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- Seedance is making a fresh push into education with study app Gauth Signals ByteDance distribution strategy and a reported Seedance 2.5 education use case.
- ByteDance's big bet on AI Useful company-level context for ByteDance's AI investment and Volcano Engine commercialization.
- Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning 'nudification' technology Safety and regulatory context relevant to consumer trust scoring.
- xAI's last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota's anti-nudification app law Adds policy-risk context around misuse of generative image/video tools.
- PixVerse API changelog: V6 Reference-to-Video omni mode V6 reference-to-video adds reference_mode omni and video_references.
- PixVerse closed a Series C extension and announced expansion into interactive entertainment. Company milestone source.
- Luma — Official Information for AI Assistants | Luma Official structured source for current Luma model naming and Ray version.
- Runway API changelog: Veo negative prompt support Runway API adds optional negativePrompt for veo3, veo3.1, and veo3.1_fast video requests.
- Model cards Official DeepMind model-card index for Veo safety/version updates.
- Sora 2 Model | OpenAI API Official API model page for Sora 2 pricing and endpoints.
- What to know about the Sora discontinuation OpenAI Help Center says Sora web/app was discontinued on 2026-04-26 and the API is scheduled for 2026-09-24.
- Models Official Luma Agents API model capability and pricing surface.
- Pika Official FAQ for current Pika model, durations, resolution, API access, and credit costs.
- LTX GitHub news Official repository README news for LTX-Video and LTX-2. README fetched, but no dated news bullet was parsed.
- Video Generation | SpaceXAI Docs Official xAI video generation API capability docs.
- Krea 2 Community License Agreement was published for downloadable Krea 2 model variants. Company milestone source.
- Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Primary official release for Grok Imagine Video 1.5.
- Generate videos using text prompts Current official product instructions and model-selection details.
- Luma Introduces Ray3.2 Model & API: Complete Creative Control for Video Generation Primary release for Ray3.2 and its API.
- xAI announced Grok Imagine 1.5 preview. Company milestone source.
- Introducing Runway MCP Important signal that Runway is moving into agent-connected creative workflows.
- ShengShu unveiled Vidu Claw, an AI CMO product powered by Vidu Q3. Company milestone source.
- NVIDIA Cosmos release notes documented continued model updates through 2.2. Company milestone source.
- Higgsfield published a 2026 overview describing its multi-model creative platform. Company milestone source.
- Vidu API update: Q3 reference-to-video models Reference-to-video adds viduq3-mix, viduq3-turbo, and viduq3 models.
- Veo 3.1 Lite Model Card Official model card for Veo 3.1 Lite, useful for safety and capability tracking.
- Deprecated Standalone Tools Official deprecation table for legacy Magic Tools and standalone video utilities.
- Introducing Real-Time Video Chat for Agents Official Pika research post introduces PikaStream1.0 for real-time video chat agents.
- Create, edit and share videos at no cost in Google Vids Google announced Veo 3.1-powered video generation access in Google Vids with monthly free generations for personal accounts.
- PixVerse Launches V6, Advancing AI Video Generation Across Creative and Agentic Workflows Primary official V6 release post.
- SkyReels privacy policy identified Skywork AI Pte Ltd. as operator. Company milestone source.
- Seedance 2.0 Official Launch Primary official release for the 2.0 multimodal audio-video model.
- Seedance 2.0 Official product page describing capabilities and benchmark framing.
- Is the LTX model open source? Useful official clarification on weights and self-hosting.
- Pika's terms identified Mellis, Inc. as the service operator and described text/image/video generation services. Company milestone source.
- Kling VIDEO 3.0 Omni Model User Guide Product guide describing multimodal inputs, native audio, and storyboarding.
- Kling AI 3.0 series fully launches globally Official corporate release for Kling 3.0 and Kling 3.0 Omni.
- 29, 2026: 🎉 We launched the API for the SkyReels-V3 models on the apifree.ai. Official repository README news for SkyReels V-series releases.
- Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video: More consistency, creativity and control Primary official update for Veo 3.1 features.
- Lightricks Open-Sources LTX-2 Primary open-weight release announcement.
- Runway Advances Video Generation and World Models With NVIDIA Rubin Platform Company research infrastructure signal for future model development.
- Lightricks released full LTX-2 model weights. Company milestone source.
- Kling AI Video and Image Generator Live product page for current consumer tools and API navigation.
- V6 API capability map for production feature comparisons.
- Text to Video Models Third-party developer catalogue useful for tracking supported PixVerse variants.
- Vidu Q3 AI Video Model with Native Audio Official Q3 consumer feature page.
- Model Map Official API model map for Q3 variants and capabilities.
- Artificial Analysis Text to Video Leaderboard Independent leaderboard reference for Vidu model variants.
- Veo Official model family page and capability overview.
- Generate videos with Veo Developer access documentation for current video generation APIs.
- Sora Official landing page to recheck current availability before publication.
- Product Updates & Changelog Operational release source for model access and feature changes.
- Ship cinema, not content. API capability page for multi-keyframe, V2V, HDR, and EXR comparisons.
- News Official release archive for Ray and Luma product updates.
- Pika Current official consumer product page.
- AI video model leaderboard Useful third-party reference for model coverage and consumer-facing comparison.
- LTX-2 Official code package for inference and LoRA training.
- grok-imagine-video-1.5 API model card and pricing source.
- Create videos with the fast, simple, free AI video generator Consumer-facing feature page and partner model list.
- SkyReels createVideo Live product UI source for current workflows and V4 Fast signal.
- SkyReels API Platform Commercial access source.
- CogVideo GitHub repository Current official source for checkpoints and usage.
- Open-source image-to-video leaderboard Independent open-model context for ranking.
- happyhorse-1.1-i2v Strongest official source currently found for HappyHorse access.
- Mochi GitHub repository Primary technical source for open-model users.
- Genmo Company and product entry point.
- Replicate Text-to-Video collection Hosted inference and open-model discovery context.
- stable-video-diffusion-img2vid-xt Current model-card source for the XT checkpoint.
- NVIDIA Cosmos Official product/platform page.
- NVIDIA Cosmos GitHub Developer source for open resources.
- Video Generation Source to verify current model IDs.
- Wenxin Workshop Official Baidu AI Cloud entry point for model access research.
- MiracleVision Official product entry point for follow-up model mapping.
- Haiper Official consumer product page.
- Pricing Useful source for cost and model capability comparison.
- Higgsfield AI Official product entry point.
- AI Video Generator Consumer feature page.
- Generating Video on Leonardo.Ai Current user workflow source.
- AI Video Generator Consumer product page.
- Video to Video Current workflow documentation.