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Competition in AI video generation heats up as DeepMind alums unveil Haiper

AI-powered video generation is a hot market on the back of OpenAI's releasing Sora model last month. Two Deepmind alums Yishu Miao and Ziyu Wang have

We used one of the original Sora prompts to generate a sample video: “Several giant wooly mammoths approach treading through a snowy meadow, their long wooly fur lightly blows in the wind as they walk, snow-covered trees and dramatic snow-capped mountains in the distance, mid-afternoon light with wispy clouds and a sun high in the distance creates a warm glow, the low camera view is stunning capturing the large furry mammal with beautiful photography, depth of field” The CEO believes that currently, it’s important to solve the uncanny valley problem — a phenomenon that evokes eerie feelings when people see AI-generated human-like figures — in video generation. Rebecca Hunt, a partner at Octopus Venture believes that in the next three years, Haiper will have to build a strong video generation model to achieve differentiation in this market.

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