Pika 2.1, meanwhile, pitches itself as a good tool for professional animators and weekend dabblers alike. That said, you will need a subscription to use Pika 2.1 and all the new features.

Pika is now leasing a few hundred GPUs — some from Friedman’s Andromeda cluster, some from other cloud providers — which it used to build a new version of the AI model it debuted today.

Pika Labs is starting with a waiting list for version 1.0. The first users will be those making the most active and impressive use of the earlier model through Discord. That rollout starts this week.

Pika 2.0 isn’t just a significant upgrade on the previous generation model, it’s catapulted the AI video lab into prime position as one of the best platforms on the market.

T he first ad from Jared Leto–backed AI video startup Pika sells AI as an escape from reality. The two-minute spot, now running on ReelzTV and social platforms, casts AI as a serene refuge from ...

The American pika, a small mammal adapted to high altitudes and cold temperatures, has died out from a 64-square-mile span of habitat in California’s northern Sierra Nevada mountains, and the cause ...

Pika are herbivores, consuming mainly grasses and alpine flowers that grow around the protection of the rocks. They gather up large mouthfuls of the plants and bring them back to their den site.

Pika.art can take a simple text prompt written in natural English and turn it into a dynamic, full-motion video clip. Its generative AI model is capable of rendering both realistic visuals and ...

Pika 1.5, its latest AI video model, now includes the ability to crumble, dissolve, deflate and “ta-da” video subjects — the last of these essentially making a video subject disappear behind ...

Pika Watch volunteers monitor Columbia River Gorge for elusive pikas, aiding conservation in partnership with the Oregon Zoo. To stream KGW on your phone, you need the KGW app. Download the KGW app ...

Pika 2.1, meanwhile, pitches itself as a good tool for professional animators and weekend dabblers alike. That said, you will need a subscription to use Pika 2.1 and all the new features.