Hollywood vs. AI 🔥

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

Hollywood is pushing back against AI and opposing OpenAI and Google's recent appeals to the U.S. government.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Ben Stiller, Paul McCartney Join 400 Hollywood Stars in Fight Against AI’s Use of Copyrighted Content.

• Open-Sora 2.0 Rivals Top AI Video Models at 90% Lower Training Costs

• AI Tutorial: How to connect your GitHub repositories directly to Claude

• AI Tools to check out

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

• AI Findings/Resources

AI News

HOLLYWOOD

Ben Stiller, Paul McCartney Join 400 Hollywood Stars in Fight Against AI’s Use of Copyrighted Content.

Over 400 influential Hollywood figures, including Ben Stiller and Paul McCartney, have signed an open letter urging the Trump administration to uphold copyright protections against AI companies.

Details:

• The letter pushes back against proposals from OpenAI and Google, which call for an exemption allowing AI companies to train models on copyrighted material to stay competitive with China.

• The letter, addressed to the Trump White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, criticizes AI companies and argues that weakening copyright protections threatens America’s creative industries, which are vital to the economy and culture.

• It was backed by some of the biggest names in entertainment, from actors like Cate Blanchett and Taika Waititi to musicians like Paul Simon and Paul McCartney.

Meanwhile, OpenAI and Google argue that fair use laws already permit AI to train on copyrighted content and that loosening restrictions would support innovation and economic growth in the tech sector. The debate continues, highlighting the challenge of fostering technological progress while protecting artists' rights.

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HPC-AI TECH

Open-Sora 2.0 Rivals Top AI Video Models at 90% Lower Training Costs

HPC-AI Tech has developed an open-source AI video model that delivers nearly commercial-grade quality while reducing training costs by about 90% through new compression methods.

Details:

• Open-Sora 2.0 generates videos from text descriptions or single images, with a maximum resolution of 768x768 pixels and a five-second limit. It also includes a motion score tool for controlling movement intensity.

• The model had training costs of approximately $200,000—roughly one-tenth of other models like Movie Gen. This significant cost reduction was achieved through a three-stage training process, the use of pre-trained image models, and the introduction of a new video autoencoder.

• In benchmarks, the model performs at near-commercial levels across key metrics such as visual quality and prompt accuracy, with its VBench score just 0.69% behind OpenAI's Sora.

The model still faces challenges with occasional artifacts and physics-defying movements, but its open-source nature could help lower prices in the AI video generation market through improved training methods. You can watch more examples on the official project page.

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AI Tutorial

How to connect your GitHub repositories directly to Claude

Connect your GitHub repositories directly to Claude to provide comprehensive context for your software development tasks.

Note: If you’re currently unauthenticated with GitHub, you’ll be redirected to GitHub to authenticate before you can use the integration

👉 Chats:

1. Click the GitHub icon in your chat menu.

2. Search through your accessible repositories, or paste a repository URL

3. Use the file browser to select specific files and folders

4. When you send your message, Claude will access and process the content to inform its response

👉 Projects

1. Click on "Add Content" in your Project knowledge

2. Select "GitHub":

3. Same as before, Search through your accessible repositories, or paste a repository URL.

4. Your selected content will be added to the Project knowledge for Claude to access and process

5. You can use the “Sync” icon to ensure you’re working with the most up-to-date version of your codebase and use the “Configure files” icon to modify which files and folders Claude analyzes.

AI Tools to check out

👉 MaxAI: Chat with any webpage.

⭐ Kvistly: AI-powered quiz maker.

💡 Athena AI: Transform your study experience with AI-powered tools

✉️ Inbox AI: Manage email and automate everyday tasks with custom ai-powered workflows.

📽 Vidu: generate high-quality videos from text and images.

AI Findings/Resources

💡 From prompt to product: The rise of AI-powered web app builders

🎮 How gen AI is leveling up the games industry

🛒 Turns out people are using AI like a personal shopper

 📰 Italian newspaper publishes world’s first AI-generated edition

The latest in AI and Tech

Microsoft teams up with AI start-up to simulate brain reasoning

Microsoft and Swiss startup Inait announced a partnership to develop AI models based on 20 years of brain research and simulations of mammalian brains. The new technology is expected to learn from real-world experience, be more energy-efficient, and adapt better to complex environments.

Meta AI is finally coming to the EU

TStarting this week, Meta AI will roll out across WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger in 41 European countries and 21 overseas territories, but for now, it will be limited to text-based chat features.

Nvidia, xAI, join Microsoft in AI infrastructure partnership

Nvidia and xAI are joining forces with BlackRock, Microsoft, and Abu Dhabi to create a massive AI infrastructure fund. The initiative aims to raise up to $100 billion to build new data centers and energy projects.

LG AI Research releases reasoning models

The new reasoning models (LRMs), named EXAONE Deep, are available in three sizes (2.4B, 7.8B, and 32B parameters) and have been optimized for math, science, and programming.

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