Microsoft Animates Faces, Poe's Photorealistic People & Meta's AI Assault

In the high-stakes AI race, tech titans are flexing their prowess across various fronts. Microsoft's VASA-1 project can generate eerily lifelike talking faces from audio in real-time.

Meanwhile, Anthropic's Poe model is pushing boundaries with its ability to generate stunningly photorealistic images of people from text prompts.

Meta is aggressively unleashing its AI assistant powered by the formidable Llama 3 model, aiming to outmaneuver rivals like ChatGPT.

As these capabilities advance, they unlock vast potential but also raise critical ethical concerns around misinformation, bias, and human-AI boundaries that demand urgent governance.

Sources:

- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/vasa-1/

- https://quorablog.quora.com/Multi-bot-chat-on-Poe

- https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24133808/meta-ai-assistant-llama-3-chatgpt-openai-rival