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AI 3D: Why Cool Algorithms Fail to Make M

3D modeling is widely used in the media, gaming, and education industries. The global market size of 3D modeling and animation has reached…

Mar 19, 2024

AI 3D: Why Cool Algorithms Fail to Make M

Mar 19, 2024

How Adobe Flash Made Me a Google Engineer

Adobe Animate is being terminated. Rarely did I mention, but Adobe Flash (its ancient version) was the reason I started programming in…

Feb 3

How Adobe Flash Made Me a Google Engineer

Feb 3

Movie Review: Why the Pursuit of Happyness is my least favorite movie

Please don’t get me wrong. As a Chinese girl who came to the U.S. alone at age 15 and became a multi-millionaire in her 20s, I value hard…

Jan 11

Jan 11

Introducing Objaverse++, Curated 3D Object Dataset with Quality Annotations

We just open-sourced the first 3D model dataset for Objaverse with quality annotations!

Apr 15, 2025

Introducing Objaverse++, Curated 3D Object Dataset with Quality Annotations

Apr 15, 2025

My Day at Y Combinator Demo Day: A Glimpse into Silicon Valley’s AI Trends

Yesterday, I was invited to the YC demo day to watch pitch demos from over 150 startups alongside 1,500 investors.

Mar 13, 2025

My Day at Y Combinator Demo Day: A Glimpse into Silicon Valley’s AI Trends

Mar 13, 2025

Nvidia’s new AI can build LLMs cheaper! Upcycling MoE explained

In this technical interview on YouTube, Ethan He, a research engineer at NVIDIA, breaks down the fascinating world of Mixture of Experts…

Dec 7, 2024

Nvidia’s new AI can build LLMs cheaper! Upcycling MoE explained

Dec 7, 2024

Is AI the Future of Game NPCs? An Overview of NPC Intelligence

Below is the script for my latest YouTube video.

Jul 22, 2024

Is AI the Future of Game NPCs? An Overview of NPC Intelligence

Jul 22, 2024

Will AI Make the Poor Poorer? ft. Siqi Chen

This transcript features a conversation between Cindy and Siqi (the founder of Runway) on AirChat.

Jul 14, 2024

Will AI Make the Poor Poorer? ft. Siqi Chen

Jul 14, 2024

Cartoon Scenes to 3D Models: This AI is Controversial

I found this Toon3D, an AI that turns hand-drawn cartoon scenes into 3D models.

Jun 16, 2024

Cartoon Scenes to 3D Models: This AI is Controversial

Jun 16, 2024

AnimationGPT, an AI to Generate Actions for Game Characters

I found this AnimationGPT, an AI that can generate combat-style character animations based on text input.

May 23, 2024

AnimationGPT, an AI to Generate Actions for Game Characters

May 23, 2024

Cindy X. L.

Cindy X. L.

Tech influencer (150k on Weibo), ex. Google, Columbia alum. This is my tiny corner to write about AI, China tech, and creator economy. Views are my own.

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