TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

This edition of the Digital Ministry Journal recaps news of interest to the digital ministry community. Church Tech Today shares reasons and an approach for giving AI a second chance. Church Visuals shares relevant Meta, Disney, YouTube news. Churchfront shares insights on in-ear monitor mixing, LED wall design, AVL design software. Finally, The Rundown AI shares insights on OpenAI’s announcement of Sora, a video generation model.

Giving AI a Second Chance

Church Tech Today shares “Beyond The First Drop: Giving A.I. A Second Chance” (5-minute read) encouraging readers who may have had a bad initial experience to revisit using AI, offering a brief review of AI tools for image generation and several thought starters ranging from use of AI for worship planning and scheduling to social media content creation.

Connected Church News: Meta, Disney, YouTube…

Church Visuals shares “Connected Church News: Episode 227” (5-minute watch) highlighting industry news including Meta’s move to label AI-generated images in its products, Disney’s partnership with Epic Games, and YouTube’s adding vertical live stream viewing to Shorts feeds.

Audio/Video/Lighting News

Churchfront team shares “AI Church Stage Design, In-Ear Monitor Tips, AVL Design Software” (65-minute watch) providing a plethora of useful Worship Tech Team insights ranging from in-ear mixing tips and use of AI (Midjourney) to design LED wall images to use of Whimsical for documenting Audio/Video/Lighting designs and an early review of a high end Midas Heritage D digital mixer.

OpenAI: Sora Video Generation Model

The Rundown AI shares “OpenAI changes the AI video world!” (15-minute read/watch) describing Sora, a text-to-video model that generates up to sixty-second videos further closing the gap between AI-generated and human created video content. This could be a game-changer for creating church video content.

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