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Runway’s new AI video generator: huge leap forward in realism

Runway, the New York-based AI video startup, has a major upgrade to its flagship text-to-video generator Gen-2 today. The improvements to video fidelity and consistency have led many in the AI creative community to call this release a huge leap forward for AI filmmaking.

The Gen-2 model was first released in March 2023, allowing users to type text prompts to generate 4-second video clips. Previous versions required uploading an existing video. In August, Runway extended the maximum length to 18 seconds.

The latest upgrade focuses on enhancing the realism and sharpness of AI-generated videos. According to users, the resolution has increased from 1792×1024 to 2816×1536. This enables the creation of intricate details and smoother motion in the simulated footage.

Runway has also improved its “Director Mode” feature .

This allows controlling camera movements like panning and zooming to mimic cinematic techniques. The simulated camera motions are now more lifelike and can be applied to specific objects or characters within a scene.

Creative professionals have been stunned by the hyper-realistic results. Generative AI user TomLikesRobots the upgrade “game-changing” on social media. Early examples show AI human models with convincing facial expressions, detailed clothing and environments, and natural motions.

While each clip is limited to 18 seconds, artists have already edited together sequences to create narrative music videos and short films.

This has become known as “AI filmmaking” — using AI tools for production.

Runway’s founder, Cristóbal Valenzuela, declared in an enthusiastic social media posts that “Creative software is dead.” He explained that, unlike traditional software, AI generators create content independently rather than just executing human instructions. The user plays a creative director role rather than manually manipulating pixels.

The launch coincides with heated debates in Hollywood about AI-generated content threatening actors’ careers. While not intended for impersonation, Runway’s virtual human models exhibit increasing realism. This release will undoubtedly intensify the discussion around AI’s emerging role in film and media production.

For now, the AI community appears united in praise for this technology milestone. As one user said, this marks a “pivotal moment in generative AI.” Only time will tell how society adapts to these rapidly advancing creative AI systems that are likely to fundamentally change how movies are made.

Fubara praises Tinubu's mediation in River s emergency, apologizes

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Fubara praises Tinubu's mediation in River s emergency, apologizes

Rivers Governors Siminalayi Fubara has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's mediation in the political emergency shaking the State saying it prompted fast goal of the matter.

Fubara, in an explanation he by and by endorsed at the end of the week named Harmony is extremely valuable, depicted Tinubu's job in the debate as protective.

He said: "I wish to thank the Leader of the Government Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for his paternal mediation which opened a progression of correspondence channels to work with the opportune goal of the putrefying emergencies. I wish to likewise thank our elderly folks, who are right now mediating regarding this situation".

Fubara, who depicted himself as a man of harmony, said his parts in every one of the occasions were intended to guarantee the soundness and progress of the state.

Portraying the occasions, he said: "I think of it as important to give this press articulation on the advancements of the beyond couple of days in our dear state.

"Late on sunday night, 29th october 2023, I was immersed with reports that the blessed office of the Rivers State House of Assembly has been destroyed by fire. the burst was effectively extinguished by the fire administration, after which security organizations assumed command over the circumstance.

"My visit to the Assembly complex on monday, 30th october 2023 was to survey the degree of harm and embrace medicinal measures to safeguard lives and property inside the Get together intricate. I charged the security organizations to research the episode and report to me completely.

"Not long after, I got reports that the state place of gathering had broken into two groups: one professing to have arraigned and suspended the house chief and three others preliminary to starting a reprimand activity against me, and the other adversary group denouncing the speaker and representative speaker, in this way starting off some type of political emergency.

"Allow me obviously to express that my activities are pointed toward reestablishing harmony and dependability in our state. I'm a man of harmony and as Governors, the headway of our state is my essential concern. Therefore, no penance is a lot for me to make to accomplish this goal".

The Governors said it stayed the aggregate liability of the Ministi of Government Capital Region (FCT), Boss Nyesom Wike and himself to use their situations to propel the advancement of the State.

He said: "Moreover, it is the aggregate liability of the quick past Governors and Minister of the Government Capital Domain, His Excellency, Boss Lawyer, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, GSSRS, Life Bencher and my modest self, to use on our positions and impacts inside and outside the state to propel the advancement, security and prosperity of our kin.

"We should accordingly not permit conditions that could hinder all endeavors at accomplishing significance for our kin to win. On my part, I'm continuously willing and prepared to embrace the way to enduring harmony and peacefulness with a guarantee to culminating all endeavors and drives by Mr. President and other good natured Nigerians, including my sibling lead representatives and the older folks."

Fubara apologized to Waterways individuals over the pressure that grasped the state portraying it as lamentable.

He said: "I guarantee the great individuals and young people of Streams Express, that harmony will absolutely win and we will keep on cooperating to propel the harmony, security, progress and advancement of our state.

"As Governors, I earnestly apologize to the great individuals of Rivers State for the deplorable tensions of the most recent couple of days, while saying thanks to you for your interests, and proceeded with help, love, and prayers".

Birth Enlistment: Just 54.6% Of Under-Five Children Enrolled In Kano - UNICEF

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Birth Enlistment: Just 54.6% Of Under-Five Children Enrolled In Kano - UNICEF

 

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The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) says, only 54.6% of under-five children’s births are registered in Kano, compared to the 57.3% at the national level.

The Head Of The Unicef Field Office in Kano, Rahma Rihood Mohammed Farah, expressed this at a media exchange on birth enrollment in Kano.

Farah added that the Multi-group Study (MICS) 2021, shows that under-five birth enrollment is pretty much as low as 23.6 percent in Jigawa State and 67 percent in Katsina.

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Non-Academic Staff Union Advocates Better Industrial Harmony

 

The Non Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have called for better understanding between Unions and Government for Uninterrupted Sessions in schools.

Some critical players of the Federal School of Medical Laboratory Sciences said this in Jos the Plateau State Capital.

The recently introduced individuals from non-academics staff in the Federal school of laboratory sciences guaranteed on help to accomplish the points of the foundation however pursued for understanding from vital participants.

It is trusted that the cooperative energy between the different gatherings in the wellbeing area will be supported so academy and research exercises won't be impacted.

Founder Of World Crypto Currency Has Been Found Guilty Of Money Laundering

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Founder Of World Crypto Currency Has Been Found Guilty Of Money Laundering 

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The founder of one of the world biggest crypto currency firms, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering.

The thirty -one year old former billionaire who had been declared bankrupt will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison, even as he awaits sentencing in March next year.

The verdict follows five hours of jury deliberations in his month-long trial in a New York court

Source: BBC

Jerry Gana's Son, Joshua Wins Large As Appeal Court Returns Him To House Of Reps

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Jerry Gana's Son, Joshua Wins Large As Appeal Court Returns Him To House Of Reps

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has reinstated Joshua, the son of Prof. Jerry Gana, as the House of Representatives member representing Edati/Lavun/Mokwa Federal Constituency of Niger State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had proclaimed the more youthful Gana as victor of the political race with 47,942 votes while the applicant of All Progressive Congress, APC, Abdullahi Gbatamagi was said to have scored 40,003 votes.

Gbatamagi had challenged the INEC return of Joshua Gana at the National and State House of Assembly Political race Court, which fired Joshua in its judgment and requested a rerun in some surveying stations.

Gbatamagi, while testing the political race results, asserted discretionary misbehavior and resistance with the Appointive Demonstration, 2022 in the lead of the political decision.

The court drove by Justice Sylvester Godspower-drove Council had held that the edge of lead at the survey was not exactly the extremely durable elector cards (PVCs) gathered in the contested surveying units where races were dropped.

The court then, at that point, decreased Gana's votes to 46,494 while that of Gbatamagi was remained at 39,159 votes, consequently requesting a new valuable political race in the 26 surveying units in 90 days or less.

Gana anyway moved toward the Court of Appeal, which in its judgment conveyed by Justice Daniel Kahiru, held that any proof wrongly conceded in a Tribunal is a difficult issue and a redrafting court has the obligation to cancel such records.

The Judges held that a composed observer explanation on promise should go with a request for such a proof to be permissible in regulation, however noticed that didn't occur in the moment case at the Tribunal.

Its judgment, the Redrafting court decided that the proof depended upon to sack Gana was uncouth, put away judgment of the Political race Request Tribunal which sat in Minna, and permitted the enticement for succeed, consequently confirmed the political race triumph of Joshua Gana as a properly chosen individual from the Government House of Representatives.

Last Captive Bethel Baptist School Students Acquires Freedom

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Last Captive Bethel Baptist School Students Acquires Freedom

Sign board of Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State where 121 students were abducted on July 5, 2021

The last of the 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria, has regained finally his freedom after 2 YEARS, 3 MONTHS and 27 DAYS IN TERRORISTS CAPTIVITY.

It will reviewed that crooks raged the school on July 5, 2021, where they captive 121 students. Every one of the snatched students recaptured their freedom aside from one.

Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna State, Reverend Joseph Hayap who affirmed this to AIT.live said, that the 15-year-old kid, Fortune Ayuba wound up in a unidentified local area in the early long stretches of Thursday where he asked a few local people for help and they obliged.

Reverend Hayap made sense of that local people put him on a motorbike where he voyaged a significant distance prior to getting a vehicle that carried him to Kaduna city. After getting to Sabon Tasha, the students had the option to find his direction home to rejoin with his loved ones.

The priest noticed that the kid seems, by all accounts, to be in great perspective, however he has been taken to an undisclosed wellbeing office for clinical examination.