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SurvAIval Insights change soon!
Exploration of AI's impact on artistic creation and more broad news

Good Saturday, my ro-bro fellas!
A quick word first.
I am excited to communicate that from now on, this newsletter is going to be centered on AI film and the arts in general.
My approach for this newsletter was to give you a holistic view of how AI is affecting the world (geopolitics, economic, social and cultural change, technological and scientific innovations, philosophy, ethics, and entertainment) through news, information, and some thoughts. Yes, my interests are pretty broad!
But this strategy hasn’t reached or helped a lot of people, so it’s time for a change.
AI and the arts
Surprisingly, the first industries and careers that are being shocked by AI are professions related to intellectual and creative basis.
My career speciality has always been related to the arts. For the past 15 years, I have been studying and working in cinema as a director and editor. It makes sense for me to focus on an industry that I know, and that will be affected immediately.
Focus on this speciality and use my experience will allow me to give more value and help artists that feel threatened by AI taking their jobs and how the future will change our lives in general.
So, in the upcoming weeks, you will notice a shift of focus towards the innovations and new tools related to image and video generation that, in 2025, are going to experience crazy improvements at a fast pace.
What to Expect
Deep insights into image and video generation technologies
Exploration of AI's impact on artistic creation
Practical strategies for artists adapting to technological shifts
A new time for artists is coming. As creators, we are not limited by the economic, human, and creative barriers anymore to bring to life our dream projects.
Thank you for your understanding, and WELCOME to The AI Film Soloist.
P.S. And of course, my survAIval insights mentality and helping people adapt to this new crazy future will always be close to my heart, and it represents a big part of my purpose and reason to create content. So you will see it through throughout our journey together.
Image and video generation technologies
AI Art Technology and Tools
Runway has launched Frames, a cinematic-focused text-to-image generator tailored for professional creative work
Adobe adds Bulk Create in Firefly
Kling AI’s “Elements” in early testing to combine images into cohesive videos
KREA AI Launches Real-Time Custom AI Model Training for Personalized Styles
Market trends and Industry Impact
Paul Schrader on AI: ‘Every film idea ChatGPT came up with was good’
Google Labs shares a short film, KITSUNE. All visuals were generated with Veo 2 using VideoFX
My Broader News and Video Picks of the week
Tech Companies, Product Launches & Innovations, and LLM stuff
Trump announced OpenAI’s Stargate project - Together with SoftBank, Oracle and Microsoft, they are planning to invest $500B. Marvel movies crazy stuff!
‘Operator’ - OpenA‘s AI agent finally arrives, and Perplexity announces their own assistant (agent or not?).
Google will let you control your Chromebook with your face. Crazy.
I hope these insights, news, and tools help you prepare for the future!
Have a really nice weekend and week.
Stay kind.
Rafa TV
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