Spielberg Says He Has Never Used AI in His Films
Steven Spielberg made a definitive statement about artificial intelligence during his appearance at SXSW 2026 on March 13: he has never used AI in any of his films
NVIDIA Cosmos 2.5 Adds Synthetic Video and Physical AI
NVIDIA releases Cosmos 2.5 world foundation models for synthetic data generation and physical AI reasoning, now available on Hugging Face.
Netflix's $600M AI Filmmaking Bet: What It Means for Creators
Netflix just paid up to $600 million for a 16-person AI startup that most filmmakers had never heard of. InterPositive, founded by Ben Affleck four years ago in stealth mode, builds AI tools that handle post-production tasks like wire removal, shot reframing, color grading, and visual effects
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super: Open-Source 120B Model
NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Super on March 11, 2026, an open-source 120B-parameter hybrid Mamba-Transformer model that delivers 5x higher throughput than its predecessor for agentic AI workloads
Netflix Pays $600M for AI Filmmaking Startup
Netflix is paying up to $600 million for InterPositive, the AI filmmaking startup founded by Ben Affleck four years ago. The deal, confirmed by Bloomberg on March 11, 2026, ranks among Netflix's largest acquisitions ever and signals a major bet on AI-powered post-production tools
Hume TADA: Open-Source TTS With Zero Hallucinations
Hume AI has released TADA (Text-Acoustic Dual-Alignment), an open-source text-to-speech model that eliminates a persistent problem in AI speech synthesis: hallucinated words
Freepik 5.6 Adds Cinematic Shot and AI Music Generator
Freepik has shipped version 5.6 of its mobile app, adding two significant creative tools: Cinematic Shot for generating studio-grade photorealistic images and an AI Music Generator that produces royalty-free tracks on demand
Picsart AI Playground Puts 90+ Models in One Creative Hub
Picsart just launched AI Playground, a unified creative hub that brings together more than 90 AI models from 24 providers into a single interface
Tripo P1.0 Ships Production-Grade 3D AI at GDC
Tripo debuted P1.0, a native 3D diffusion model that generates production-ready 3D assets in roughly two seconds, at GDC 2026 in San Francisco
OpenAI Robotics Chief Resigns Over Pentagon Deal
Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of robotics and consumer hardware, resigned on March 7, 2026, over concerns about the company's recently announced Pentagon deal
Anthropic Launches Claude Marketplace for Enterprise
Anthropic launched the Claude Marketplace on March 6, 2026, a procurement platform where enterprises can spend their existing Anthropic commitments on third-party applications built on Claude
LTX-2.3: Open-Source AI Video With Desktop Editor
Lightricks released LTX-2.3 on March 5, 2026, a 22-billion-parameter open-source video generation model with native audio, portrait video support, and a companion desktop editor that runs the entire model locally. The release ships under Apache 2.0, making it free for commercial use and fine-tuning
Google Flow Merges Whisk, ImageFX, and Video Into One AI Creative Platform
Google just killed three products and replaced them with one. On February 25, 2026, the company merged Flow, Whisk, and ImageFX into a single creative workspace powered by Veo 3.1, Nano Banana, and Gemini
Apple Rebuilds Siri With Gemini AI: What the $1B Deal Means for Creators
Apple just admitted it cannot build a competitive voice assistant alone. On February 12, 2026, the company announced a multi-year partnership with Google to rebuild Siri from the ground up using Gemini AI
Kling 3.0 Delivers Native 4K at 60fps: A Creator's Guide to AI Video's New Standard
On February 4, 2026, Kuaishou launched Kling 3.0 and rewrote the specification sheet for AI video generation. Native 4K at 60 frames per second