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'It works unlimited hours': New AI super-assistant sits on your desk, has a 'mind and voice' – and handles everything from email to coding
50+ min ago (287+ words) Autonomous' Intern 2 promises to take on the work of a small creative team. Autonomous has created a new version of its AI Intern, a plug-and-play AI super-assistant that physically sits on your desk. It uses multiple AI models to work…...
Why AI accountability is key for creative leadership
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (728+ words) The best leaders build the habit of asking, not just producing. If the first wave of AI fluency in our industry has focused on capability, what would it look like for the next to focus on accountability? Spend time with…...
Quiz: Which AI personality is your true match?
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (734+ words) Chat GPT, Claude, Gemini or even Grok – one will suit you best, but which one? There are now more AI tools worth taking seriously than most people have time to properly evaluate. ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are all readily available,…...
Maya’s new AI tool makes horse animation easier
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (228+ words) Autodesk is putting AI in the saddle. The promise is you’ll be able to generate a base animation in seconds, a starting point from which animators can refine the movement. Like many of Autodesk’s AI tools, the aim isn’t to…...
How we taught AI to understand light
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (452+ words) It was transformational, and a major win for artists and filmmakers. Most AI lighting tools work by imitation. They’ve seen enough images to guess what lighting should look like, and most of the time, that’s good enough. Until you push…...
The best laptops for programming: perfect devices for coding on the go
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (492+ words) These are the top-rated laptops for developers and coders. State of the Art The MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) is the laptop we'd recommend to most programmers, and it's not even a close call. Apple Silicon's combination of raw single-core performance and efficiency…...
Maxon risks 3D artists' fury with new AI digital twin tool
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (458+ words) Despite some controversy, Adobe says its focus on AI is working and that the tools are among its most used. But that doesn't mean that AI image generation is the right fit for every creative app. Maxon, which owns the…...
AI has a stereotyping problem
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (424+ words) Here's why it matters and what you can do about it. Type 'board meeting' into even the best AI image generators and chances are high it will populate with rows of white men in suits. While headlines about AI often…...
Nvidia's new AI tool lets you build 3D scenes in minutes – here’s how
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (612+ words) Yes, it's AI, but it looks genuinely helpful. You may have heard of Nvidia Blueprints, but what are they exactly, and why is the latest addition, the new 3D Object Generation Blueprint, so special? To understand more and why Blueprints matter,…...