{"id":1359,"date":"2025-01-09T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:53:10","slug":"kate-whyles-ai-guest-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1359","title":{"rendered":"Kate Whyles: AI guest lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

During our lecture Kate introduced us to Leonardo AI and Playground, software that employs AI in image generation and animation. <\/p>\n

This is with a view to incorporating them in our Nottingham castle VR project. We had the opportunity to experiment with both for free and so I used some of my initial ideas for the project. See below.<\/p>\n

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Playground is pitched at a lower level then Leonardo AI, with the latter being at industry level.<\/p>\n

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Someone suggested Sora AI (https:\/\/openai.com\/sora\/<\/a>) for my animated AI elements as it’s at the foreground of that emerging tech. Will do.<\/p>\n

You can find both programs at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/app.leonardo.ai\/auth\/login?callbackUrl=%2F<\/a> <\/p>\n

https:\/\/playground.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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