Seedance 2.0, ByteDance's second-generation video model, has spent the last two months being quietly agreed upon as the best AI video generator currently available. That consensus sits across a remarkably wide spread of opinion, from online creator communities to...
Katrien Grobler's new platform lets individuals register, protect and license their likeness for use in commercial content. But can it convince an industry that's been treating faces as free inputs?
Twinnin launched this month with a straightforward proposition: your face...
Higgsfield, OpenArt, Leonardo, FreePik. If you're paying any of these platforms for access to AI video models you could reach directly, it's worth asking what exactly your subscription is buying. Because ByteDance just put Seedance 2.0 inside CapCut for...
Fruit Love Island has 300 million views, no commissioner, and no broadcaster. Andreessen Horowitz has noticed. So have the platforms. Producers should too.
Three hundred million views. Twenty-two episodes. One anonymous creator with generative AI tools and no studio infrastructure....
AI video creators have had a cleared music problem for as long as the format has existed. Stock libraries are expensive, sync licensing is slow, and using anything uncleared in content destined for commercial use is an invitation to...
Runway made two announcements this morning that are easy to scroll past. A venture fund. A developer programme. Neither sounds immediately relevant to a producer trying to win the next brief or a creator trying to build a sustainable...
Ben Affleck has had two positions on artificial intelligence. The first was the public one. Appearing on the Joe Rogan podcast in 2023, he said he didn't believe AI could write anything meaningful, or produce films of any real...
Fiverr has launched a curated hub of AI video directors available for brand commissions. The roster is small, the client lists are real, and the message to every creator watching is unmistakable: this market is professionalising. The question is...
Mirage, the company formerly known as Captions, has raised $75 million in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund. The round isn't remarkable for its size. It's remarkable for what it tells you about where the money thinks...
Persistent 3D worlds may be the single biggest missing piece in AI video production. OpenArt Worlds is the first consumer tool to deliver one. Here's what it changes, what it doesn't, and why you should care even if you're...
