TwelveLabs Launches Rodeo, an AI Video Co-Pilot for Editors
TwelveLabs launched Rodeo at NAB 2026 -- an AI creative co-pilot that lets video editors find, assemble, and cut footage with natural language, cutting workflows from days to minutes.
Seedance 2.0 Now Available via Runway API
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0, ranked #1 for image-to-video on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard, is now available via the Runway API for developers.
Doug Liman $70M AI Movie Killing Satoshi Heads to Cannes
Director Doug Liman shot Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi for $70M by abandoning location shoots and letting AI fill in every background after principal photography.
HeyGen Launches Developer Platform for AI Video Agents
HeyGen launched a developer platform with an open-source CLI, an HTML-to-video rendering framework called Hyperframes, and agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.
LPM 1.0 Generates Real-Time Character Video
A team of 23 researchers released LPM 1.0, a 17-billion parameter Diffusion Transformer that generates real-time character video from audio input.
HeyGen Avatar V: AI Avatars Cross the Uncanny Valley
HeyGen Avatar V scores 0.840 Face Similarity from a 15-second webcam clip, beating Google Veo 3.1 by 17.6%. Full analysis of the video-reference architecture and creator impact.
AI Video Generation Benchmark 2026: Same Prompt, 6 Models Compared
Six AI video generators tested with identical prompts. Runway Gen-4.5 Turbo, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Pika 2.2, Hailuo 2.3, and LTX Video 2.3 scored across visual quality, motion coherence, speed, and cost.
ComfyUI Adds Wan2.7 Video Generation via Partner Nodes
Alibaba Wan2.7 video generation model is now available directly in ComfyUI through Partner Nodes, bringing comprehensive video creation capabilities to the popular node-based workflow tool.
Google Vids Adds AI Avatars With Veo 3.1 and Free Video
Google Vids now lets Workspace users create AI-directed avatars using Veo 3.1, generate custom soundtracks with Lyria 3, and produce up to 10 free video clips per month.
Google Veo 3.1 Lite Cuts AI Video Costs in Half
Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, a cost-effective video generation model available now via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio.
Runway Bets on Ecosystem Over Product at AI Summit
One week after OpenAI killed Sora, Runway launched a $10M venture fund and Builders program at its first AI Summit. The company is building a platform for AI video, not just a tool.
Why OpenAI Killed Sora and What It Means for Video
OpenAI shut down Sora after six months, losing Disney's $1 billion deal. Analysis of the economics that made it unsustainable and who wins the AI video market now.
Val Kilmer's AI Performance Sets a Precedent
Val Kilmer will star in As Deep as the Grave through a fully AI-generated performance, marking the first feature film lead created entirely with generative AI.
OpenAI Brings Sora Video Generation Into ChatGPT
OpenAI is planning to integrate its Sora AI video generator directly into ChatGPT, according to a report from The Information. The move would bring AI video creation capabilities to ChatGPT's hundreds of millions of active users, dramatically expanding Sora's reach beyond its standalone app
Runway Labs Takes AI Video Beyond Filmmaking
Runway launched an internal incubator called Runway Labs on March 12, 2026, to explore applications of its generative video and world model technology outside filmmaking
Google Flow Merges Whisk, ImageFX, and Video into One AI Studio
Google merged three separate AI creative tools into one platform in March 2026. Flow now combines Whisk (mood boards and collages), ImageFX (text-to-image generation), and Flow's original video capabilities into a single workspace powered by Veo 3.1 and Nano Banana
Kiwi-Edit: Open-Source AI Video Editing with Text and Reference Images
Kiwi-Edit, a new open-source video editing framework from NUS ShowLab, launched on March 5, 2026, combining text instruction guidance with reference image control to handle both global and local video edits at 720p resolution