OpenAI launches Sora 2, an invite-only iOS app that generates realistic videos with dialogue from text prompts, sparking controversy as users immediately create deepfakes of SpongeBob, JFK, and Martin Luther King Jr., raising intellectual property concerns despite new content safeguards.
OpenAI's Sora video AI app rockets to No. 1 on Apple's US App Store within just three days of its invite-only launch, accumulating 164,000 downloads and surpassing both Google Gemini and ChatGPT despite limited availability in only the US and Canada.
OpenAI's Sora AI video app skyrockets to No. 3 on the US App Store within just 48 hours of launch, garnering 164,000 downloads despite being invite-only and outperforming major AI competitors like Claude and Copilot in early adoption metrics.
Fashion giant Zalando revolutionizes content creation by using AI digital twins to generate 70% of campaign assets in just 24 hours, creating high-fidelity 3D model replicas that enable rapid trend-to-delivery production while offering models global opportunities without geographical limitations.
OpenAI launches a TikTok-style app powered by Sora 2 technology that generates AI-created videos in a vertical feed format, complete with swipe navigation, recommendation algorithms, and social features like liking, commenting, and remixing content.
German AI image generation startup Black Forest Labs pursues $300 million funding round targeting a $4 billion valuation, quadrupling from its previous $1 billion worth as explosive demand for AI image-editing systems attracts massive investor interest.
Hollywood talent agencies consider signing AI-generated actor Tilly Norwood from studio Xicoia, sparking fierce backlash from prominent actors like Melissa Barrera who threaten boycotts against agencies representing digital performers as the entertainment industry grapples with artificial intelligence's growing presence in film, TV, and gaming.
Tencent launches HunyuanImage-3.0, the world's largest open-source AI image generator with 80 billion parameters and revolutionary autoregressive architecture, featuring 64 experts in a Mixture of Experts design that delivers superior text-to-image generation with advanced world-knowledge reasoning capabilities.
Meta unveils 'Vibes,' an AI-powered video platform delivering endless streams of music video-style clips featuring pets and landscapes, but users slam it as an 'infinite slop machine' that prioritizes technical polish over meaningful storytelling in Zuckerberg's quest to create an MTV-like scrolling experience.
Meta launches Vibes, an AI-powered video platform within its Meta AI app that enables users to create, remix, and share short-form AI-generated videos with personalized recommendations and cross-posting capabilities to Instagram and Facebook.