Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, its most affordable AI video generation model yet, offering developers Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video capabilities at less than 50% of the cost of Veo 3.1 Fast, with support for 720p and 1080p resolutions and flexible durations, available now through the Gemini API.
OpenAI shuts down its Sora AI video app after just five months, triggering Disney to pull a $1 billion licensing deal as the entertainment giant's AI strategy hangs in uncertainty under new CEO Josh D'Amaro.
CapCut rolls out Dreamina Seedance 2.0 to paid users across seven markets, delivering AI-powered video generation with realistic motion, physics, and audio syncing for clips up to 15 seconds, backed by strict safety measures including real-face restrictions, invisible watermarking, and C2PA Content Credentials.
WhatsApp launches a major update introducing AI-powered writing assistance, in-chat photo editing via Meta AI, large file cleanup tools, cross-platform chat history transfer, and dual account support for iOS users, all while promising user chats remain private.
OpenAI shuts down its AI video tool Sora as Disney pulls a planned $1 billion investment and ends its licensing partnership, a major blow amid escalating Hollywood copyright battles targeting AI video platforms including Midjourney, Minimax, and ByteDance's Seedance 2.0.
Baltimore becomes the first major U.S. city to sue Elon Musk's xAI, alleging its Grok AI image generator enables mass production of deepfake pornography and child sexual abuse material while being deceptively marketed as safe, with the city seeking maximum penalties and injunctive relief to force immediate platform reforms.
Disney cancels its $1 billion OpenAI licensing deal after Sora's shutdown, though no money ever changed hands, and both companies are still exploring alternative partnership opportunities even as Hollywood's AI concerns shift toward rival platforms like SeeDance 2.0.
OpenAI shuts down its Sora video app and ends its $1 billion Disney deal, as Elon Musk's xAI races to capture the AI video market with Grok Imagine — but faces lawsuits, EU probes, and fierce competition from Google, Runway, and ByteDance.
OpenAI shuts down its Sora AI video app just months after launch as Disney pulls a $1 billion investment deal, handing Google a major advantage in the rapidly evolving AI video generation market.
Microsoft launches MAI-Image-2, a powerful next-generation text-to-image AI model debuting at third place on the Arena.ai leaderboard, offering hyper-detailed photorealism, legible text generation, and accurate skin tones, now available in preview on the MAI Playground with Copilot and Bing Image Creator rollout underway.