AICU, which “creates creators” in the age of generative AI, forms a strategic alliance with Stability AI, a leading generative AI company
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Press release: January 22, 2024
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AICU, which “creates creators” in the age of generative AI, forms a strategic alliance with Stability AI, a leading generative AI company *AICU media “Delivering understandable AI” ▶ https://note.com/aicu Promote the adoption of generative AI with free articles and books, events and workshop development. We also undertake PoC development for the Japanese market. *
AICU Inc. and Stability AI collaborate on the development of creative AI media and AIUX services through a partnership. AICU
media “Delivering understandable AI” ▶ https://note.com/aicu Promote the adoption of generative AI with free articles and books, events and workshop development. We will also take on contracts for sample and PoC development.
AICU Inc. and Stability AI collaborate on creative AI media and AIUX service development through partnership
AICU Inc. (Headquartered in Dover City, Delaware, Sunnyvale, California) Ltd. (headquartered in London, United Kingdom).
This partnership has been formalized through an engagement letter and is a sustainable, innovative and open AIDX (AI Driven user
eXperience) development and technology public relations, with a focus on communication that promotes social awareness, value enhancement, and market development of generative AI technology.
* Through this partnership, AICU Inc. will become Stability AI Ltd. Advocacy communication for social recognition and smooth communication of generation AI technology
As a service, we will cooperate with consulting services,
developer/creator support, technology PR, PoC development, and creator union building. *
AICU Inc. CEO Akihiko Shirai (Ph.D., Engineering) said, “The historic event that occurred in the summer of 2022, Stable
Since the open release of Diffusion, I have written several books, academic papers, lectures, and more than 300 daily commentary blogs about Stability as a researcher, developer, educator, and author. AI’s “We are building the foundation to activate human potential” Founder and CEO, Emad
Mostaque’s vision has been conveyed to society in Japanese. AICU, which was founded in 2023, has created the “Creating People with AIDX” initiative.
Stability
I’m excited to be able to create new added value through open science and technology in AI and communication with society.”
Jerry Chi, Japan representative of Stability AI, said, “*The partnership with AICU
For AI, this is an important opportunity to expand the influence of our AI technology in Japan. * ” “*
We look forward to seeing how this synergy fosters innovative solutions and communities. *” states.
An overview of this new partnership is below
1. * More detailed development of Stability AI’s AI technology in the Japanese market * Stability
Improving the inbound value of the AI market not only in English-speaking countries but also in Japanese-speaking countries by AI Headquarters, and Stability AI based in Japan
Model development, market development, PoC/tool development, and customer development to improve outbound value such as Japanese LLM in Japan and text image generation in Japanese.
2. *AICU’s introduction and introduction support for Stability AI’s products in the Japanese market*
As an open science communicator, AICU
We will introduce AI products and services in an open and
easy-to-understand manner to general creators, businesses, and executives. AICU provides Stability support to developers at large enterprises and the startup community.
We support the introduction and utilization of AI products and services. 3. *Providing next-generation AI-based creative content and educational services*
While generative AI is evolving rapidly and many people find it difficult to keep up, Stability
AI’s ability to rapidly develop basic technology and AICU’s collaboration to “disseminate educational content as entertainment in a broad sense” will help create new experiences like those at the dawn of the game industry and the activities of creators in the AI era. There is a possibility that change itself can be turned into content. For traditional publishers such as publishing companies, universities, educational services, and in-house training, we provide design and development consulting for AI services that not only automate and improve efficiency but also stimulate free creativity.We provide high-quality, fun and easy-to-understand AI learning content. ” will stimulate markets in which Japan excels, such as anime, game development, video production, advertising agencies, and the SNS industry.
*About AICU Co., Ltd.*
It is an international science communication company in the age of creative AI, founded in July 2023 by Koji Tokuda in Sunnyvale, USA, and CEO Dr. Akihiko Shirai joined in October of the same year. AICU Co., Ltd. is an international university-originated venture of Digital Hollywood University, and AIDX (AI
Driven user eXperience (AI-driven user experience)
We are a start-up company with a vision of “AIDX/AIUX service development” that fosters and disseminates creative talent in the age of generative AI, and utilizes the experience unique to AI.
Specifically, we are engaged in technology PoC development,
international IP development, experience development in the fields of real-time graphics and metaverse, support for expressive activities by people with disabilities, AIDX workshops, media communication, professional education projects, and the operation of creator unions. .
AICU not only provides rapid technology PoC, demo and sample development through open blog articles, but also supports existing media such as newspapers and magazines, and cultural We also conduct academic dissemination based on a wide range of experiential development research, including art, edutainment experiences such as science museums and programming classes, community events, and inclusive fields such as people with disabilities and diverse societies, and reach a wide range of audiences in multiple languages, mainly in Japan, the United States, and Europe. We are sending out messages to.
Examples of AICU’s services and products are as follows:
* 1. Service for “delivering understandable AI” using X (Twitter) operation using AI technology + tech blogs and commercial books that are actually used by hands *
X (Twitter) account using AI technology X@AICUai ( https://twitter.com/AICUai ), we disseminate various AI news such as commercial AI-related services, information on how to use creative tools, academics, entertainment, etc. in the fastest, easiest-to-understand way, and as a “fun antenna” for users. in parallel
AICU media ( https://note.com/aicu
), we provide quality information based on our policy of “actually working with our hands and doing research with our feet,” including introductions to AI services and creative tools in the Japanese market, terminology explanations, reading material for artists, event reports, and information exchange for the AI human resources and job change market. We are disseminating high quality information every day. In addition, we plan and produce many community events, entertainment contents, commercial books, and related workshops to utilize creative AI in professional illustrations, not only for companies, commerce, countries, and society, but also for the cultural, artistic, and educational markets. I am. In cooperation with talented Japanese generative AI creators, we support the construction of AI terminology and the international publication and dissemination of various e-books including Kindle, and become a window for Japanese AI creators to interact with the global market. To go.
* 2. Holding and supporting international events*
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Japan’s largest AI community event “Tokyo AI Festival” will be held in Shibuya from March 23rd to 24th, 2024. AICU will participate as a sponsor and advisor. *
■Related: Digital Hollywood University visiting professor Akihiko Shirai appointed as advisor for generative AI startup conference “Tokyo AI Festival”
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000004.000129360.html
For details, please visit https://www.aisai.tokyo/ and
https://corp.aicu.ai/tokyoai-festival-2024
Please refer to.
* [Tokyo AI Festival 2024] Stable Diffusion Workshop Festival (February 2nd) Main Lecturer*
https://connpass.com/event/308198/
・“*Tokyo XR Metaverse & Content Business World*” will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from January 26th to 28th, 2024.
https://xr-meta-biz.tokyo/
) At booth number 62, we will hold Metaverse, Global Game Jam, cutting-edge workshops in creative AI, and Creator Union Consultation (Production consultation and registration for creators in the AI era, as well as inquiries from companies regarding requests from companies). We will help you.
Details https://corp.aicu.ai/ja/tokyoxr2024
* 3. Developer/Creator Support (Technology Public Relations, PoC Development, Creator Union) *
Current users of generative AI are facing fundamental challenges such as conflicts between rapid and complex technological development and society, deviations from the existing business and business practices of their organizations, and new talent in the generative AI era, such as new employees in the post-corona era. We face behavioral
differences and challenges of diminishing value and cost optimization. AICU’s technology public relations service proactively introduces the latest technologies and projects that are complex and difficult for the general public and business people to understand, through easy-to-understand demonstrations, technology PoC development, fun samples, and other “examples of hands-on development.” We provide easy-to-understand science and technology communication. By sharing the passion and knowledge of our core developers with the general public without sacrificing developer skills or motivation, we are leading to project success, future user development, and a thriving developer community.
Using blogs, glossaries, books, meetups, hackathons, recruitment support, videos, conferences, online, and all kinds of media communication technology, we are a technological singularity that showcases the power, potential, rationale, and inclusion of creative AI. We believe that this will be a concrete means to achieve sustainable improvement of human potential in the face of global warming and value creation in society, and we are building a “union where AI creators gather” that can make this possible.
■The first community event will be held today, January 22nd, and the next one is scheduled for February 22nd.
AICU, a company that “creates creators” in the age of generative AI, holds an event where cutting-edge creators gather –
The first time will connect “Autonomous AI revolution after ChatGPT”, “AITuber development”, and “Kumamoto Creators Guild”
https://techplay.jp/event/932066
Related release https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000006.000133647.html AICU global website https://corp.aicu.ai/
X operated by AI (Twitter) https://twitter.com/AICUai
Japanese blog (note) https://note.com/aicu
AI glossary created by everyone https://note.com/aicu/membership Workshop service https://corp.aicu.ai/workshop
AICU media event/technical information https://techplay.jp/community/AICU *About Stability AI*
Founded in London, UK in 2019, Stability AI Ltd. is the world’s leading open generative AI company.
Stability AI Ltd. Stable Diffusion XL, Japanese Stable Diffusion XL, Stable LM, Japanese Stable LM, Stable
We provide open AI models such as Image Generation, Language Generation, and Code Generation, such as Code. This community is made up of more than 140,000 developers and research centers around the world, with a continued commitment to innovation and technology leadership. We continue to maximize the accessibility of AI and foster global creativity and innovation.
Head Office https://stability.ai
Japan branch https://ja.stability.ai/about
X(Twitter) https://twitter.com/StabilityAI_JP
Contact information regarding this matter
Contact: CEO Akihiko Shirai
Organization name: AICU Inc.
Address: 830 Stewart Dr, Suite 277, SUNNYVALE, CA 94085 USA
Email: info@aicu.ai
Release date: January 22, 2023 (Japan time)
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