Alibaba Cloud Launches AI Video Generation Tool Live Portrait

Translated data: Alibaba Cloud has introduced an AI video generation tool called Live Portait, which allows users to quickly create digital human AI videos by simply uploading a facial photo and controlling it via text or voice commands. The tool supports functions such as singing, rapping, and telling jokes, and can also produce digital image business cards for enterprises. It supports intelligent broadcasting and explanations in multiple languages and dialects. Users need to log in to the ModelScope official website, register an account, and then they can use the tool to generate videos and download them. The algorithm head of the tool stated that Live Portait surpasses the limitations of traditional adversarial networks and has a broad application prospect, potentially becoming a production tool for enterprises to save costs and increase efficiency.

The First National Case Involving Copyright Infringement in AI Art Model Training Goes to Court

Recently, the Beijing Internet Court held online hearings for four copyright infringement cases filed by illustrators against the developers and operators of AI art software. The plaintiffs in these cases are all renowned illustrators who discovered that their original works, published on a content-sharing platform, were extensively mimicked by the AI art software and used as training material to generate new artworks. These AI-generated artworks not only closely resemble the style of the plaintiffs' works but are also used heavily for commercial purposes, severely harming the interests of the plaintiffs.

AI Artist Caught Taking Orders: Xiaohongshu Influencer 'Identifying AI' Video Receives 29,000 Likes

Xiaohongshu influencer 'Antenna Sister (Underwear King)' recently shared an unusual experience. While commissioning an illustration for her original character, she unexpectedly discovered that the artist she hired was using AI technology. This revelation sparked widespread attention and discussion on social media, with the video quickly garnering 29,000 likes on Xiaohongshu.

Black Forest Lab FLUX3 Multimodal Model Makes Its Debut: Generate 20-Second Audio and Video in One Go, Significantly Outperforming Grok and Seedance

Black Forest Labs released FLUX3, a unified multimodal model for joint image, video, and audio learning. Built on the Self-Flow self-supervised flow matching framework, it extends FLUX series for multimodal generation and understanding. Supports text-to-video, image-to-video, generating up to 20s videos with native synchronized audio, outperforming predecessors.....

Hongguo Short Drama Releases AI Character Guidelines, Crackdown on Frequent AI Faces and Copyright Infringement

On July 24, Hongguo Short Drama announced measures to regulate AI-created characters. Each drama's main roles must be highly distinctive; reusing highly similar images is banned to reduce aesthetic fatigue and overuse of common AI faces. Unauthorized use of others' original characters, costumes, props, and copyrighted photos is strictly prohibited.....

Fields Medal Winner Zimmermann Announces Joining OpenAI, Math's Highest Honor Recipient Shifts to AI Safety

The 2026 ICM in Philadelphia awarded Fields Medals to Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Zimmerman, and Hong Wang. Deng and Wang are the first Chinese recipients. Zimmerman, honored for proving a core o-minimality conjecture, later announced a shift to AI safety and joined OpenAI, praised for his mathematical talent.....