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Deepfake videos are getting real
Plus: How to replace anything in your videos

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🎥 AI-generated Deepfakes are taking over the world
🤖 Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet
đź› Superhero Tools (Video Generation)
📸 Generate professional headshots with AI
🎥 Tutorial: Replace anything in your videos
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Deepfake videos are getting real
Crispy Bites: Alibaba has announced Wan 2.1, an open-source video generation model that surpasses existing solutions, including OpenAI's Sora.
Breakdown:
Advanced Video Generation: Wan 2.1 can create videos with intricate motions that closely mimic real-world physics.
Multiple Model Variants: The suite includes models like Wan2.1-I2V-14B and Wan2.1-T2V-14B, capable of producing 480p and 720p videos, and supporting both Chinese and English text.
Optimized for Consumer Hardware: The Wan2.1-T2V-1.3B model is designed for consumer-grade GPUs, enabling the generation of five-second 480p videos in about four minutes on an RTX 4090 GPU.
Benchmark Performance: Wan 2.1 outperforms OpenAI's Sora on the VBench Leaderboard, excelling in areas like motion smoothness and spatial relationships.
You can try it here: FAL
Hugging Face link: WAN 2.1
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Anthropic launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Crispy Bites: Anthropic has unveiled its latest AI model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, designed to offer both quick responses and detailed reasoning capabilities.
Breakdown:
Extended Thinking Mode: This feature allows the model to "think" longer before responding, enhancing performance in complex tasks like math, physics, and coding.

Image Source: Anthropic
Availability Across Plans: Claude 3.7 Sonnet is accessible on all Anthropic plans, including Free, Pro, Team, and Enterprise, with the extended thinking mode available on paid plans.
Introduction of Claude Code: Anthropic has launched a limited preview of Claude Code, an AI-powered tool to assist developers with coding tasks directly from their terminal.
Pricing: Despite its advanced features, Claude 3.7 Sonnet is priced competitively, costing $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, making it more affordable than some rival models.
You can try it here: Claude
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Superhero Tools (Video Generation)
Pika: Create videos by typing or uploading an image (Link)
Sora: Creates videos based on text prompts. (Link)
Veo 2: Generates high-quality videos (Link)
How to replace anyone or anything in a video
Pika just introduced a new feature: Pikaswaps. Replace anything in your videos using uploaded photos or described scenes.
Here’s a simple, step-by-step guide to using Pikaswaps:
Visit the Website: Pika.art
Choose the Effect: Click on the “Pikaswap effect” option.
Upload Your Video: Make sure the video is at least 5 seconds long.
Choose Your Swap: Upload a photo you want to insert into the video, or Enter a text prompt describing the object you want to add.
Plan Your Swap: Ensure that you’re replacing the original object with something completely new. The new object should look different in many ways (color, style, appearance, etc.). Be creative!
Generate the Swap: Click the “Generate” button and wait a few moments for the magic to happen.
Review Your Video: Watch your video to see the seamless integration of the swap. If needed, try different images or prompts until you get your perfect result
Watch more demos here: Pikaswaps
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