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Microsoft Advertising is rolling out Image Animation, a new Copilot-powered feature that automatically converts static images into short, dynamic video assets — giving advertisers a faster path into ...

Webtoon Entertainment is set to enter a deal with Warner Bros. Animation to co-produce a slate of 10 fan-favorite Webtoon series for global distribution. The partnership is a “significant expansion of ...

“Drawn Together” spotlights several initiatives Starbucks has embraced as part of its turnaround strategy, such as baristas writing more personalized messages on customer orders and a push to reclaim ...

As the China Film Pavilion makes its debut appearance at TIFFCOM, the Chinese animation industry now stands as one of the nation’s most dynamic exports: "A new generation of animation creators has ...

The world of feature-length animation continues to thrive, with films like Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Predator: Killer of Killers, and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movies pushing the ...

Microsoft is continuing to roll out in-house AI models, further decreasing its reliance on long-standing partnership with OpenAI. Today, the company introduced MAI-Image-1, its first ...

Google's Nano Banana AI image editor became something of a viral sensation when it launched last month. Now the tool is being integrated into a bunch of pre-existing Google products, like Search, ...

Cynthia Erivo is getting animated. The three-time Academy Award-nominated and Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning actress will star in the animated musical “Bad Fairies,” from Warner Bros. Pictures ...

Oracle has released GraalVM for JDK 25, introducing new features for its native image technology, while confirming that future development of the platform will shift away from the Java release cycle ...

Entertainment and media companies are increasingly exploring generative AI, and the animation industry is grappling with divisive questions of how to integrate AI-powered tools into the creative ...