THE VERGE Wednesday April 16, 2025
AI video generators can struggle with maintaining consistent scene and people, but AI startup Runway says its latest AI video model can do so, giving users more “continuity and control” while telling stories. Currently rolling out to paid and enterprise users, the new Gen-4 video synthesis model allows users to generate characters and objects across shots using a single reference image, notes The Verge. Users must then describe the composition they want, and the model will generate consistent outputs from multiple angles.
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Southern Maryand News Net Tuesday April 15, 2025
A Pennsylvania man has been found guilty of the brutal murder of well-known Washington, D.C. photographer Joseph Shymanski, reports Southern Maryand News Net. Brandon Ross Holbrook, 49, of Reedsville, Pennsylvania, was found guilty on April 8 in Calvert County Circuit Court on multiple charges, including first-degree murder, stemming from the 2023 homicide. When trying to connect Shymanski with Holbrook, detectives discovered that Holbrook used to date Shymanski’s ex-wife, notes the Lewistown Sentinel.
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People Tuesday April 15, 2025
"It's this absolutely death-defying, mesmerizing, beautiful experience that is so hard to describe," says Connor Trimble, describing the experience of photographing surfers in 60-foot waves at renowned breaks like Banzai Pipeline and Waimea Bay on O'ahu's North Shore. Trimble, who is based in Hawaii, credits his competitive D1 swimming background as a key to his survival in dangerous big waves, notes People. “It literally looks like a house coming at you sometimes," Trimble says of his perspective of waves from the water.
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THE VERGE Tuesday April 15, 2025
Google is adding multimodal capabilities to its search-centric AI Mode chatbot that enable it to “see” and answer questions about images, as it expands access to AI Mode to “millions more” users. The update, notes The Verge, combines a custom version of Gemini AI with the company’s Lens image recognition tech, allowing AI Mode Search users to take or upload a picture and receive a “rich, comprehensive response with links” about its contents. The multimodal update for AI Mode can be accessed in the Google app on Android and iOS.
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