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xnxlast Thursday at 1:26 AM2 repliesview on HN

Very impressive improvement over Viggle. I don't know if Viggle was considered sota previously, but it's certainly had its moment of popularity at the end of last year.

Tech has come a long way since Monty-Python style JibJab from 2004.


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echelonlast Thursday at 2:30 AM

It's better than Viggle, but Alibaba doesn't release their models like Tencent does.

Waiting for the Tencent version of this. It feels like Tencent releases a new model or two every single week. If they do release an equivalent, everyone will be able to clone Viggle's entire product offering.

Models are becoming commodity faster than ever these days. We had five foundation video models come out last week. I don't know how Runway ML, with their $300M of fundraising, will be able to stay ahead or raise again. They don't have any special magic, and there's nothing spectacular about their product.

I wouldn't want to be a foundation model company these days. China and any third string company release weights openly to gain network effects and salt the earth for foundation model value accretion. Product and brand awareness are all that matters.

Edit: if anyone from Alibaba or Ant Group is reading, can you release your code and weights? Pretty please?

joshdavhamlast Thursday at 4:52 AM

> Tech has come a long way since Monty-Python style JibJab from 2004.

No doubt! I'm surprised people even remember JibJab.