In a rare move, xAI released a complete recording of its recent all‑hands meeting, offering insight into the company’s evolving structure, product roadmap, and ambitious plans for space‑based AI infrastructure. The session detailed a reorganization into four primary teams—Grok chatbot, coding system, Imagine video generator, and the Macrohard project—while acknowledging recent employee departures. Executives highlighted significant usage metrics for the Imagine tool and announced that X recently surpassed $1 billion in annual recurring revenue from subscriptions. The meeting concluded with Elon Musk outlining a vision for lunar AI factories and mass‑driver launch systems. Read more →

AI video‑generation startup Runway announced a $315 million Series E financing round that lifted its valuation to $5.3 billion. The new capital will fund the pre‑training of next‑generation world models and expand the company’s research, engineering, and go‑to‑market teams. Runway’s latest model, Gen 4.5, delivers high‑definition video from text prompts with native audio, long‑form generation, character consistency, and advanced editing tools, outperforming competing offerings from Google and OpenAI on key benchmarks. The company also broadened its compute capacity through a partnership with CoreWeave and is seeing growing interest from gaming and robotics sectors. Read more →

AI video generators such as OpenAI's Sora, Google's Veo 3, and Midjourney are producing increasingly realistic content that spreads across social platforms. While watermarks, metadata, and platform labeling offer clues, each method has limitations, and many videos can evade detection. Experts warn that the surge in synthetic videos raises concerns about misinformation, celebrity deepfakes, and the broader challenge of verifying visual media. Ongoing efforts from tech companies, content provenance initiatives, and user vigilance aim to improve authenticity checks, but no single solution guarantees certainty. Read more →

Google TV’s Gemini AI assistant is receiving a major update that adds visual richness, new AI‑generated video and image tools, and voice‑controlled settings. Users will be able to create AI videos and images directly on their TV with Nano Banana and Veo, generate stylized photo slideshows from Google Photos, and enjoy more visual answers that include images, video context and real‑time sports updates. Gemini will also offer narrated "deep dives" on topics and let users adjust picture and volume settings by speaking simple commands. The upgrade will first appear on select TCL models before expanding to additional Google TV devices. Read more →

Luma AI, the a16z-backed AI video and 3D model company, announced a new model called Ray3 Modify that lets creators edit existing footage by providing character reference images and start‑and‑end frames. The model preserves the original motion, timing, eye line and emotional delivery while allowing transformations such as costume changes, location swaps or full reshoots with AI. Ray3 Modify is available through Luma’s Dream Machine platform and follows a recent $900 million funding round led by the Public Investment Fund‑owned AI firm Humain. Read more →

Runway has introduced its inaugural world model, GWM-1, a video‑centric AI system that predicts pixels frame by frame to simulate physics, geometry and lighting. The launch includes three specialized variants—GWM‑Worlds for interactive scenes, GWM‑Robotics for synthetic data generation, and GWM‑Avatars for realistic human simulations. In parallel, the company upgraded its Gen 4.5 video model with native audio, dialogue editing and multi‑shot generation, allowing users to create longer, cohesive videos with consistent characters and background sound. Both innovations are now accessible to paid subscribers, with an SDK slated for robotics partners. Read more →

Runway announced its new Gen-4.5 text-to-video AI model, claiming it delivers unprecedented physical accuracy and visual precision. The model reportedly handles complex prompts better, rendering realistic object motion, fluid dynamics, and a range of visual styles without sacrificing video quality. While rolling out gradually to all users, Runway acknowledges limitations in object permanence and causal reasoning. The release coincides with OpenAI’s own advances, including its Sora 2 model, which also emphasizes realistic physics. Both companies aim to make AI‑generated video increasingly lifelike and difficult to distinguish from real footage. Read more →

OpenAI announced that its Sora video generator will now cap free usage at six videos per day, citing GPU strain and a desire to keep the service widely accessible. At the same time, Google’s nano banana pro image generator, part of the Gemini suite, is restricting free users to two generated or edited images daily, down from the previous limit of three. Both companies say the limits apply only to free tiers, while paid subscribers retain higher or unlimited access. The changes reflect growing demand for AI‑generated media and the technical resources required to support it. Read more →

OpenAI has reduced the daily free allowance for its Sora video‑generation model to six generations per user, while Google has removed the five‑prompt‑per‑day cap on Gemini 3 Pro and limited Nano Banana Pro image generation to two images per day for free accounts. Paid tiers remain unchanged. Both companies cite soaring GPU demand as the reason for the tighter limits, signaling a broader shift toward monetizing high‑cost AI services. Read more →

OpenAI and Google have reduced the free‑user generation caps for their AI services Sora and Nano Banana Pro, citing overwhelming demand. OpenAI now limits free users to six video generations per day, while Google has cut image generations to two per day, down from three. Both companies note the limits may change without notice and emphasize that paying users retain unchanged access. The moves are presented as part of broader efforts to manage resource strain and explore monetization options. Read more →

OpenAI’s Sora is a generative video model that creates short clips from text, images, or video prompts. Built on a diffusion architecture, it starts with static noise and gradually refines it into coherent motion that matches the input description. Sora offers features such as storyboarding, higher resolutions, longer runtimes, and a cameo tool for personal likenesses. The service is integrated into ChatGPT subscription plans, providing a limited free daily allowance and expanded capabilities for Plus and Pro users. OpenAI has implemented filters to block unauthorized likenesses and is adjusting its copyright controls in response to industry feedback. Read more →

A reporter undergoing IVF tested OpenAI's Sora AI video generator to create footage for an explainer on the fertility industry. While the tool produced a handful of usable clips, most outputs contained glaring scientific inaccuracies, nonsensical text, and visual errors such as misplaced anatomy and extra limbs. The experiment highlights current limitations of AI‑generated video for specialized medical storytelling and suggests that creators should approach Sora with caution until its capabilities improve. Read more →

OpenAI has started offering paid extensions for its Sora AI video‑generation tool. Users can purchase an extra ten video generations for $4 through the Apple App Store, supplementing the existing limit of thirty free generations per day. Company officials say the free quota may be lowered in the future as GPU capacity becomes a constraint. OpenAI also hinted at a broader monetization strategy that would let right‑sholders license their copyrighted characters, artwork, or likenesses for cameo‑style uses, a move that comes amid a trademark lawsuit from Cameo. Read more →

OpenAI has released Sora, an AI video generator that creates high‑resolution, synchronized videos from text prompts. The tool includes a moving watermark, built‑in metadata, and a "cameo" feature that can insert real‑world likenesses into generated scenes. While Sora’s capabilities are praised for creativity and ease of use, experts warn it could simplify the production of deepfakes and misinformation. Platforms such as Meta, TikTok, and YouTube are experimenting with AI‑content labeling, and tools like the Content Authenticity Initiative’s verifier can help identify Sora‑generated media. The debate highlights the tension between innovation and the need for robust safeguards. Read more →

OpenAI announced new guardrails for its AI video‑generation tool Sora after actors, talent unions and the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. raised concerns about unauthorized deepfake videos. The company agreed that public figures must opt in before their likenesses can be used, and that representatives can request removal. The move follows complaints from Bryan Cranston, SAG‑AFTRA, and talent agencies, as well as public outcry over disrespectful depictions of Dr. King. OpenAI says the updated policies aim to give individuals greater control over how their images and voices are employed in AI‑generated content. Read more →

OpenAI has stopped users of its Sora video‑generation app from creating AI‑generated videos that feature the likeness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after the estate reported a flood of disrespectful depictions. The move underscores tensions between generative‑AI companies and rights‑holders over control of public‑figure images. OpenAI said it believes families and authorized representatives should decide how a figure’s likeness is used, and it is working with the King estate to enforce those preferences. The decision arrives amid broader industry debates about copyright, opt‑out mechanisms for talent agencies, and ongoing legal scrutiny. Read more →

OpenAI has introduced Sora, a new social media app that streams AI‑generated videos exclusively. The service is available as an iOS app and via its website, but users must obtain an invite code to join. OpenAI is initially rolling out Sora in the United States and Canada, giving priority to paying Pro subscribers. Once granted access, users receive four additional invite codes to share with friends. The launch comes amid a lawsuit from Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, alleging copyright infringement in OpenAI’s AI training practices. Read more →

OpenAI has launched Sora, an AI‑driven video generation app that lets users create short clips from text prompts. The tool, powered by the company’s latest model, has quickly attracted a large user base, surpassing a million downloads in its first week. While experts praise Sora’s potential to spark a new wave of digital creativity, they also warn of its capacity for deep‑fake misuse and the broader impact on social media dynamics. The app’s design—ten‑second videos, infinite scroll, and a focus on AI‑generated content rather than personal uploads—has sparked debate about authenticity, addiction, and the future of online interaction. Read more →

OpenAI announced two major updates to its AI video generation tool Sora 2. All users can now create videos up to 15 seconds, while Pro subscribers can generate clips up to 25 seconds and gain access to a new Storyboard tool that lets them combine multiple scenes. The upgrades aim to give users more creative flexibility and strengthen Sora 2’s position as a leading AI video platform. Read more →

Google announced upgrades to its Flow AI video‑generation tool, adding new controls for shadows and lighting, expanded audio capabilities, and a feature that can extend or remove elements from a clip. The enhancements are tied to the Veo 3.1 update, available through a paid preview of the Gemini API. Users can now create videos using “Ingredients to Video,” bridge images with “Frames to Video,” and lengthen scenes with “Scene Extension,” all with generated audio. The updates aim to make AI‑generated videos look more realistic and easier to edit. Read more →