🤖 AI News (June 19, 2024):

1️⃣ Qwen2: Chinese tech giant Alibaba has unveiled a new #AI model, Qwen2. Developed by Alibaba Cloud, this model is the successor to Tongyi Qianwen (Qwen). It encompasses Tongyi Qianwen LLM (or Qwen), Qwen-VL, and Qwen-Audio. 🚀

2️⃣ TechCrunch: Two prominent South Korean AI chip startups, Rebellions and Sapeon, have announced their decision to merge. 🤝

3️⃣ TikTok: #TikTok has introduced generative AI avatars for content creators and actors, designed for use in advertising and brand promotion. 🎭

4️⃣ SCMP: The staff at the Joint Operations College of the National Defense Academy of the PLA (People's Liberation Army of China) have created the world's first AI-based virtual troop commander. 🪖

5️⃣ Runway: #Runway has launched the alpha version of its Gen-3 AI model, which generates videos from prompts and static images. This neural network excels at creating expressive human characters with a wide range of movements, gestures, and emotions. Gen-3 Alpha is trained to accurately identify key frames in a video and create seamless transitions. 🎥

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