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MIT Technology ReviewsHow To. Today, OpenAI released its video generation model Sora to the public. The announcement comes on the fifth day of the companys shipmas event, a 12-day marathon of tech releases and demos. Heres what you should knowand how you can use the video model right now. What is Sora? Sora is a powerful AI video generation model that can create videos from text prompts, animate images, or remix videos in new styles. OpenAI first previewed the model back in February, but today is the first time the company is releasing it for broader use. Whats new about this release? The core function of Soracreating impressive videos with simple promptsremains similar to what was previewed in February, but OpenAI worked to make the model faster and cheaper ahead of this wider release. There are a few new features, and two stand out. One is called Storyboard. With it, you can create multiple AI-generated videos and then assemble them together on a timeline, much the way you would with conventional video editors like Adobe Premiere Pro. The second is a feed that functions as a sort of creative gallery. Users can post their Sora-generated videos to the feed, see the prompts behind certain videos, tweak them, and generally get inspiration, OpenAI says. How much can you do with it? You can generate videos from text prompts, change the style of videos and change elements with a tool called Remix, and assemble multiple clips together with Storyboard. Sora also provides preset styles you can apply to your videos, like moody film noir or cardboard and papercraft, which gives a stop-motion feel. You can also trim and loop the videos that you make. Who can use it? To generate videos with Sora, youll need to subscribe to one of OpenAIs premium planseither ChatGPT Plus ($20 per month) or ChatGPT Pro ($200 per month). Both subscriptions include access to other OpenAI products as well. Users with ChatGPT Plus can generate videos as long as five seconds with a resolution up to 720p. This plan lets you create 50 videos per month. Users with a ChatGPT Pro subscription can generate longer, higher-resolution videos, capped at a resolution of 1080p and a duration of 20 seconds. They can also have Sora generate up to five variations of a video at once from a single prompt, making it possible to review options faster. Pro users are limited to 500 videos per month but can also create unlimited relaxed videos, which are not generated in the moment but rather queued for when site traffic is low. Both subscription levels make it possible to create videos in three aspect ratios: vertical, horizontal, and square. If you dont have a subscription, youll be limited to viewing the feed of Sora-generated videos. OpenAI is starting its global launch of Sora today, but it will take longer to launch in most of Europe, the company said. OPENAI Where can I access it? OpenAI has broken Sora out from ChatGPT. To access it, go to Sora.com and log in with your ChatGPT Plus or Pro account. (MIT Technology Review was unable to access the site at press timea note on the site indicated that signups were paused because they were currently experiencing heavy traffic.) Howd we get here? A number of things have happened since OpenAI first unveiled Sora back in February. Other tech companies have also launched video generation tools, like Meta Movie Gen and Google Veo. Theres also been plenty of backlash. For example, artists who had early access to experiment with Sora leaked the tool to protest the way OpenAI has trained it on artists work without compensation. Whats next? As with any new release of a model, it remains to be seen what steps OpenAI has taken to keep Sora from being used for nefarious, illegal, or unethical purposes, like the creation of deepfakes. On the question of moderation and safety, an OpenAI employee said they might not get it perfect on day one. Another looming question is how much computing capacity and energy Sora will use up every time it creates a video. Generating a video uses much more computing time, and therefore energy, than generating a typical text response in a tool like ChatGPT. The AI boom has already been an energy hog, presenting a challenge to tech companies aiming to rein in their emissions, and the wide availability of Sora and other video models like it has the potential to make that problem worse.

This is today's edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. The worlds next big environmental problem could come from space In September, a unique chase took place in the skies above Easter Island. From a rented jet, a team of researchers captured a satellites last moments as it fell out of space and blazed into ash across the sky, using cameras and scientific equipment. Their hope was to gather priceless insights into the physical and chemical processes that occur when satellites burn up as they fall to Earth at the end of their missions. This kind of study is growing more urgent. The number of satellites in the sky is rapidly risingwith a tenfold increase forecast by the end of the decade. Letting these satellites burn up in the atmosphere at the end of their lives helps keep the quantity of space junk to a minimum. But doing so deposits satellite ash in the Earths atmosphere. This metallic ash could potentially alter the climate, and we dont yet know how serious the problem is likely to be.Read the full story. Tereza Pultarova OpenAIs 12 days of shipmas tell us a lot about the AI arms race Last week, OpenAI announced what it calls the 12 days of OpenAI, or 12 days of shipmas. On December 4, CEO Sam Altman took to X to announce that the company would be doing 12 days of openai. each weekday, we will have a livestream with a launch or demo, some big ones and some stocking stuffers. The company will livestream about new products every morning for 12 business days in a row during December. Its an impressive-sounding (and media-savvy) schedule, to be sure. But it also speaks to how tight the race between the AI bigs has become, and also how much OpenAI is scrambling to build more revenue.Read the full story. Mat Honan This story originally appeared in The Debrief with Mat Honan, our weekly take on whats really going on behind the biggest tech headlines. The story is subscriber-only sonab a subscriptiontoo, if you havent already! Or you cansign upto the newsletter for free to get the next edition in your inbox on Friday. The must-reads Ive combed the internet to find you todays most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The USDA is launching a national program to test milk for bird flu A full nine months after the current outbreak was first detected in dairy cows. (STAT)+The risk of a bird flu pandemic is rising.(MIT Technology Review)2 Heres what sets OpenAIs new models apart Theyre shifting from predicting to reasoning, which could be a huge deal. (The Atlantic$)+Regardless of whether capabilities are slowing, AIs impact is only poised to grow.(Vox)+It may be comforting to dismiss AI as hypebut it misses the point.(Platformer)3 A federal appeals court has upheld the US TikTok banBut what happens next is anyones guess. (WSJ$)+Whether TikTok is banned or not, the actions against it have had a big impact.(MIT Technology Review)4 Top internet sleuths are sitting out the hunt for the UnitedHealthcare CEO killerIn fact, some are even criticizing people who are trying to help. (NBC)+Why so many Americans are at best indifferent to this particular murder.(New Yorker$)5 Schools are attempting to stop teens self-harming before they even tryThe AI tools theyre adopting could be doing far more damage than help, though. (NYT$)6 China is building its own Starlink systemThe Qianfan constellation could eventually grow to nearly 14,000 satellites. (The Economist$)+The end of the ISS will usher in a more commercialized future in space. (The Verge)7 This was an exciting year for superconductorsSuperconductivitythe flow of electric current with no resistancewas discovered in three new materials. (Quanta$)8 Meet the worlds least productive programmersIt seems a small minority of disillusioned ghost engineers do pretty much no work at all. (WP$)9 Why people are turning their backs on dating appsTheres a large degree of fatigue, and a feeling that theyre somehow detached from reality. (The Guardian)10 Fake snacks are racking up millions of views on InstagramTheres even a word for this trend: snackfishing. (Wired$)Quote of the day I think Twitter and now X is like a crack addiction for him, though. He is clearly chasing a particular hit all the time and he has ended up self-radicalising himself with the platform he has purchased. A former Twitter employee in London tellsThe Guardianhow Elon Musk has changed since he purchased the platform. The big story How electricity could help tackle a surprising climate villain Sublime SystemsBOB O'CONNOR January 2024 Cement is used to build everything from roads and buildings to dams and basement floors. But its also a climate threat. Cement production accounts for more than 7% of global carbon dioxide emissionsmore than sectors like aviation, shipping, or landfills. One solution to this climate catastrophe might be coursing through the pipes at Sublime Systems. The startup is developing an entirely new way to make cement. Instead of heating crushed-up rocks in lava-hot kilns, Sublimes technology zaps them in water with electricity, kicking off chemical reactions that form the main ingredients in its cement. But it faces huge challenges: competing with established industry players, and persuading builders to use its materials in the first place.Read the full story. Casey Crownhart We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or tweet 'em at me.) + Who will be theLord of Misrulein your household this Christmas? + PeoplesWikipediabrowsing data always makes for interesting reading.+ Wait, so weve been mispronouncingthese wordsall along? (Apart from espresso, cmon)+ TheMuppet Christmas Carolmight just be the greatest festive film.

html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"In our third annual review of 2024, we have selected the best architecture books published on WAC Books for our readers. As part of our annual tradition at WAC, we select books that explore a wide range of topics.This year's selections feature a groundbreaking vision of the future of AI, a comprehensive monograph exploring the work of photographer Hlne Binet, a series of carefully chosen case studies on schools as regenerative spaces, and innovative concepts for the future of energy in architecture and design. Additionally, there are captivating dreamscapes and interiors created with the help of AI.American art and architecture critic Aaron Betsky's The Monster Leviathan: Anarchitecture, Zupagrafika's Kiosk: The Last Modernist Booths Across Central and Eastern Europe,Marc Treib's Noguchi's Gardens, Landscapes As Sculpture, gestalten and Sam Lubell's American Icons: The Architecture Of The United States: Visions And Defiance are among WAC's most captivating books of 2024.Explore our extensive archive of WAC Books and choose your favorite book below to enhance your bookshelf (in no particular order):Image courtesy of Amazon1. Transform! Designing the Future of Energy byMateo Kries (Editor),Jochen Eisenbrand (Editor),Daniel Barber (Contributor),Donatella Germanese (Contributor),Carola Hein (Contributor),Stephan Rammler (Contributor),Catharine Rossi (Contributor)Energy is one of the biggest problems of our day and it is directly related to architecture and design. It is not just a physical asset but also an ethical and political value that must be considered..Published by Vitra Design Museum, from the perspective of design, the 195-page book examines the current, drastic changes in the energy sector, from products that capture renewable energy to solar house and wind turbine designs, and from intelligent mobility ideas to future visions of self-sufficient communities. It highlights the world's energy needs and poses important questions, such as how design may help us use renewable energy sources more effectively and use less energy overall.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.Image courtesy of Amazon2. AI Sapien: Variations On Architecture And The Future by Robert Cha (Author)Author Robert Cha has documented a set of 128 unique AI-generated artworks, as well as thought-provoking conversations and moving poems produced in partnership with AI, set to Bach's Goldberg Variations.Published by ORO Editions, the 192-page book investigates the future of architecture and its connection to these ontologically enigmatic technologies that are starting to mimic sentient through this mixed-media approach. This book offers new insights into the mysterious "Black Box" of AI and presents a future in which habitat and AI are inexorably interwoven.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.Image courtesy of Amazon3. Hlne Binet (Architectural Photographers) byMarco Iuliano (Author), Martino Stierli (Author)Hlne Binet is one of the most important photographers of the 20th century. The book is the full monograph of Hlne Binet's work, which includes two in-depth analytical essays. Binet has photographed both modern and old architecture over the course of forty years.The 160-page book was published by Lund Humphries. According to Marco Iuliano, Hlne Binet's family history includes her early "discovery" of architectural photographer Lucien Herv, her upbringing in the Italian fishing village of Sperlonga and Rome, her partnerships with Daniel Libeskind and John Hejduk, and her introduction to Zaha Hadid at the Architectural Association (AA) in London. The essay delves into Binet's method, archive, and attitude to photography.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.Image courtesy of Amazon4. Creating the Regenerative School by by Alan Ford (Author),Kate Mraw (Author),Betsy del Monte (Author)With designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing learning spaces but also embrace restorative principles, the Regenerative School book profile highlights case studies from around the globe that demonstrate best practices in developing healthy, climate-appropriate learning environments for early learners through high school, improving the lives of the occupants, the environment, and the community in which they live.Published by ORO Editions, eight pages of content, including numerous photos, plans, diagrams, and over 1,000 words of text that highlights the distinctive solutions, are included in each project profile. Five criteria were used to analyze case studies: Strategies for Net-Zero Energy and Carbon Features of Regenerative, Healthful Buildings Post-occupancy data; Occupant satisfaction; Evidence-based informed design.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.p.232 Carlos Baon Blazquez, Living in a Dream, gestalten 2024, courtesy of gestalten5. Living In A Dream: Dreamscapes, Imagined Architecture, And Interiors bygestalten (Editor)This collection is presented as a powerful celebration of the transformational power of design and unbounded imagination. The 265-page book was published by gestalten.Living in a Dream is an amazing collection of interior and architectural marvels. Every page of this carefully chosen compilation reveals a new area of creative innovation, inviting readers to explore the halls of boundless imagination. The book goes beyond accepted bounds, providing an insight into the thoughts of creative visionaries who have dared to think outside the box.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.Image courtesy of Amazon6. The Monster Leviathan: Anarchitecture by Aaron Betsky (Author)American art and architecture critic Aaron Betsky explores an architecture through twentieth- and early twenty-first-century texts, art, and design in The Monster Leviathan. He contends that these fleeting evocations are actual suggestions in and of themselves. They are scenes that are either imaginative enough to open our eyes or realistic enough to convince us that they exist; they are neither functioning models nor ideas for new forms.The 464-page book was published by The MIT Press.Students and architecture enthusiasts, as well as people who aspire to build a better, more sustainable, and socially just future, can envision that such alternate worlds are achievable with the help of the Monster Leviathan. An architecture already existing and does not exist at all, as Betsky so eloquently states. All we need to do is locate the myth of building.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.Image courtesy of Amazon7. Noguchi's Gardens, Landscapes As Sculpture by Marc Treib (Author)Noguchi considered landscape design to be a formal and spatial art, and he was successful in creating a number of noteworthy locations from his early environmental initiatives to his later mature works.Renowned landscape historian Marc Treib details and evaluates projects ranging from his early unfinished plans for playgrounds and monuments to a sizable park in Sapporo, Japan, whose construction was only finished after his death, in this thorough and beautifully illustrated analysis of Noguchi's gardens.The 304-page book was published by ORO Editions.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.Image courtesy of Amazon8. Cities Of Repetition: Hong Kong's Private Housing Estates by Christian J. Lange (Author),Jason F. Carlow (Author)The greatest housing complexes in Hong Kong constructed by private developers between the late 1960s and the early 2000s are thoroughly documented and analyzed graphically by the Cities of Repetition book.The ultra-dense, mass-produced, highly repetitive constructed surroundings that hundreds of thousands of people in Hong Kong live in are depicted and contrasted in the original drawings and diagrams. In addition to showing the vast scope of the city's housing complexes, drawings, diagrams, and photographs also highlight the hundreds of identically designed housing units and their minor variations.The 144-page book was published by ORO Editions.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.Image courtesy of Amazon9. American Icons: The Architecture of the United States: Visions and Defiance byAmerican Icons is a tribute to the country's architectural wonders, ranging from skyscrapers to residences, from airports to museums, and more. It includes amazing pieces by well-known architects John Lautner, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and many more.Published by gestalten, the 288-page American Icons reveals the tales of some of the greatest architects of the 20th century that shape the American skylines through meticulous, expertly shot photographs and engrossing readings by Sam Lubell, writer for The New York Times.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.Image courtesy of Amazon10. Kiosk: The Last Modernist Booths Across Central and Eastern Europe by Zupagrafika (Author)This 208-page photobook offers unrivalled documentation of the final modernist kiosks that witnessed the socio-political upheaval of Central and Eastern Europe in the late 20th century, with over 150 kiosks from Belgrade to Berlin and from Ljubljana to Warsaw. Some have been abandoned or have gradually disappeared from the urban scene, while others have been rebuilt or are still in use.Martyna Sobecka and David Navarro, the founders of Zupagrafika, took the pictures in this one-of-a-kind collection during the past ten years. Architectural historian Anna Cymer's introduction and urban explorer Maciej Czarnecki's foreword provide important insights into the history of these movable buildings.Read more and purchase the book on WAC Books.

Wilkinson Eyres designs for the scheme, published ahead of a first round of consultation starting tomorrowLondon developer CO-RE has revealed its plans for a new 31-storey office tower in the City of London designed by Wilkinson Eyre.CO-RE, working for Aviva Investors, has published the first images of the 130 Fenchurch Street scheme ahead of an initial round of public consultation starting tomorrow.The site, located on the southern border of the Citys main cluster of towers, is occupied by a 16-storey 1950s building, Fountain House, which currently lies vacant.This will be demolished to make way for the new tower, which will contain office space on upper levels, a cultural space with public terraces at mid-height and retail units at street level.It is Avivas second proposal for the site following a previous plan for a 17-storey tower drawn up by Farshid Moussavi Architecture which was mothballed four years ago.> Also read:WilkinsonEyre drawing up plans for 150m tower on site of scrapped Farshid Moussavi schemeA spokesperson for the project said Wilkinson Eyres rethink of the scheme, which is nearly double the height and floorspace of the previous proposals, would improve the sites streetscape and public amenities.How the tower would look from street levelIt is also aiming to contribute to the Square Miles target to build 1.2 million sq m of office space by 2040 and its Destination City ambition, which aims to boost the Citys leisure offering.Aviva Investors head of development and real estate Ben Littman said the tower would be a showpiece in a part of the City undergoing rapid development.Fenchurch Street is such a dynamic area in the City of London and arguably the epicentre of development activity in the capital, he said.Our proposals for 130 Fenchurch Street are designed to breathe new life into what is a tired, inefficient and outdated asset, and create a scheme which we think will be a showpiece in this exciting part of the City.The first round of consultation begins at midday tomorrow and will be open to submissions from members of the public until 3 January. A second round will be held in early 2025, with demolition of the sites existing building set to start in early 2026 if the plans are approved.Aviva appointed Wilkinson Eyre on the project more than four years ago but it was stalled until last July, when it brought in CO-RE, which is still waiting to find out if its ITV Studios redevelopment can go ahead, to mastermind the new scheme.Avivas portfolio of schemes in the City include One Liverpool Street, designed by Eric Parry and being built by Mace, and 101 Moorgate, also being built by Mace, and designed by John Robertson Architects.The sites existing 1950s building, Fountain House