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z-image-turbo-img2img makes image iteration fast: prompt an edit, tune strength, pick steps, set a seed, and export PNG/JPG/WebP.
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z-image-turbo-img2img makes image iteration fast: prompt an edit, tune strength, pick steps, set a seed, and export PNG/JPG/WebP.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-effects-layer-for-image-to-video-what-wan-effects-does-and-when-to-use-it.
Need video but only have photos? wan-effects applies popular visual effects to still images to create dynamic videos—plus tips for picking images that look best
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wan-effects (by fal-ai) turns a single image into a high-quality video with cinematic visual effects. Here’s what it does, best use cases, and what to test first.

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Learn how z-image-base-trainer lets you fine-tune Z-Image with LoRA adapters—custom styles, subjects, and domains without retraining the full 6B model.
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Learn how z-image-base-trainer lets you fine-tune Z-Image with LoRA adapters—custom styles, subjects, and domains without retraining the full 6B model.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-new-dev-tools-race-you-cant-wait-for-big-tech-to-go-first.
Graphite CTO Greg Foster on AI’s dev tools upheaval, why code review matters more now, and the hard line between vibe coding and enterprise software.
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An interview with Graphite CTO Greg Foster on AI’s dev tools upheaval, why code review matters more now, and the hard line between vibe coding and enterprise software.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/qwen3-tts-and-the-case-for-token-based-speech-synthesis.
A plain-English breakdown of Qwen3-TTS, explaining how tokenized audio enables efficient, real-time speech generation with large language models.
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Qwen3-TTS converts speech into discrete tokens so language models can generate audio the same way they generate text, enabling efficient, real-time text-to-speech with clear quality–speed tradeoffs.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/humanitys-last-game-of-musical-chairs-has-begun.
Even if AGI isn't feasible, the gains being made right now will drastically disorient the workforce.
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Even if we hit some qualitative plateau and AGI isn't feasible with our current technological roadmap, the gains being made over the next few years will drastically disorient the workforce.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/openvision-3-challenges-the-need-for-separate-vision-and-image-generation-models.
OpenVision 3 introduces a unified visual encoder that supports both image understanding and generation, reducing redundancy across vision AI systems.
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OpenVision 3 demonstrates that a single visual encoder, using a unified tokenizer, can effectively power both image understanding and image generation tasks across multiple model sizes.

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When AI reduces the cost of building automation itself, adoption accelerates as it expands.
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When AI reduces the cost of building automation itself, adoption accelerates as it expands.