As Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica, a surge of AI-created videos depicting catastrophic damage and rescue scenes circulates across social media platforms. These fabricated clips, some marked with OpenAI's Sora watermark, blend past storm footage with entirely synthetic imagery, causing confusion and panic among the public. Authorities urge residents to rely on official sources such as the Jamaica Information Service and the Office of Disaster Preparedness for accurate updates, emphasizing the need to verify content before sharing. The episode highlights the growing challenge of deepfake media in disaster situations. Leia mais →

Fal.ai, a platform that hosts image, video, audio and 3D AI models for developers, announced a new financing round that values the company at more than $4 billion. The round raised about $250 million, with Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital as lead investors. The latest raise follows a $125 million Series C earlier in the year that lifted the valuation to $1.5 billion. Fal.ai’s revenue has climbed to roughly $95 million and its services are used by over two million developers, including major customers such as Adobe, Canva and Shopify. The company’s rapid growth is tied to the surge in multimodal AI applications, especially video‑centric tools like OpenAI’s Sora. Leia mais →

Meta AI's mobile app saw a sharp rise in daily active users and downloads following the introduction of its Vibes AI video feed. Daily active users on iOS and Android jumped to 2.7 million by mid‑October, up from roughly 775,000 four weeks earlier, while daily downloads climbed to about 300,000. The surge coincides with Vibes' debut on September 25 and may also reflect heightened interest in AI video generators after OpenAI's Sora launch. Meanwhile, competing AI chat apps reported declines in user activity during the same period. Leia mais →