Greetings 👽, AI art enthusiasts. In an industry where innovation is constant, staying informed is crucial. Here's our weekly roundup of significant advancements in Stable Diffusion community (or is it Flux, now?) and beyond.

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🛠️ Flux Advancements

• SimpleTuner v0.9.8 released for efficient Flux training on various GPUs
• New method to improve Flux's prompt adherence and introduce negative prompts
• ControlNet (Canny) model released for FLUX.1-dev
• X-Labs releases 6 new Flux LoRAs for style adaptation

🎮 AI Impact on Entertainment

• SAG-AFTRA initiates strike against video game industry over AI-related worker protections
• Main issue: Disagreement over protections for voice and movement performers
• "Side letter six" clause may limit strike's impact on some ongoing game productions

🎥 Nvidia's 'Cosmos' AI Project

• Nvidia working on massive video foundation model called "Cosmos"
• Project involves scraping large amounts of video content from various platforms
• Raises ethical and legal questions about data collection practices in AI development

📡 On Our Radar

• Deep-Live-Cam: Real-time webcam face swapping tool
• LLM Saga: AI D&D Game Engine
• Apple's ml_mdm: Open-source image synthesis framework
• CogVideoX-2B: Text-to-video model
• ReSyncer: AI lip-sync system

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Hey! 👋 Here are this week's roundup of the latest developments in Stable Diffusion, and the broader AI art world.

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🖼️ Flux: New Open-Source AI Image Generator

• Black Forest Labs unveils Flux, a 12B parameter text-to-image model
• Rivals industry giants like DALL-E 3 and Midjourney
• Available in three versions: pro, dev, and schnell
• Community developing methods to run on lower-end hardware

Full version (anchored).

🎮 'Echoes of Somewhere': AI-Generated Game Assets

• Jussi Kemppainen creates full game using AI-generated assets
• 2.5D point-and-click adventure game anthology series
• AI tools shaped the game's futuristic aesthetic
• Potential to level the playing field for indie developers

Full version (anchored).

⚖️ AI Deepfakes in Politics and Law

• Elon Musk shares controversial deepfake video of VP Harris
• US Senate passes DEFIANCE Act against AI deepfake pornography

Full version (anchored).

🗣️ OpenAI's ChatGPT Voice Mode

• Advanced voice features rolled out to select ChatGPT Plus users
• Impressive capabilities but with notable limitations
• Debate over balance between safety and creative potential

Full version (anchored).

📡 On Our Radar

• Stable Fast 3D: Generate high-quality 3D assets from a single image in 0.5 seconds
• Runaway Gen-3 Alpha: AI-powered image-to-video generation
• Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2): Video segmentation by Meta AI
• Midjourney v6.1: Improved image generation with better coherence and quality
• Meta AI Studio: Platform for creating custom AI characters without technical skills
• Easy Comp: AI-based compositing plugin for Adobe After Effects
• Automatic 1111 Update: Stable Diffusion web UI v1.10.0 with SD 3 support
• Flash Face: Tool for personalizing human images while preserving identity
• ControlNet Pose Depot: Library of high-quality ControlNet poses
• ReForge: Updated fork of Stable Diffusion web UI with expanded toolkit
• Virtual Tabletop: Prototype system for online RPGs and board games

Full version (anchored).

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Hey! 👋 Here are this week's roundup of the latest developments in Stable Diffusion, and the broader AI art world.

Click here to read the full article with proper formatting, links, visuals, etc.

🖼️ Flux: New Open-Source AI Image Generator

• Black Forest Labs unveils Flux, a 12B parameter text-to-image model
• Rivals industry giants like DALL-E 3 and Midjourney
• Available in three versions: pro, dev, and schnell
• Community developing methods to run on lower-end hardware

Full version (anchored).

🎮 'Echoes of Somewhere': AI-Generated Game Assets

• Jussi Kemppainen creates full game using AI-generated assets
• 2.5D point-and-click adventure game anthology series
• AI tools shaped the game's futuristic aesthetic
• Potential to level the playing field for indie developers

Full version (anchored).

⚖️ AI Deepfakes in Politics and Law

• Elon Musk shares controversial deepfake video of VP Harris
• US Senate passes DEFIANCE Act against AI deepfake pornography

Full version (anchored).

🗣️ OpenAI's ChatGPT Voice Mode

• Advanced voice features rolled out to select ChatGPT Plus users
• Impressive capabilities but with notable limitations
• Debate over balance between safety and creative potential

Full version (anchored).

📡 On Our Radar

• Stable Fast 3D: Generate high-quality 3D assets from a single image in 0.5 seconds
• Runaway Gen-3 Alpha: AI-powered image-to-video generation
• Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2): Video segmentation by Meta AI
• Midjourney v6.1: Improved image generation with better coherence and quality
• Meta AI Studio: Platform for creating custom AI characters without technical skills
• Easy Comp: AI-based compositing plugin for Adobe After Effects
• Automatic 1111 Update: Stable Diffusion web UI v1.10.0 with SD 3 support
• Flash Face: Tool for personalizing human images while preserving identity
• ControlNet Pose Depot: Library of high-quality ControlNet poses
• ReForge: Updated fork of Stable Diffusion web UI with expanded toolkit
• Virtual Tabletop: Prototype system for online RPGs and board games

Full version (anchored).

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