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Huge Chinese Netflix Competitor Converting to Host “Mainly AI-Generated Content”

Huge Chinese Netflix Competitor Converting to Host “Mainly AI-Generated Content”

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech It may be the beginning of the end for the global legions of C-drama fans. iQIYI, the Chinese streaming service known for its massive library of Asian films and TV shows, is anticipating that AI will create the majority of its content in just five years, Bloomberg reports. In an interview at iQIYI’s annual content showcase, CEO Gong Yu presented a sweeping AI vision so divorced from the company’s roots as a Netflix-style service that it has shades of Mark Zuckerberg’s aborted pivot to building an entire “Metaverse.” Per Bloomberg‘s paraphrasing of Yu’s remarks, the Beijing-based streamer plans to convert its website and video app into a “social media destination that hosts mainly AI-generated content” — content it hopes will be made using its own model. On Monday, the service launched its Nadou Pro suite, an all-in-one AI toolkit designed to handle every aspect of filmmaking, from screenwriting to storyboards and video generation. The company says Nadou Pro …

Converting waste into African renewable energy through biomass gasification

Converting waste into African renewable energy through biomass gasification

Published by skeptic

REFFECT AFRICA integrates renewable energy solutions based on the biomass gasification technology to optimise the water-energy-food nexus. Through three demonstrator plants in Ghana, Morocco and South Africa, it transforms agricultural wastes into bioenergy, drinking water and biochar Demographically, Africa’s population is projected to experience massive growth, rising from approximately 1.2 billion in 2018 to over 4.4 billion by the year 2100. Currently, according to the International Energy Agency (2020), nearly 600 million people in Africa lack continuous and reliable access to electricity, particularly in rural areas of the sub-Saharan region. Furthermore, approximately two-thirds of the population in sub-Saharan Africa depends on agriculture for their livelihood (World Bank Open Data, 2024). Agriculture is a sector that generates a vast amount of agri-food waste, which, in most cases, remains unexploited, representing a valuable source for renewable energy generation and local employment. Fig. 1: Main approach of the REFFECT AFRICA project The REFFECT AFRICA project addresses the development and integration of renewable energy sources for African communities, both grid-connected and off-grid. With the goal of closing the water-energy-food …