating discussion 👍

In 1968, Sidney Poitier was at a press conference at the height of his career. He made it very clear how he felt about the press. Funny that I had to find this on a discarded film reel with 1000s of books, Microfiche and films. Now you can see it.

Went down a man, came back a legend 👑

Superb close-up of last night's The Boeing Company Starliner undock from the Space Station. Zoom in, you can see every bit. (video: 4K SpaceTV-1 from the good folks sen - brand new, freely accessible to the public soon)

"Thunderstruck" (AC/DC Bluegrass cover by Steve N Seagulls)

In last week's S3 1X shared their plans to quickly deploy Neo, their new robot, in homes. So I asked if they'd put Neo in my home.

US nuclear reactor breakthrough unravels plutonium oxide’s secrets at 3000 K interestingengineering.com/energy/us-nucl…

This is why I’m so bullish on VR. The biggest hurdle imo for its adoption is a real hook - it’s been waiting for generative AI. VR is the in-between world where people are going to interact with anthropomorphic artificial intelligence. It’ll be like meeting an alien race.

Light infantry units & robotics are an incredible match. Thoughts? Alex Buck 🇨🇦 Mid-Career Army Officer Canadian Army