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What if the World Cup became a Japanese anime?
2026.06.16What's up, Carat crew here. 🤗 Today we've got Hollywood putting money into AI video, World Cup clips reborn as anime, and fresh moves from Grok and DeepMind.
🔥 A Hollywood studio just teamed up with AI video maker Runway
Studio Lionsgate just took an equity stake in AI video startup Runway and kicked off a joint program to build new IP together. Runway makes generative AI that turns text or images into video.
First up is a short-form episodic series built on Lionsgate's existing IP. Lionsgate is also a presenting partner at the Runway AI Festival in June. The two have used Runway's tools for pre-visualization and storyboarding since 2024, and now they're going all the way to equity and co-owned IP.
📌 3 things happening today
1️⃣ The World Cup, but as a full-on Japanese anime?
Clips that restyle 2026 World Cup footage into Japanese anime are spreading fast on social. The sprints and goals get a hand-drawn anime finish, and it's honestly hard to tell apart from a real match.
leonrdewa posted this one on Instagram, and these days you can turn any favorite match moment into anime style with AI. Make your own anime clip of your favorite player's best moment. 👉 Create it on Carat
2️⃣ Soon you can hand Grok your repetitive work
Screens going around show Elon Musk's xAI upgrading Grok's scheduled-task feature into a full automation tool. Grok is xAI's AI chatbot.
The new version reportedly lets you pick from preset skill bundles and choose which AI model runs each task. Set it once, and it can handle your repetitive work on its own.
3️⃣ An AI teaching assistant for classrooms short on teachers
Google DeepMind shared new research on using AI as a teaching aid where teachers are scarce. The focus is places like Sierra Leone, where student numbers are climbing faster than schools can hire.
The idea isn't to replace teachers but to back them up. The research keeps a teacher's expertise and role intact while helping one person reach more students.
🧪 Today's prompt
What color is your bouquet?
A prompt luffynod00 shared on X. Drop in your photo and it turns you into a 2000s digital-cam selfie with a bouquet covering part of your face. The AI picks the flower colors to match your vibe, so half the fun is seeing what color you get.
Here's what we made on Carat with ChatGPT Image 2 Medium.
Transform my photo with ChatGPT Image 2 Medium using the prompt below.
Prompt:
Keep the input person's facial identity, hairstyle, and outfit exactly as they are. Stage a close-up digital-camera snapshot taken indoors, holding a bouquet up near the face so it naturally covers the mouth, chin, and nose.
The bouquet doesn't just lightly cover the nose; it's fine if it naturally hides most or all of it.
Frame it tight, with the face and bouquet filling most of the shot, while the upper face (eyes, eyebrows, forehead, upper cheekbones) stays sharp and clear.
The skin looks bright and soft, as if lit by a Canon IXUS 70 camera flash, with a subtle highlighter on the visible upper nose bridge and front cheekbones, and just a hint of cool-pink blush on both cheeks.
The overall tone is a bright, clean, cool palette rather than a warm yellow indoor cast, finished with a 2000s digital-camera feel: slight digital noise and soft sharpness.
Design the bouquet freely to match the person's mood.
Try it on Carat right now. 👉 Create it on Carat
That's all for today. 😊 We'll be back tomorrow with more.
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