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🎙️ Check out the latest "No Priors" episode with Joshua Xu, CEO of @HeyGenAI! Learn how HeyGen is transforming video production with AI avatars, making high-quality content accessible to everyone. 🌟🎥 🎥 HeyGen's Mission: Making visual storytelling accessible to everyone by replacing traditional cameras with AI. 🤖 Origins: Inspired by AI innovations at Snapchat, such as the baby filter and Disney style filter. 📈 Growth: Founded three and a half years ago, HeyGen now serves over 40,000 paying customers. 📸 Replacing the Camera: AI can overcome barriers in video production, making it easier and cheaper to create high-quality content. 👤 Avatars: HeyGen's technology uses avatars to replace human speakers, streamlining video creation. 🌍 Applications: Used in marketing, internal webinars, learning, and more, with capabilities to localize content into 175 languages. 🔒 Safety: Strict policies to prevent misuse, especially in political or election contexts, with advanced user verification and rapid review processes. 🔄 Full-Body Avatars: Development of full-body avatars to enhance the realism and engagement of generated videos. 🚀 Future Vision: Moving towards real-time video generation and personalized content tailored to individual user preferences. 🤝 Partnerships: Collaborating with companies like OpenAI and integrating various technologies to enhance their offerings. #Podcast #AI #VideoProduction #HeyGen #TechInnovation #DigitalTransformation #AIAvatars #ContentCreation #FutureOfTech #TechPodcast https://lnkd.in/gFBiGpmd

Interested in social media and how it affects teens? Join us on Wednesday to hear two experts in the field discuss this important topic

Forecasting tech’s future? It’s a bold gambit—often a hit or miss. Decades ago, I was the seer for tech juggernauts, decoding the next big thing. My role? The provocateur—saying what needed to be said, corporate politics be damned. Back then, the tech world was a whirlwind of change, with upstarts wielding new tech to shake up the old guard. Fast forward to today, and I’m throwing down the gauntlet: Calendars are obsolete. AI will dictate your schedule; no human is needed. And apps? They’re on borrowed time. AI will cherry-pick functionalities, crafting a bespoke user experience. I’m Andy, your fractional Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. Let’s not just meet the future; let’s shape it. I’m your ally, your strategist, your truth-teller. Ready to step up your game? Book a session with me. Book here https://lnkd.in/emMjKSt5

After a mammoth year of media moments for MYOB and the customers we serve, we're winding up 2023 with one more for the reading list - this time looking at NZ's mid-sized businesses and how their adoption of AI is fuelling business growth. 🚀 Two-thirds of local mid-market business leaders we polled say they're already using AI in their organisations, and with the majority expecting AI to have a substantial impact on their industry in the next five years ⏳, we can only expect the volume of enterprises leveraging it to increase.

In this edition of What’cha Thinkin’, learn about the era of mass niche and why Gen Z doesn’t believe there is a mainstream culture. Maxine Gurevich, of Horizon Media's WHY Group, briefly describes this era and why Gen Z cannot be approached as a broad group with fixed segments. Check out the video below and let us know What’cha Thinkin’ in the comments below! To dive deeper in the era of mass niche and discover best practices for approaching Gen Z, read the article Gurevich and Matt Higgins, of Blue Hour Studios, wrote for the Quirk’s E-Newsletter https://lnkd.in/gSBi6_yq #QuirksMR #MRX #insights

In their session on their ongoing work to change internal modes of thinking from a focus on product and product category to a more holistic view of consumers and their demand spaces, Haleon’s Tina Tonielli and Sandra Guerra stressed the need to avoid a one-and-done approach to insights socialization and instead commit to a long-haul effort. In their case that meant conducting 100 workshops and trainings to get internal stakeholders within the maker of everything from Sensodyne to Advil on board. #QuirksEvent #QuirksNewYork #MRX #insights

Some really interesting thoughts from the ever insightful Doug Shapiro at the recent Moffett Nathanson conference. One that resonated in particular is the impact of AI on content creation, an area I’ve been spending a lot of time on recently Doug suggests that as AI continues to drive down the barriers to entry for content creation, the implications for studios, the traditional gatekeepers of scripted TV and Film content, is likely to be profound. It then stands to reason that in a world where content choices continue to expand exponentially and consumers are faced with infinite choices, the value of what is known and familiar will only increase. Known brands and libraries will have value and there will be buyers for this content. Sounds familiar? We don’t have to look that far back. Remember when cable was the rerun wasteland? Or how Netflix got started? New businesses are built on the back of libraries. As traditional media companies and IP owners (driven by next quarters earnings imperative) race to license their content to Google/Open AI etc. it’s going to be critical to think beyond the immediate cash flow. While the scales in media shift between whether content or distribution takes the higher throne as king or queen, if the last decade has taught us anything it's that DATA is the ALMIGHTY. And the KEY to unlocking any hope of a HAPPY EVER AFTER is to ensure knowing/understanding/owning how your content is being used, distributed, consumed etc. For studios/traditional IP owners to once again fall into the trap of the lucrative but opaque deals of the not so distant past, with no insight into how their content is being used or performing, would be the equivalent of resigning themselves to the ever fading galaxy of has-beens in Evan Shapīro's brilliant media maps. In this new world, data is power

BizX just keeps giving! International best-selling author, Michael Heppell will be joining us on the big stage, talking about strategies on how to build a strong online presence. In a world that is highly involved in digital presence, this is one not to miss. Michael Heppell is a renowned coach to stars in business, television, and football. You will gain invaluable insights into achieving brilliance in every facet of life. Who's excited about this one? ✋🏽 - #business #businessexcellence #bizx2024

When I started Propel Innovations, I had no idea there was a world of 😇 angels investing in ambitious founders. My curious self dug deep into that world. I began connecting with people who are angel investors or in VC. I became “Inspector Gadget”.🕵🏽♀️ I discovered: I wouldn’t qualify as a business providing a service. ❌ The BTS (behind-the-scenes) hustle of founders seeking funding 💰. The funding gap/access (0.03%) for ambitious founders who look like 💁🏽♀️. And, Canada’s 🇨🇦 growing Black-owned VCs. But, Australia 🇦🇺 never ceases to surprise me. As someone (even as a Canadian) who has (and still) struggled to achieve my ambitious dreams in Australia: ❓How does Australia expect to bring more skilled migrants in tech and grow a tech ecosystem when the current ones struggle for employment with their visa status? ❓How well equipped does the startup ecosystem (comprising of angels and VCs) understand the barriers of migration? ❓How many founders have left Australia to grow their businesses elsewhere (I’ve met these founders) where migration policies and government subsidies are making it way more attractive to build at an early stage than in Australia? Earlier this year, I decided I’d become part of the change and joined Startmate’s First Believers program to continue educating myself in angel investing. That’s how I met Sean Hua. A champion, a sponsor and a budding angel investor! In his podcast, I speak openly and truthfully about the correlation between migration and business in Australia 🇦🇺. You’ll hear my frustrations as much as my unwavering optimism. Happy listen! Thanks to every angel and VC who have shared their insights and guided me in my education about angel investing! #entrepreneurship #angelinvesting #migrationisabitch #UncoverUntappedMarkets

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