Animation, light speed photo editing, and AI hitting your KPIs

Welcome to this week's edition of The Breakdown! AI Animation, photo editing and AI driving marketing results are the top headlines this week. And if you haven't heard, Google has announced a ton of AI-related news.

Stability AI releases Stable Animation

AI animation is on its way. Stability AI has released the Stable Animation SDK, a tool for artists and developers to generate animations using Stable Diffusion models. Users can create animations through prompts, source images, or source videos and have access to all Stable Diffusion models. Honestly, it seems a little gimmicky currently, but just like everything cutting edge, this is the worst it will be. So, imagine what AI animation will be like in 12 months.

Google's Magic Editor

Google's Magic Editor is an AI-powered tool that allows users to make significant edits to photos with just a few taps, including enhancing the sky, moving and scaling subjects, and removing parts of an image. If it can swap the faces of my crying, non-smiling kids in family photos in a matter of seconds, I might have to buy a Pixel phone.

The tool is set to become available on select Pixel phones later this year before rolling out to everyone else.

Airtable: Drive results with AI

Airtable has released new features to help organizations drive results with AI, preconfigured apps, and connected data. Airtable AI allows teams to implement AI across their workflows without coding or requiring AI expertise. If you are on a marketing team, you should definitely dive in and start using some of these new features to plan campaigns, manage requests, track budgets, coordinate calendars, oversee production, and manage assets.

🌎 Around the Web

Here are some interesting stories from around the web that caught our attention this week:

• Here's Everything Google Has Announced at I/O So Far

• ChatGPT is About to Revolutionize Cybersecurity

• GameFace Lets You Control a Computer with Your Face

• Scientists Use GPT AI to Passively Read People's Thoughts

🛠️ The Best Open Source Tools

Open Source is always on the move. This GPT project allows you to interact privately with your own personal AI using your documents, without requiring an internet connection.

🎧 Listen Up!

If you're looking for a AI podcast that dives deep into a single topic and story, this is a great podcast to check out. Their latest episode is on AI and vaccine distribution—it's a fascinating topic.

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