At the Oldenburg Film Festival, 'Traumnovelle' premieres with a groundbreaking AI-crafted dream sequence, a first in cinema. Director Florian Frerichs harnessed AI over half a year to bring a complex, surreal dream to life, sidestepping traditional filming obstacles.

Actress Cate Blanchett shares her thoughts on AI in movies. While she sees AI's potential, she believes it can't capture the depth of human emotions, like understanding life's fleeting moments. She urges filmmakers to keep storytelling human, even as technology advances.

Google unlisted a promotional video for its Gemini AI after the BBB National Programs' ad watchdog questioned its accuracy, revealing that the video, which demonstrated Gemini responding to voice and video prompts, was edited for brevity and did not accurately represent real-time interactions. Despite the controversy, Google accepted the watchdog's resolution, choosing to unlist the video while maintaining a blog post explaining how the demo was created.

Synthesia now lets you translate your videos into 130 languages instantly, complete with dubbed voices that match the lip movements. This could make your videos accessible to people worldwide, no matter where they live.

Wizards of the Coast, under Hasbro, has faced backlash for using AI in its products, yet CEO Chris Cocks remains enthusiastic about AI's potential in enhancing game development for Dungeons & Dragons, seeing it as a tool for both internal development and user-generated content. Despite this, there's a disconnect between Cocks' vision of AI integration and the community's value of human creativity in tabletop gaming, with concerns that AI might detract from the personal and creative aspects that make games like D&D special.

Oprah Winfrey discusses the transformative impact of artificial intelligence in an upcoming ABC special, highlighting her personal introduction to AI through a conversation with Sam Altman of OpenAI. In the special titled "AI and the Future of Us," set to air on September 12, Oprah aims to demystify AI, exploring its effects on daily life and empowering viewers to navigate this rapidly evolving technology.

Music legend Jermaine Dupri isn't sold on AI music. He worries it might replace human creativity, arguing that AI can't capture the soul of music that comes from human experience.

Campfire's new game engine, Sprites, uses AI to create characters with emotions and memories. Their game, Cozy Friends, lets you interact with these AI pals, promising a gaming experience like never before.

Tune.fm, a music streaming service, just got a big cash boost. They're using blockchain to pay artists more fairly and let fans earn tokens. It's like Spotify, but with crypto perks.

Kinetix has launched a $1 million AI-UGC Fund to support game developers in integrating generative AI for creating custom 3D animations within games, with SmokeSpotGames being the first recipient for their game Dropcult. This initiative aims to enhance player engagement by allowing gamers to create and customize their own emotes, thereby fostering a continuous stream of user-generated content at a reduced cost.