News & Reviews:   GenAI

While the boom in Generative AI still continues to grow, there have been niggling signs that it could, in fact, share certain aspects with the dot.com bubble. As such, we thought it might be a good idea to revisit the lessons learned from that and what might happen if the AI bubble bursts too. Check it out here.

Generative AI is utilised in various aspects today. We use these platforms to help summarise and discover solutions to our problems and perform other tasks. For instance, NotebookLM helps with research and studying. The latest update adds new features to help students study better.

Many of you may not remember it, but Meta announced a "metaverse" game back in 2023 called Horizon Worlds. The game is only playable with Meta's VR (virtual reality) headsets, like the Meta Quest 3. Anyway, the company's next update could include AI-powered NPCs.

The digital frustrations of a faulty search bar, the logistical headaches of maintaining consistent service across a vast hotel network, and the operational inefficiencies of traditional workflows are all too familiar. As customer expectations are on the rise in Malaysia, these issues can be a silent killer of sales and a major blow to brand reputation.

However, a glimpse into an AI-powered future is already underway just across the causeway. In Singapore, Gill Capital Group (powering brands like H&M in Indonesia and Thailand), Frasers Hospitality, and FairPrice Group are leveraging Google Cloud agentic solutions to tackle these very challenges head-on. These could provide a blueprint for how Malaysian counterparts in similar industries could also utilise such features.

The Malaysian company formerly known as MyEG, Zetrix AI Bhd recently introduced NurAI, which is a Shariah?compliant AI chatbot. Available for free for now (paid plans start from RM20 to RM200 per month and are coming soon), you can download it for both Android and iOS.

The first time I tried Google Veo 3 and Flow to make a more than 8-seconds video, I came up against problems with consistency. This meant that throughout my videos, my character sometimes didn't have the same clothes, hairstyle or even voice.

For today's topic, we made this guide on How to get consistent characters in Google Veo 3 and Flow, so do read on.

Google Veo 3 and Flow are Google’s latest generative AI platforms that offer text-to-video prompting. While Veo 3 is the engine, Flow is the platform where the videos are generated and put together. Together they allow users to rapidly create various types of videos using just text prompts.

Recently, Google offered us a chance at trying out Google Veo 3 and Flow. Here are our first impressions of the platform along with our own rather basic attempts at text-to-video. If you’re interested in trying it out then do keep on reading.

Is too much Gen AI making us both stupid? Read on to find out.

As the Internet has been bombarded by Google’s impressive Veo 3 and Flow generative AI videos, we noticed that Microsoft has quietly added video creation capabilities to their Bing Image Creator. This has resulted in Bing Video Creator and you can choose to switch between either Image or Video generation for FREE.

At the recent Google Cloud Next 25, Google Cloud expanded its Vertex AI platform with new generative media capabilities. The update includes the addition of Lyria, a text-to-music model, joining existing video, image, and speech generation tools. This expansion aims to provide enterprises with a comprehensive suite of generative media features.