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PixMo is a smartphone app that relies on AI to turn regular pictures and simple text prompts into quick animated clips. You don’t need editing knowledge because the whole interface feels beginner-friendly. It’s almost like messing around with ideas, since the app handles most of the work. You can us...

A scary call. A frantic 911 report. Police racing to stop what they thought was a kidnapping – only to learn that it was all a hoax. Such was the case recently in Lawrence, Kan., where a woman picked up her voicemail to find it hijacked by a voice eerily like her mother’s claiming to be in trouble. ...

Lloyds Bank is betting on a future where purchasing a home might be as easy as pushing a button – thanks to an unexpected mashup of blockchain and artificial intelligence. The bank’s chief executive, Charlie Nunn, told delegates at the Global Banking Summit that a combination of “tokenised deposits”...

You could be forgiven for thinking that this is the beginning of a sci-fi movie script. “But no – it’s only 2025, and AI is getting scarily good at translating plain English into moving pictures. The Gen-4 just dropped for the startup Runway. 5, and people are doing a sad double-take. Gen-4, Accordi...

AI Catch runs on your phone and automatically turns images and short text instructions into animated video snippets using AI. The layout is simple, so you don’t need editing experience to get started. It feels a bit like doodling with video rather than serious production. Afterwards, you can post th...

Hailuo AI is designed for smartphones and uses AI to produce short animations from everyday pictures and quick prompts. You don’t have to worry about editing because the interface is aimed at beginners. It almost feels like sketching an idea and letting the app complete it. You can keep the videos f...