Alibaba's HappyHorse 1.1 rockets to No. 2 globally in AI video, Reflection AI locks a $6.3B SpaceX compute deal for open-weight models, and Anthropic gets caught in a regulatory trap after its own risk warnings trigger a U.S. export ban on its latest AI models.
Alibaba Cloud surges to No. 2 globally in AI video generation with its newly launched HappyHorse 1.1 model, capitalizing on a rapidly contracting market as OpenAI shuts down Sora and ByteDance freezes its rival product, though geopolitical tensions and a Pentagon military designation threaten to limit Western enterprise adoption.
Google is investing $75 million in acclaimed studio A24 to develop AI-powered filmmaking tools through a partnership with Google DeepMind, marking a major push into Hollywood as tech giants race to reshape how films are created.
Google DeepMind and A24 are joining forces in a groundbreaking research partnership that embeds cutting-edge AI directly into the filmmaking process, with Google also making a financial investment in the acclaimed studio.
Runway's AI Film Festival in Santa Monica puts generative AI filmmaking in the spotlight, showcasing ten short films that blend 4K AI-generated shots with traditional footage, as Hollywood accelerates its embrace of the technology through major studio deals and high-profile advisers like Martin Scorsese, even amid growing pushback from creatives …
Facebook launches AI Mode, a revolutionary search feature powered by Meta AI that pulls real user opinions from across Meta's apps, alongside creative tools that let users virtually change their clothing and appearance using AI-generated photo presets.
MoneyPrinterTurbo, an open-source AI tool boasting 85.9K GitHub stars, transforms any topic or keyword into a fully produced short video in one click, complete with scripts, subtitles, background music, and copyright-free footage sourced from platforms like Pexels and Pixabay.
The Art Directors Guild condemns Martin Scorsese over his advisory partnership with AI startup Black Forest Labs, accusing him of betraying human collaborators, while director Boots Riley speculates financial motives drove the deal — Scorsese defends the tool as a creative communication aid, comparing it to his past use of …
Roblox launches Cube, an open-source AI model family that generates 3D game assets, objects, and scenes directly from text prompts, with model weights publicly available on Hugging Face and trained on 2.8 million synthetic 3D assets.
Amazon launches an AI-powered custom merchandise tool through Alexa, letting shoppers instantly design and order personalized T-shirts, hoodies, and more via text prompts, posing a serious threat to print-on-demand competitors like Redbubble and Printful.