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"Arrr! Alibaba’s clever contraption be joinin’ the ruckus o’ Sora’s scallywag rivals, makin' videos like a true sea dog!"

2024-09-23

Arrr, gather 'round me hearties! Alibaba be unleashin' a magical contraption that turns scribbles into moving tales! Aye, a text-to-video sorcery that’ll have ye laughin' like a drunken sailor. Prepare for a jolly good show, lest ye be walkin' the plank o' boredom!

Ahoy mateys! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn of the latest treasure in the briny deep of technology—Alibaba’s newfangled AI video generator! Aye, this be the latest gem to join the treasure chest of text-to-video magic, unveiled at the grand Alibaba Cloud Apsara Conference. Cap'n Alibaba boasts that their Tongyi Wanxiang be a right fine collection o’ synthetic media tools, startin’ with an image creator last year. Now, it be spinnin’ high-quality videos from text prompts in both Chinese and English, like a sorcerer conjurin’ visions from thin air!

These clever scallywags claim their advanced diffusion transformer architecture can create videos that keep their quality, no matter the style—be it live-action realism or fanciful animations. But alas, they be a bit coy on how ye landlubbers might use this magic. It seems this contraption will serve well in marketing and entertainment, possibly even in the realm of video games, producin’ all manner of visual delights!

The seas be teemin’ with AI video generators mateys! With the likes of OpenAI’s Sora makin’ waves, there be a fierce race afoot, with Alibaba and its rivals like Kling and Bytedance’s Jimeng scratchin’ for the prize. So hoist the sails and keep a weather eye on the horizon, for the final cut of this adventure be yet to be revealed!

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