The AI-UPD8 project is a co-operation between the “DAE Research” and “Business and Media” research groups of Howest. The goal of this project is to continue being a living knowledge and expertise center for questions from Flemish organizations on the use of AI in game, film, media, communication and marketing contexts. Our intention with this projects is to inspire, to advise, and in specific cases even to help guide implementation. This results in a series of talks, webinars, practical experiments, workshops and in-person meetups, as well as a living database with a curated overview of innovative technology and tools organized by specific use case and with the required information to make informed decissions regarding adoption and integration.
NEW! The aiupdate.be database!
Our curated database of AI tools has launched at aiupdate.be! From text to video to 3d generation or large language models, discover which tools we recommend at the link below. As tools are released we will update the database as we get a chance to test the tools ourselves, and share our opinion both in the database entries, as well as on our blogposts and linkedin posts!
Want to stay up to date without having to regularly check out our database? Join our LinkedIn group where we regularly post about the newest releases and updates, our own experiments and blogposts, as well as our personal “tool of the week”!
AI in Digital Arts, Game Dev & Entertainment Meetups
Want to get a better idea about what AI tools are out there? How other local creators are using these tools in their workflows? Meet up and get to know other creators in the (extended) game and entertainment working with innovative tech? Please join our meetup community and join us at one of our next sessions organized across Belgium.
State of the art Presentations and Hands-on Workshops
Aside from the database and meetups, we also have a user group of companies for whom we organize all kinds of sessions, from broad-scope state of the art presentations to keep up with the newest evolutions, to hands-on experiment days where we provide the opportunity to test out a lot of these innovative tools without the usual boundaries for entry. Any of those sound interesting? Or have a company-specific question you’d like an answer to? Always feel free to reach out to our researchers who will be happy to help out, either through advice, or, if requested, even sessions tailored to your specific needs!