Chaos & Amazement #2506 OpenEuroLLM 🇪🇺, OmniHuman AI Video, and Dancing Boss

Feb 08, 2025

The EU is tightening e-commerce rules, adding more customs checks & fees that could hit platforms like Shein, Temu & AliExpress. New hurdles for cross-border shopping are coming. https://www.politico.eu/article/chinas-online-shopping-boom-gets-eu-crackdown/
The EU is also investing $56M to create OpenEuroLLM, an open-source AI model supporting 30 languages. Using supercomputers like Mare Nostrum and Leonardo, it aims to boost sector-specific AI, focusing on industries like healthcare and banking.
https://openeurollm.eu
New research on lucid dreams suggests consciousness exists on a spectrum—between sleep and waking, hallucination and revelation, dreams and reality. A fascinating read on the blurred lines of awareness. https://www.noemamag.com/living-in-a-lucid-dream

OmniHuman by ByteDance transforms a single photo into lifelike video, revolutionizing content creation and enhancing realism. It supports various inputs and brings new creative possibilities, but ethical considerations are essential.
https://omnihuman-lab.github.io
Aegon's Conquest (2025) - First Trailer | Henry Cavill. I wanted this to be real so bad 🫦

In a new ZN Podcast episode about Art & AI I talk about one of my favorite topics: Does great art require suffering? Tune in!

Another awesome Kurzgesacht video: What Actual Aliens Might Look Like. Humans assume aliens look human. But why would they?
This epic mashup made my day: DJ Cummerbund - Everybody and The Sunshine Band. From the comments: ”This is like the end credits scene of a movie where every character comes together for a musical number.”
Cute web experiment: Dancing Boss - An interactive music sequencer and a dancing boss:
https://boss.laurasirvent.com/
SWAJ: an uplifting movie about a shark giving out limbs for people in need.
Man in Indonesia captured exact moment a volcano erupted within its caldera. That’s a Darwin Awards candidate right there!