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Think ChatGPT is impressive? Try text-to-video with Runway 🤯
Runway 101, free ChatGPT Plus, Netflix's $900K AI role, Bing Chat on Chrome and more
Everyday AI
July 26, 2023
Outsmart The Future
Today in Everyday AI
7-minute read
🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Wanna create amazing videos in seconds using just text (and AI, of course)? Runway is here to save the day. Give it a listen.
🕵️♂️ Fresh Finds: Say goodbye to iPhone screenshots thanks to AI and Rewind, AI drones in Ukraine, and more than half of companies are using GenAI. Read on for Fresh Finds.
🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: AWS’ new AI courses, Netflix offers 900K for an AI manager and four powerhouses join forces. Read on for Byte Sized News.
🚀 AI In 5: We’re teaching you a 1-2 knockout combo of Midjourney and Runway to create high-quality videos in minutes. See how.
🏆 Digital Drops Giveaway: Hurry! Win FREE ChatGPT for 6 months and 1-on-1 training. Ends in less than a week. Sign up now!
🧠 Leveraging AI 101: Now that you know how AI and automation can be a killer tag team, let’s show you how to actually make the duo work for you across a variety of business use-cases. Keep reading for that!
↩️ Don’t miss out: Missed yesterday’s newsletter? We talked about AI powered investing, huge lawsuits from media publishers and how to talk directly to web pages! Check it here!
Runway 101:
Create stunning videos in seconds! 🤩
Imagine you want an aerial shot of *insert city* only to find out drones cost $1,500 and a service is at least $5K.
Yikes.
Now imagine you could do all that with just text. Cue Runway, a text-to-video AI that creates super realistic videos.
We're breaking down the basics of Runway and showing you how to create amazing videos in seconds.
Join the conversation and ask Jordan about Runway here
Also on the pod today:
• Impressive results with Runway 😱
• Details on Runway editing 🧑💻️
• Brining old photos to life 📸
It’ll be worth your 26 minutes:
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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:
New AI Tool Spotlight – ProApp is your AI design academy to upskill your design career, Rewind is an AI productivity tool for iPhone users to search/summarize screenshots and browsing history and Humbird AI is your AI-powered hiring process.
AI and Startups – HumanFirst raised $5 million to turn your company’s data into AI agents you can chat with.
The Money in AI - Protect AI, a startup building tools to strengthen the security around AI systems, announced that it raised $35 million.
Future of Work – According to a VentureBeat survey, 54.6% of companies are experimenting with generative AI, but only 18.2% plan to increase their spending on it in the coming year.
Read This – The war in Ukraine is sparking a revolution in drone warfare, with AI-enabled drones promising a huge leap forward for Ukraine's military.
1. Amazon Web Services Offer AI Courses 🧑🏫️
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is stepping up its game, offering seven new courses to help you get your head around generative AI. AWS is making most of these courses free, targeting developers, business executives, and anyone else interested in AI.
2. Netflix's AI Role: A $900K Gig Amid Actor Strikes 🎬
Netflix is making some serious moves in the AI space, offering a whopping $300,000 to $900,000 salary for an AI-focused manager role, even as actors continue to strike over the 'existential threat' posed by the technology. The streaming giant is also offering up to $650,000 for a generative AI technical director role in its gaming studio.
3. Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic Form Group 🤝
In a groundbreaking move, four AI powerhouses - Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic - have joined forces to form the Frontier Model Forum. This industry body is all about the "safe and responsible" development of advanced AI models. The forum aims to promote AI safety research, encourage responsible AI deployment, and discuss AI's trust and safety risks.
4. Bing's AI Chat and Copilot Now on Google Chrome 🚀
Microsoft's Bing AI chat and AI-powered search results are now available to select Google Chrome users, and it's a game-changer! Previously exclusive to Microsoft Edge and the Bing app, Bing's AI chat interface is now accessible to a wider audience.
5. Alibaba Cloud: First in China to Support Meta's AI Model Llama 🦙
Alibaba's cloud computing division is making waves as the first Chinese enterprise to support Meta's open-source AI model, Llama. This move allows Chinese businesses to develop programs using the model, providing a powerful, free alternative to pricey proprietary models sold by OpenAI and Google.
Using Midjourney and Runway to Create Videos in Minutes 🎥
Can you really create amazing videos in seconds with Midjourney and Runway?
Yes.
Welcome to our quick dive into the world of AI-generated videos with Midjourney and Runway. This isn't just about making videos, it's about crafting visual stories with the power of AI.
How can you create stunning videos with text only? We'll show you how in AI in 5.
It’s here: 6 Free Months of ChatGPT Plus and 1-on-1 training.
Win 6 months of free ChatGPT Plus ($120 value) and 6 personal training sessions to go from beginner to advanced ($,$$$ value)
Giveaway ends in a few days, so sign up now!
🤷♂️ What’s Going On and Why It Matters:
Creativity overload 🤯
Bethcya didn’t know what was possible with just some text and AI, did ya?
In today’s livestream and podcast, Jordan did a live creativity experiment: can you create amazing videos with just text? And do it in minutes instead of days?
You can already guess the answer.
(The answer is yes! Yasssss!)
Jordan focused today’s show on Runway, which we see as a HUGELY undervalued GenAI tool.
ChatGPT grabs the headlines.
Midjourney’s AI art dominates Twitter.
But where’s the shine for Runway?
We decided to cast our AI light on the (admittedly amazing) AI software. And if you haven’t heard of Runway yet, take note.
They JUST released Gen 2 features to the public, which includes text to video and image to video.
They’ve already raised $140 million from the likes of Google, Nvidia, Salesforce and other household names. And a $1.5 billion valuation to boot. (That’ll go up, trust us)
So how can you use AI videos to grow your biz?
Glad you asked.
Lez get it 👇
🦾How You Can Leverage:
Don’t think video creation is for you?
Ok, maybe you’re not a cinematographer spending hours a day in the video editing booth.
(Wait, are editing booths still a thing?)
That doesn’t mean you should ignore Runway. Actually — the opposite.
Runway brings AI-powered video editing magic to the masses, even if you don’t have any experience editing video. In addition to the text-to-video and image-to-video features we covered in the pod, Runway's AI video editing toolset runs deep. Remove video backgrounds or distractions in a click, color grading videos with text, super slo-mo in video, adjusting depth of field.... (You get it.)
Here’s how the everyday person can use the text-to-video and image-to-video to grow your company or career. 👇
1 – Start with your own photos 📸
We get it.
Some of the AI-generated video clips can look VERY AI generated until you get the hang of it. Especially if you’re trying the text-to-video option in Runway. We suggest always starting with your own image or an AI-generated image for best results.
Try this: Upload your own photos or company’s photos into Runway. That boring corporate shot? Now it’s a slightly-less-boring video. All of those explainer photos on the long-form blog post? Now you can stitch them together and create an engaging video that actually explains what you’re trying to explain.
2 – Reframe how you view video 🖼️
See what we did there? Wordplay.
Alright, for the existence of the internet, we’ve thought of video for advertising, commercials, and marketing. But video can be more than that, especially when all it takes is text and a few minutes.
Try this: Even with the 4-second limit in Runway, there’s infinite uses for video. Here’s a few:
Product Showcases: Businesses can use Runway to create dynamic and visually appealing showcases of their products. These videos can be used on social media platforms, websites, or in email marketing campaigns.
Virtual Tours: Real estate companies, hotels, or any business with a physical location can use Runway to create virtual tours. This can give potential customers a better understanding of what to expect.
Event Promotions: Businesses can use Runway to create promotional videos for upcoming events or sales. Ditch the boring graphic and bring your event promo to life.
Brand Storytelling: Businesses can use Runway to create videos that tell the story of their brand. Start with your best brand photos, and create a montage of 4-second Runway clips. This can help build a stronger connection with their audience.
3 – Let your creativity run free 🏃♂️
Business use cases are easy to realize. But don’t stop there.
Whether you use Runway for personal purposes, your next passion-project, or that work idea that you can’t check off your to-do list, put on your thinking cap to see where still photos could use a video upgrade.
Try this: Animate historical photos, turn your 90s vacation photos into a moving montage, bring your childhood memories to life with movement, animate those still infographics, create that music video or cover art with Midjourney and Runway, or finally turn that storybook idea into a slightly animated feature.
Now This …
OK, now you’re running to Runway? 🏃🏻♂️
We get it. Us too.
Hit us with a reply on what you’d like to create or have already created. Maybe we’ll feature your work in our newsletter! 👀
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