Today's selected cutting-edge AI news, welcome to read 👇

🔥 Alibaba releases the Qwen 2.5 series models, with significant improvements in programming and math capabilities.

🚀 Kuaishou KeLing AI 1.5 released, supporting 1080P video generation, with a new motion brush feature.

🖼️ Free AI image extension tool Diffusers Image Outpaint, easily extend images with one click.

🎨 Jerry Davos releases a new ComfyUI workflow, enabling more stable video-to-animation backgrounds.

💻 GeekDesk, a beautiful and powerful desktop management tool, creates a personalized geeky desktop.

Cutting-edge Information

1. Alibaba Tongyi Qwen releases the Qwen 2.5 series models.

This includes the general language model Qwen 2.5, Qwen 2.5-Coder specifically for programming, and Qwen 2.5-Math for the field of mathematics.

Details: https://qwenlm.github.io/zh/blog/qwen2.5/

The series has significantly improved knowledge levels and performance in programming, mathematics, long text generation, and structured data understanding.

Additionally, Qwen 2.5-Math supports Chinese, and Qwen 2.5-Coder performs on par with many large models in programming capabilities.

Model download: https://huggingface.co/collections/Qwen/qwen25-66e81a666513e518adb90d9e

2. Kuaishou KeLing AI releases version 1.5.

Significant improvements in video quality and text understanding capabilities. It now supports generating 1080P HD videos in high-performance mode without increasing costs.

Details: https://klingai.kuaishou.com/release-notes

Additionally, a new motion brush feature, similar to Runway, allows assigning motion paths to elements like people or objects in the image, enabling precise control over video content.

AI Tools

1. A practical AI image extension tool: Diffusers Image Outpaint.

Available for free on HuggingFace, you can upload an image, select the extension ratio, and extend the image with just one click.

Use online: https://huggingface.co/spaces/fffiloni/diffusers-image-outpaint

AI Art

1. A ComfyUI workflow capable of generating stable backgrounds for video-to-animation conversion.

This workflow can separately convert characters or backgrounds in videos and uses Differential Diffusion to ensure stable backgrounds and styles after video-to-animation conversion.

Workflow: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HoZxKUX7WAg7ObqP00R4oIv48sXCEryQ

Details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/v4-5-new-raw-112239304

This is a new work from Jerry Davos, the "workflow god" behind Animatediff. Based on the demos, the images remain stable, and the main subject stays consistent. The results look good.

It may be worth trying, but it requires decent local computer configuration.

Open-source Projects

1. A beautiful and powerful desktop quick-launch management tool: GeekDesk.

It integrates a powerful file search function, allowing you to quickly search for files across your entire drive, and offers rich customization options to create an efficient and personalized geeky desktop.

GitHub: https://github.com/BookerLiu/GeekDesk

Main features:

• Everything search integration: Quickly search files across the drive, improving file search efficiency.
• Custom hotkeys: Allows setting global hotkeys to bring up the tool.
• Custom wallpapers: You can freely select and change your favorite desktop wallpapers.
• Interface effect adjustments: Supports adjusting the frosted glass effect of background images, interface transparency, and rounded corners.
• Various system icon choices: Offers over 80 system icons to choose from.
• Reminder feature: Create to-do items with hotkeys and set reminders.