China Films 128,000 Micro-Dramas a Quarter Now, and Barely Any Use Real Actors
While the West argues about one glitchy AI actress, China has already industrialised the entire thing. In the first quarter […]
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Task Failed Successfully: Hollywood ‘AI Star’ Tilly Norwood Bombs 75 Interviews At The Same Time
The AI-generated “actress” who was supposed to be cinema’s shiny synthetic future and instead became its most recent public faceplant.
Midjourney Can Turn Your Images Into Video Now. The Still-Picture Era Is Ending.
Midjourney, the tool that made a name generating gorgeous still images, has moved into motion. Its new image-to-video feature, out
Sora Is Dead. Here’s Who Actually Won AI Video in 2026.
Quiet end to a loud start: OpenAI shut the Sora app back in April, and its API sunsets on 24
ElevenLabs Put Veo, Sora and Kling in One Workspace. The Slop Pipeline Is Complete.
Until now, making an AI video meant juggling half a dozen tools: one to generate the image, another for the
VizNow’s Idea to Video Builds a Whole Video From a Voice Note
The pitch for VizNow’s Idea to Video, which launched on 14 August, is the sort of thing that makes a
The Best AI Video Generators in 2026: Veo, Runway, Kling and the One That Got Cancelled
Veo, Kling, Runway, Hailuo, Luma, Pika and music-video specialist Neural Frames, ranked and compared using what Reddit and reviewers report.
MiniMax H3 Makes 2K Video With Real Sound for Under Two Quid a Clip
MiniMax’s new H3 model generates 15-second 2K video with native stereo sound in one pass, at about $1.95 a clip. Open weights are promised, not yet delivered.
FLUX 3 Lands: Black Forest Labs Goes Video, Audio and Robots in One Model
Black Forest Labs unveiled FLUX 3 on 23 July: one model for image, video, audio and robot actions. The open-weight version comes last.
The Director of District 9 Made a 13-Minute Film Entirely With AI. The Reviews Are Brutal
Neill Blomkamp released ‘Nightborne’, a 13-minute AI-generated sci-fi short made with ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0. It’s a genuine technical milestone (13 coherent minutes) and, per critics, a mixed watch, plus 32 licensed faces and a real labour question.