meta
Meta just launched Muse Image and previewed Muse Video — its first AI media generation models from Meta Superintelligence Labs. Here's what's new, what the Instagram training data means, and where it sits on the benchmarks.
AI Video
A ranked guide to the ten best text-to-video AI models in 2026 — from free starting points to professional workflows. Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Runway Gen-4.5, and why Sora is already gone.
google flow
Google's new Gemini Omni Flash lets developers edit AI-generated video through conversation, paired with the faster, cheaper Nano Banana 2 Lite image model. Here's what's new and what it costs.
Runway
Runway's Aleph 2.0 model can synthesize new visual data onto the edges of existing footage to reframe a single master shot across any aspect ratio — from 16:9 widescreen to 9:16 vertical.
AI Video
Palmier Pro launched this week as a Mac-native video editor with AI generation built directly into the timeline, plus an MCP integration that lets agents like Claude edit projects directly.
AI Video
Higgsfield is offering 30 days of unlimited Seedance access, but creators are already finding the fine print: it's a separate, lower-resolution model, not unlimited Seedance 2.0 itself.
Seedance
Online chatter about a possible Seedance 2.5 is picking up. Here’s what would actually make an update worth the upgrade for filmmakers, and what would just be a letdown.
AI Video
Taste Labs launched out of stealth on June 16 with $18.5M in seed funding to build the data and infrastructure layer that gives AI models and agents genuine aesthetic judgment, starting with design.
AI Video
xAI's Grok Imagine Video 1.5 promises better motion, built-in synced audio, and generation speeds nearly twice as fast as before, now live on the API and in the Grok app.
Runway
Runway's video and image generation is now live inside ChatGPT — no tab switching, no platform hopping, just generation inside the chat window.
ai
Reactor has deployed NVIDIA's SANA-Streaming model — enabling real-time AI video transformation with zero rendering wait. The progress bar is gone.
YouTube
YouTube's crackdown on AI-generated faceless content has wiped out 16 channels, 4.7 billion views, and an estimated $10 million in annual creator revenue. The platform's July 2025 policy update renamed 'repetitious content' to 'inauthentic content,' and enforcement has only intensified since.