Vannarot Roeung
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Velo 2.0 Turns Screen Recordings Into Polished Videos
Velo 2.0 launches as the AI-native screen recording tool. Compared head-to-head against Loom + Descript and OpusClip on output quality, editing workflow, sharing, and price for working creators.
Ableton Live 12.4: Link Audio and 6 Workflow Updates
Ableton Live 12.4 shipped May 5, 2026 as a free update for Live 12. The standout feature is Link Audio, which streams audio wirelessly between two devices on your local network without extra hardware.
Suno vs Udio 2026: Best AI Music Generator Compared
Updated September 2026. Suno v6 is the pick for finished, downloadable songs: Pro costs $10 a month ($8 billed yearly) with 20 downloads and commercial rights. Udio has disabled all downloads during its move to a licensed platform. ElevenLabs Music v2.5 and ACE-Step 1.5 are the alternatives.
AI for Content Creators: The Complete 2026 Master Resource
The 2026 master resource for working creators using AI in production. Designer, video editor, podcaster, and game-developer tracks with tool stacks, workflows, and links to the 7 deep guides on Creative AI News.
Creative AI News vs Ben's Bites vs The Rundown AI: Which to Subscribe To
Head-to-head comparison of Creative AI News, Ben's Bites, and The Rundown AI: what each covers, who each is for, and how to pick the right newsletter for your creator workflow.
Creative AI News: A Reader's Guide
Creative AI News covers AI tools and workflows for working creators in image, video, audio, 3D, and code. A reader's guide to what we cover, who it's for, and what to expect after subscribing.
iOS 27 Brings AI Model Choice to Apple Intelligence
iOS 27 Extensions lets you swap in Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, or Grok for Apple Intelligence tasks (Writing Tools, Image Playground, Siri). Comparison + setup workflow + pricing math for working creators using iPhone, iPad, and Mac in 2026.
Gemini API Adds Webhooks for Veo, Batch, Long-Running Jobs
Gemini API webhooks let you build async Veo video pipelines without polling. Step-by-step workflow tutorial for video creators automating long-running batch jobs in 2026.
Runway Characters vs HeyGen, Synthesia, D-ID, Tavus
Runway Characters runs at 1.75s end-to-end latency, 24 fps HD, from a single image. Here is the honest comparison against HeyGen Interactive Avatar, Synthesia Express, D-ID Agents, and Tavus across input format, latency, voice, meeting integration, tool calling, pricing, and foundation lineage.
Suno Wires Songkick Concert Data Into AI Music Stack
AI music platform Suno has formally taken control of Songkick user data and is hiring a GM to wire live music discovery into its AI creation tools.
Gemini App Redesign Brings Image, Video, Music Together
Google's Gemini app is rolling out a major redesign that brings images, video, music, and canvas generation together in a single unified tools panel, already live for Mac users.
Feather: Local AI Photo Editor for Apple Silicon Launches
Indie macOS photo editor Feather launches May 2, 2026 with on-device AI infill, magic selection, and stacking on Apple Silicon. Pay-once 20 dollars with code HUNT20.
OpenAI Codex Auto-Imports CLAUDE.md, Adds Codex Pets
OpenAI shipped a May 2 Codex update that auto-imports Claude Code CLAUDE.md and other rival agent configs into AGENTS.md, plus eight animated Codex Pets that float over your screen as ambient status indicators.
Oscars Bar AI Actors and Writers: 2027 Rules Reset
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ruled on May 1, 2026 that AI-generated actors and AI-written screenplays are ineligible for the 99th Oscars. The rule resets prestige economics for synthetic performers and accelerates a broader human-authorship boundary across distribution platforms.
Midjourney V8.1: Faster HD, Stable SREFs and Moodboards
Midjourney V8.1 ships April 30, 2026 on Discord and the web with HD 3x faster and 3x cheaper, standard mode 50% faster, and stable style references and Moodboards.
Anthropic's $50B Round Targets a Compute Ceiling
Anthropic is closing a $50 billion round at an $850 to $900 billion valuation, the largest private AI raise in history and the company's final financing before a late-2026 IPO.
xAI Grok 4.3 + Custom Voices Bundle Creator Stack
xAI pushed Grok 4.3 to the public API on April 30 and bundled Custom Voices, a one-minute voice cloning workflow, at no per-voice surcharge. The release consolidates text, voice, and creative agents on a single xAI bill.
ElevenLabs Revamps ElevenMusic as AI Music Creator Platform
ElevenLabs has relaunched ElevenMusic as a full creator platform, adding remixing tools and artist publishing to its AI music app. Free tier includes 7 songs per day.
Wonder Public Alpha: AI Design Agent Goes Canvas-to-Code
Wonder launched its public alpha April 30, 2026: AI design agent on canvas that ships React + Tailwind code via MCP to Cursor and Claude Code. Ranked #3 on Product Hunt with 232 votes shortly after launch.
Manus Cloud Computer: Always-On Cloud Box for AI Agents
Manus launched Cloud Computer on April 30, an always-on Ubuntu VM that lets the agent host 24/7 bots, persistent databases, and scheduled jobs.
Hera Launch: AI Product Videos From a Single Prompt
Hera Launch ships April 30, 2026 as the YC-backed motion design startup's first focused mode -- generating complete, editable product launch videos from a single text prompt. Code-based animations: every parameter editable after generation.
Spotify Launches Verified Badge, Bars AI-Only Artists
Spotify launched its Verified by Spotify badge on April 30, 2026, covering hundreds of thousands of artists but explicitly excluding AI-generated and AI-persona profiles from qualifying.
Figma Make Gets Voice Prompts and a Zapier Connector
Figma updated Make with voice-to-text prompt dictation, a Zapier connector for 9,000-plus apps, question cards, and version history. Figma Draw also gained auto layout and a text-on-path tool.
Novi AI Launches Long Video Agent for 5-Minute Stories
Novi AI launched its Long Video Agent on April 30, enabling creators to turn scripts into complete 5-minute narrative videos with character consistency and multi-model AI production.