Pippa, a new AI startup, offers text-to-video generation while aiming to ethically compensate artists whose styles are used. Cofounders Hogan Shrum and Sean Wright believe their model will attract customers, but face skepticism from artists concerned about low payments and the technology's reliance on internet-scraped art.
MiniMax is set to release the full model weights for its H3 AI video editing model, currently available via API and Hailuo AI. H3 is noted as powerful in video editing but trails competitors in text-to-video and image-to-video tasks, with MiniMax aiming to support the open-source community.
AI lab Midjourney, known for its image and video generators, has acquired the social astrology app Co-Star, which boasts 4.3 million monthly active users. The deal terms were not disclosed, but Co-Star's team of two dozen employees has joined Midjourney.
LimeWire, a generative AI platform, empowers creators to produce, share, and monetize AI-generated content, including images, with upcoming music and video tools, offering NFT minting, ad revenue, and royalty models.
This article explores the top 10 AI tools, including ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Grammarly, that enhance efficiency and productivity across various industries. It details their pros and cons for tasks like content creation, coding, and SEO, emphasizing careful use due to inherent limitations.
A guide for 2025 highlights ten AI tools, including ChatGPT, Canva Magic Studio, and RunwayML, that aim to revolutionize content creation by enhancing efficiency and quality for marketers, businesses, and creators across various digital platforms.
Kuaishou-backed Kling AI is reportedly close to securing a US$3 billion fundraising round, valuing the company at US$18 billion, amid intensifying competition in China's AI video generation sector. Tencent is among the investors, and Kuaishou plans a Hong Kong IPO for Kling AI within 12 months.
Google's new Omni AI video generation model, part of its Gemini suite, shows improved video creation capabilities over its predecessor Veo, with better character consistency and the ability to use uploaded videos as input. However, it still struggles with detail continuity, edit suggestions, and costs credits for each generation and edit, making iterative refinements expensive.
Google's Gemini app now allows adult users to create AI avatars for personalized video generation. The feature, powered by the Omni video model, generates digital clones that can be inserted into various scenarios, though early results show some imperfections and raise concerns about potential misuse.
Google unveiled Gemini Omni, an AI model for video creation and editing, at Google I/O 2026. It allows natural language instructions for generating and modifying videos, referencing multiple data inputs, and changing object details. The first model, Gemini Omni Flash, is now available to subscribers and will be free on YouTube soon.
Runway, a New York-based AI startup, diverges from the language-focused AI trend by developing video and world models to simulate real-world environments, aiming to accelerate scientific progress and solve complex problems.
Runway, a New York-based AI startup, diverges from Silicon Valley norms by focusing on video-driven world models, aiming to create AI that learns from observational data rather than just text, with potential impacts on various industries.
Kuaishou Technology’s shares jumped as much as 10 per cent on Tuesday morning after reports that the Chinese short-video platform was raising new funding for its Kling AI unit at a valuation of US$20 billion. Kuaishou – often seen as a rival to ByteDance-owned Douyin in China – plans to spin off its video generation service, according to a report by Chinese technology news outlet The LatePost on Monday, citing anonymous sources. The company is in talks with potential investors, including Tencent...
Kuaishou Technology’s shares jumped as much as 10 per cent on Tuesday morning after reports that the Chinese short-video platform was raising new funding for its Kling AI unit at a US$20 billion valuation. Kuaishou – often seen as a rival to ByteDance-owned Douyin in China – plans to spin off its video generation service, according to a report by Chinese technology news outlet The LatePost on Monday, citing anonymous sources. The company is in talks with potential investors, including Tencent...
Last month, OpenAI gave up on its Sora video generation tool, and on Friday, the Sora team's leader, Bill Peebles, announced that he is leaving the company. OpenAI has been shifting its priorities as part of an effort to avoid "side quests," and Peebles' departure is just one of many recent changes as the company […]
Alibaba's new AI video generation model, HappyHorse 1.0, has surpassed ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 in benchmark rankings for both text-to-video and image-to-video capabilities, highlighting the intense competition in the AI talent race.
