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Pika Opens H3 Flex Video Weights, but Licence Excludes UK and US
Pika's H3 Flex video model, built on MiniMax H3, has downloadable weights, but its licence excludes the US, UK, EU and South Korea.
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FastH3-Omni Cuts MiniMax H3 Video Generation Time Up to 11.9x, Its Makers Say
Nuva Lab and UC San Diego's FastVideo released FastH3-Omni, a distilled MiniMax H3 for reference-guided video with audio. Speed figures are the team's own.
fal Launches FLUX 3 Max Video Model, Built With Black Forest Labs
fal and Black Forest Labs launch FLUX 3 Max, a video model fal says makes a 10-second clip in under 11 seconds, with a preliminary 1,139 Elo.
Kling AI Says Kling 4.0 Is Fully Available, Including MCP and CLI Access
Kling AI said Kling 4.0 is fully available, including MCP and CLI. Feature claims are Kling’s; HDR, API and 2-minute extension are still coming soon.
Mirelo SFX 2.0 Swaps a Video’s Sound and Keeps the Dialogue
Berlin start-up Mirelo says SFX 2.0 rebuilds a video's effects and ambience for clips up to 10 minutes while keeping speech. fal charges $0.010 a second.
Runway Dev Adds Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro, Kling 3.0 and Kling O3 to Its Video API
Runway Dev adds Kling video models for developers, with Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro, Kling 3.0 and Kling O3, priced from 9 to 43 credits per second.
Noiz AI and HKUST Release Helix World, a Real-Time World Model Whose Sound Turns With the Camera
Noiz AI and HKUST release Helix World, a real-time world model that makes video and stereo sound together. All benchmarks are the authors' own.
AI Creative Tools: Cheaper Video, Brand Kits and Claude Motion
Five AI creative-tool updates from 7–9 October 2026: xAI's Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite from $0.02 a second, Vidu Q4 Preview from $0.014 a second, Magnific One and ElevenLabs Brand Kit for on-brand images, and Runway as a launch partner for Anthropic's Claude Motion beta. What's confirmed, what's reported, and what's only planned.
AI Money and Mood: Agents Draw Cash as the Public Wants Tighter Rules
Manus raises more than $500m after Beijing blocked Meta's takeover. Tab emerges at a $300m valuation. Nvidia reportedly discusses another $1bn for Figure. ElevenLabs says it has passed a $600m run rate, and Synthesia launches Syren in beta. A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds most Americans think government is not taking AI risks seriously enough.
Grok Imagine After Sora: How xAI Kept Building AI Video in 2026
Update, 2 Nov 2026: This article was first published on 27 March 2026, days after OpenAI said it would close Sora. It has been rewritten with the...
Runway Multi-Shot Generates Connected AI Video Scenes
Updated 8 November 2026: Rechecked Runway's official Multi-Shot help article. It now says the app generates up to five connected shots from one prompt, runs on Kling...
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