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WGA Opens AMPTP Talks With Demand for AI Training Compensation

The Writers Guild of America's negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are set to commence on 16 March, with the current contract expiring on 1 May. The guild has given advance notice of its intentions...

Lightricks Releases LTX-2.3 With Native Portrait Video and Improved Prompt Handling

Lightricks released LTX-2.3 on 5 March, the latest update to its open-source video generation model family. The release is available on Hugging Face and via the LTX API. The headline additions are a redesigned VAE architecture producing sharper textures and...

Aggregator Platforms Surge as Creators Ditch Fragmented AI Video Subscriptions

Multi-model aggregator platforms are capturing a decisive share of AI video production spend in 2026, as creators and agencies abandon fragmented direct-tool subscriptions in favour of unified routing services. Higgsfield, OpenArt, and Artlist have emerged as the leading platforms, each...

Vertical Drama Market Surpasses $7 Billion in China as Hollywood Accelerates Its Response

Fox has taken equity in a Ukrainian drama platform. Disney is launching a vertical feed inside Disney+. A format the industry dismissed three years ago is now attracting board-level decisions from the major studios. The vertical micro-drama market has passed...

Critterz Heads to Cannes With a $30 Million Budget and a Point to Prove

Critterz, an animated feature produced using an almost entirely AI-generated pipeline, has been confirmed for screening at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. The film was delivered in approximately nine months on a reported budget of under $30 million. It...
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