Midjourney Enters AI Video Race

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Today we have:

🎥 Midjourney Enters the Video Race with Its First AI Animation Model

🔥 Launch a Product Drop Page in Minutes with MagicPath

🧠 ChatGPT Use May Weaken Student Brain Activity, MIT Study Finds

🏆 Tools and Shifts You Cannot Miss

🎥 Midjourney Enters the Video Race with Its First AI Animation Model

Midjourney just launched V1, its first-ever video generation model, allowing users to animate any image into stylized 5-second clips using automatic or manual prompts. The release comes just days after the company was sued by Disney and Universal, adding extra scrutiny to the debut.

The Shift:

1. Two Ways to Animate: Auto or Manual - Users can now press “Animate” on any Midjourney image to bring it to life through AI-generated motion. There’s a “low motion” mode for subtle ambient scenes and a “high motion” setting for dynamic, camera-moving sequences. 

2. Extensible 20-Second Video Output - Each job renders four 5-second clips (20 seconds max with extensions), and you can also animate outside images by uploading them as a start frame. Priced at 8× an image job, the cost still lands at ~25× cheaper than comparable AI video generators, according to Midjourney. 

3. No Audio, No Prompt-to-Video, Yet - Unlike competitors like Google’s Veo, V1 doesn’t offer audio or full text-to-video generation. It’s strictly image-to-video (I2V) for now, but the videos maintain the same surreal, painterly aesthetic that made MJ’s stills so viral. 

Founder David Holz says this is just a “building block” in a broader effort to create AI systems that move and respond in real time, combining image, video, 3D, and speed. These foundational pieces will eventually form a “holodeck-like” system, allowing users to direct AI-rendered scenes in full spatial environments.

🔥 Launch a Product Drop Page in Minutes with MagicPath

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How to do it:

1. Go to magicpath.ai and sign in.
   

2. Prompt it with something like:
   
    “Create a mobile-first microsite for a vegan shampoo launch, hero video, ingredient section, influencer testimonials, before/after slider, sticky buy button. Soft green tones.”
   

3. Review the design it gives you.
   
   Regenerate if needed, tweak your prompt for style, layout, or sections.
   

4. Export the code or mockup.
   
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5. Go live, test versions instantly, and drop it via email, SMS, or Instagram bio.

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🧠 ChatGPT Use May Weaken Student Brain Activity, MIT Study Finds

MIT researchers found that students using ChatGPT to write essays showed noticeably weaker brain activity and memory retention. Over four months, 54 students were monitored via EEG while writing SAT-style essays with and without AI help. 

The Shift:

1. Three Study Groups, One Measured Goal - Students were split into three groups: no tools, Google search, and ChatGPT. Each wrote multiple essays while researchers recorded brain activity. The aim was to see how writing support tools affect cognitive load and engagement.

2. ChatGPT Group Showed Lowest Brain Function - Those using ChatGPT had the weakest neural connectivity in key regions. Their essays also scored lower on creativity, structure, and linguistic richness. Researchers flagged a clear cognitive gap versus other groups.

3. Traditional Writers Had Strongest Brain Activity - Students who wrote without assistance showed high engagement in memory and idea generation. Their brain scans lit up consistently across all cognitive markers. Even Google users performed better than the AI group.

The study hints at a long-term risk of AI-first learning habits. Passive writing support may undercut critical thinking and memory development. These early findings signal deeper tradeoffs ahead in education.

🏆AI Tools for the Shift

🎨 Smart Palette – Create custom artwork that fits your style and space. Perfect for designers, decorators, and visual storytellers.

🤖 Mixus – AI agents built to keep you in control. Automate tasks without losing oversight.

🧠 Lexikon AI – Turn past conversations into living AI companions. Deeply personal and endlessly interactive.

📚 AI Manga Translator – Instantly translate any manga into 100+ languages. Fast, accurate, and visually preserved.

🖍️ Colorings – Generate AI-designed coloring pages from text or photos. Fun, creative, and print-ready.

🚀Quick Shifts

🎬 YouTube is bringing its Veo 3 AI video model to Shorts this summer, letting creators make higher-quality, audio-powered AI videos, though it may require a paid plan to access the tool.

🗣️ Google is testing “Search Live” in its app, letting US users have real-time voice chats with AI inside Search; text transcripts, links, and camera support are coming soon via Labs’ AI Mode.

🤖 OpenAI has dropped Scale AI as a data provider after Meta’s multibillion-dollar deal with the startup, pushing Scale to pivot toward AI apps as top clients like Google also reconsider partnerships.

🌫️ Elon Musk’s xAI is facing a lawsuit for running over 400 MW of gas turbines at its Memphis data center without air permits, risking major Clean Air Act violations and worsening local pollution.

That’s all for today’s edition see you tomorrow as we track down and get you all that matters in the daily AI Shift!

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