If last year was the year of AI, then this year is shaping up to… well, also be the year of AI. But it’s not just the vague notion of AI anymore. AI is growing so fast that there are now subcategories of the technology, which we’re beginning to understand and name differently.

Generative AI is one end of the spectrum, creating images and videos from text prompts. We also have AI-powered…

In this age of AI, it sure feels like every month or so, there’s once-in-a-lifetime-level news to share. This week’s existential crisis is brought to us by Anthropic, which has just announced the formation of a coalition of partners willing to let its AI model, Claude, connect to their creative tools.

As we saw with a corresponding announcement from Adobe, this coalition is set to include…

Well, that was predictably short-lived. It only took a matter of weeks for Seedance 2.0, which was briefly paused, to relaunch—this time as an option in a new canvas-based AI video production workspace.

CapCut has announced the introduction of its new Video Studio, a timeline-free way to create videos on CapCut Web.

The kicker here is that this new CapCut Video Studio is set to support…

Well, this is embarrassing. After putting $1 billion into OpenAI on the bet that its AI video model Sora would be the future of content, Disney’s investment is now dead. OpenAI made the surprise announcement yesterday that it was shutting down its AI video model and platform.

While we didn’t get official reasons for the shutdown, reports confirm that Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI…

As far as revolutions go, this one was pretty short-lived. OpenAI has announced that it is saying goodbye to Sora, the company’s AI video platform. Introduced just over two years ago, Sora was—at its launch—seen as the highest point for the potential of a social AI video revolution.

But, as new AI video models have seemingly surpassed it (namely Seedance 2.0, despite its legal problems),…

If you’re squarely in the never-AI camp, then you might want to sit down before you cast your gaze on this latest music video from filmmaker and AI artist Paul Trillo.

Set as a short film music video for the music artist Poppy, “The Most Perfect Perfect Person” claims to be the first AI film “based on true events,” and—man—does it raise a lot of uncomfortable questions about…

Less than a day after Adobe announced a settlement with the Department of Justice over _alleged violations of its subscription practices_, the company issued a new strategic announcement with NVIDIA, promising to accelerate its AI-powered creations.

This new partnership is pretty big news, too, as NVIDIA has become one of the most important players in the budding AI revolution, giving both…

Launched only a few months ago,_Seedance 2.0_ has proven to be the best example of both the potential and perhaps the arrogance of the generative AI video revolution.

Capable of some of the best AI generations ever developed, Seedance 2.0 also appears to be using data trained on copyrighted materials, making it a lightning rod for _concern and litigation_ — as we’ve seen in _lawsuits_ and…

As we covered when it was _announced last week_, Netflix didn’t wait long after its _failed bid for Warner Bros._ to make another move. The streaming giant acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking startup backed by Ben Affleck.

The terms of the deal have now been shared, and it looks like Netflix is paying up to $600 million for the AI company co-founded by Affleck. We’ve also learned new…

Now, there’s a lot to unpack here. But at the surface level, NBA star James Harden has shared an AI-generated video on his X account, which is being used to announce the release of Utopia Studios’ latest AI video model.

And, jeez, does it feel like we’re doing the NFT thing all over again.

To some, this might be the most obvious one-to-one comparison of all time. NFTs were a huge, viral…

We know, we’re all doomed. Or maybe we’re not, and AI slop will always be AI slop. You can be the judge for yourself, and we’ll all find out what the future holds together, if we’re ever allowed to get there, that is.

What we do know today is that Seedance 2.0 is currently the top option for generative AI video. It’s hard to access, clearly appearing to have been trained on illegally…

The existential filmmaking crisis of our time continues on as one of the latest AI video models has once again thrown fire into the flames of this endless debate. Just as we saw with breakthrough AI video models like _Sora 2_ and _Runway Gen-2_when they were first announced, _Seedance 2.0_ is one of the newest and most popular options for viral video artists to use to generate their latest…

****In what might amount to a whole bunch of empty promises, the Chinese technology company behind the viral Seedance 2.0 AI video model has reportedly made some promises to “strengthen current safeguards” as it faces legal threats and backlash for its blatantly apparent use of copyrighted materials.

With Disney being the biggest name, perhaps, to come out against ByteDance, the company has…

This year, Adobe collaborated with two independent directors rooted in traditional craft to commission two original short films.

The resulting case studies offer a close look at how generative AI can unlock new creative territory, enabling experimentation with formats once out of reach, allowing more flexibility during the production process, and optimizing budgets.

Both films — an animated…

As we stated when we saw the first clips from Seedance 2.0 released online, the results might look phenomenal, but, man, _do they raise a ton of red flags_. The biggest and most obvious flags have to do with copyrights, as pretty much all of the Seedance videos shared online are using IP that they clearly do not have access to.

From __Breaking Bad_ spin-offs_, __Stranger Things_ alternative…

If you’re someone who follows the goings-on in film and video Twitter (or X), then you’ve probably seen clips from Seedance begin to pop up on your feeds over the past few days. (If you’re not someone on Film Twitter or Film X, then good for you—you’re probably a happier person right now.)

ByteDance, the Chinese company that created Seedance 2.0 and the company behind TikTok, which had to…