Catégorie : Novelties & Innovation
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From Disaster Pitches to AI Success: The Rise of Audioshake and its Revolutionary Music Tech
Jessica Powell, co-founder of Audioshake, initially faced skepticism from venture capitalists when pitching her AI startup, which automatically splits songs into component parts. Despite the challenges, Audioshake has grown significantly since its founding six years ago, now processing hundreds of millions of audio minutes annually and securing partnerships with over 40 major clients, including Universal…
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Ex-TikTok execs land funding for social commerce start-up Unbox
Former TikTok executives Hugo Soul and Michael Coombs have raised £1.2 million from investors, including Mercuri, Love Ventures, and Notion Capital, to fund their social commerce management start-up, Unbox. The company, which has processed millions of shoppable video clips, aims to provide infrastructure for brands in the rapidly growing social commerce market, projected to reach…
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Google I/O 2025: From research to reality
Project Mariner is an early research prototype developed to enhance agents by integrating advanced AI models with computer-use capabilities, allowing them to perform tasks on behalf of users. Released in December, it has since progressed with features like multitasking and « teach and repeat, » and is now available to developers via the Gemini API, with applications…
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Dior and Rosamund Pike Parody Infomercials To Promote The New D-Journey Bag – V Magazine
Rosamund Pike, acting as an infomercial spokeswoman, introduced Dior’s new D-Journey Bag, with the campaign’s slogan highlighting the challenge of finding the perfect bag. The versatile D-Journey Bag, first seen at the Dior Spring/Summer 2025 ready-to-wear runway show and designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri, aims to cater to the modern woman’s needs and is currently…
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Fwd: Lessons from 100+ innovation units
– AI in Travel is the defining theme for the travel industry in 2025. – Over 100 innovation units have been founded in the aviation sector in the past decade, which focus on breaking free from corporate constraints and driving forward-looking initiatives. – Lufthansa Innovation Hub celebrates its 10-year anniversary and shares insights on the…
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8 Creative Exercises You Can Do with AI Tools
The author has been using AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance creativity by performing exercises that push the boundaries of conventional thinking and encourage defying the crowd, oneself, and the Zeitgeist, as influenced by the theories of psychologists Robert J. Sternberg and James C. Kaufman. They describe the use of AI in generating creative ideas…
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Higgsfield AI
ReelMagic, an AI film studio platform, launched in December and offers a complete Hollywood-grade production team on a laptop, including AI agents acting as casting directors, set designers, choreographers, and more, all orchestrated by an AI director. The platform manages an entire film production workflow—from story input, keyframe creation, and video generation to audio integration…
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Coca-Cola global CMO: AI will completely reshape marketing
During his speech at the Cannes Lions Festival for Creativity on June 17, Coca-Cola’s global CMO Manolo Arroyo emphasized the transformative potential of AI in marketing, focusing 90% of the company’s AI efforts on driving growth and effectiveness rather than efficiency. Coca-Cola, which allocated 90% of its media investments to traditional channels in 2019, began…
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McKinsey: The State of Tourism and Hospitality 2024 recap
Source: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/travel-logistics-and-infrastructure/our-insights/the-state-of-tourism-and-hospitality-2024 1. Growth in Domestic and Regional Travel: • Domestic travel is projected to increase by 3% annually, reaching 19 billion lodging nights by 2030. • Intraregional travel, especially in Europe and Asia, is experiencing substantial growth due to reduced travel barriers and increased regional connectivity. 2. Expansion of the Luxury Travel Market: •…
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Slow Bros — How the German studio crafted an entire video game world by hand
Le projet « Harold Halibut » a nécessité des années de travail, avec des matériaux réels pour la création manuelle de chaque élément, et l’attention au détail se voit dans chaque planche et visage. Artisanat, numérisation 3D et animation digitale se mêlent pour donner vie à un vaisseau spatial de la taille d’une ville et à la…