AI Filmmaking
Roku launched Fairground AI, the first 24/7 channel built entirely from AI-generated content. The economics make sense; the early audience reaction has been brutal. Here's why.
promise ai
Promise AI is developing a horror feature with Bloody Disgusting's founder and a Backrooms producer attached. Here's why that pedigree is a bigger signal than the project itself.
AI Video
Why does "625 credits" mean 25 seconds on one AI video model and 125 on another? Here's what credits actually represent, and how to actually compare cost across platforms.
minimax
MiniMax H3's hosted platform quietly rewrites your prompts into a structured format before generation. Here's what that format actually is, and how to write it yourself.
higgsfield
A creator built a 4-agent AI filmmaking crew, screenwriter, image generator, video generator, and director, inside Higgsfield's Supercomputer. Here's how the workflow actually worked, and what it costs.
Google's Gemini Omni Flash isn't just another AI video generator, it's built to edit existing footage while keeping scenes coherent. Here's what developers have actually built with it.
AI Filmmaking
Is AI filmmaking legal? It's not one question. Here's where copyrightability, training-data lawsuits, and platform terms of service actually stand in 2026.
hell grind
Higgsfield open-sourced every prompt and asset behind Hell Grind, its $500K, 95-minute AI feature. Here's what the data reveals, and the more complicated story behind the film's Cannes debut.
pika
Pika launched a $10/month API Club, undercutting aggregators like Fal and Runway Dev by up to 87% across 100+ AI models. Here's how the pricing actually compares.
wan3.0
Alibaba's Wan3.0 entered public beta with native 30-second video and Omni-Reference, letting you generate from documents and spreadsheets, not just images and video. Here's what's confirmed.
black forest labs
Black Forest Labs, the team behind FLUX images, launched its first AI video model today. Here's how FLUX 3 Video actually performs against Runway, Kling, and Seedance.
AI Filmmaking
Are AI filmmakers chasing the latest models toward viral clout, festival recognition, or real careers? Here's what the actual evidence shows, and why the Kane Parsons comparison is more complicated than it looks.