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TikTok announced Symphony Creative Studio, a new AI-powered tool that lets advertisers create videos from minimal inputs like product information or URLs. The tool is now available to all TikTok for Business users. Symphony Creative Studio offers several key features. With "Generate & Remix Videos," brands can create TikTok videos directly from product details. "Avatar Videos" lets companies use AI-powered digital avatars that speak in more than 30 languages. "Translate & Dub Videos" converts videos into different languages. The platform includes a video editor that helps optimize existing content with TikTok-specific elements. All content created through Symphony Creative Studio carries an "AI-generated" label to maintain transparency. TikTok says additional features are in development, including "Refresh Videos" and "Generate TikTok Scripts," though the company hasn't provided specific release dates for these tools.

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OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is back at work after a three-month hiatus. In a message to employees, Brockman said he's working with CEO Sam Altman on a new role that allows him to focus on the company's "significant technical challenges." Brockman was a key supporter of Altman during the CEO's brief ouster last year. His return is good news for OpenAI after several high-profile departures in recent months, including lead researcher Ilya Sutskever, CTO Mira Murati, co-founder John Schulman, and several safety researchers. Brockman's return ends speculation that he might leave the AI company as well.

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OpenAI is preparing to launch the full version of its "o1" model later this year, according to a report from The Information citing a source close to the product. The timing aligns with OpenAI's earlier statements about releasing "great technology" in 2024, though the company has specified that it won't be GPT-5 (possibly codenamed "Orion"). Some users briefly gained early access to o1 when it was accidentally made available for a few hours before OpenAI restricted access again. Those users reported that the model can process approximately 200,000 tokens and handle image inputs. OpenAI describes o1 as its "most capable model, great for tasks that require creativity and advanced reasoning." Currently, only mini and preview versions of o1 are available to users.

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