▶Fountain 0 Releases Full Kling-Made Feature Film
Fountain 0 and director Ash Koosha have put out their latest AI-generated feature, titled 'Odysseus: The Fall.' According to an announcement from Kling AI, the entire film was produced using Kling 3.0, with every shot in the movie generated by the model rather than shot conventionally or built through traditional visual effects pipelines. The news came via a post from Kling AI, which shared a…
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Kling AI Shows Up at TIFF's Industry Market
Kling AI took part in TIFF: The Market 2026 on September 10, using a panel, reception, and showcase to pitch its video generation tools to film industry professionals.
Hassabis Wins RSA's Albert Medal, Talks AGI
Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis accepted the Royal Society of Arts' Albert Medal, using the moment to argue that humanities disciplines must help guide society through the coming AGI era.
Nvidia Creative Technologist Joins GenMedia Conference Lineup
Fal has added Jeffrey Kember, a Creative Technologist at Nvidia, to the speaker roster for its September GenMedia Conference in San Francisco, where he'll discuss what generative media tools still need to solve before wider adoption.
News
OpenArt CEO Says AI Won't Replace Film Sets Soon
Speaking at a Hollywood Reporter-backed summit in Canada, OpenArt's chief executive argued that generative video tools still fall short of replacing traditional, live-action film production.
Kling AI Hosts Panel and Mixer at TIFF Market
Kling AI used the Toronto International Film Festival's industry marketplace to convene filmmakers and tech executives for a discussion on AI's growing role in production budgets and workflows.
Luma Frames AI Video as Infrastructure at Summer Signal
Luma is set to appear at the GMI Summer Signal '26 conference in San Francisco, with the company arguing that generative media has moved beyond being a creative tool to becoming core infrastructure for entertainment.
Tools
Fal Cuts Prices on H3 Max Video Models
Fal is temporarily halving the cost of its H3 Max and H3 Max Turbo video generation models, making the pair cheaper to run through the end of September.
Runway Announces Sweeping New Model Lineup
Runway says it has rolled out its largest model update yet, bundling new audio and video tools from outside labs alongside its own offerings — though the announcement's unusual timestamp leaves some details needing confirmation.
Creatify's Boreal Video Model Lands on Fal
Fal has added Boreal by Creatify to its platform, letting users generate short ad-style and presenter videos from text prompts with built-in speech, music, and sound effects.
Models
GPT-6 Astra Still Can't Natively Generate Video
A capability breakdown of GPT-6 Astra shows the model remains a text-in, text-out system that can call an image tool, but has no built-in support for audio or video generation.
NVIDIA and USC Tackle Video Relighting Flicker
A new research effort called HorizonRelight aims to fix the visible lighting jumps that appear when diffusion models relight long videos in short chunks.
ElevenLabs Rolls Out Music v2.5 Scoring Tools
ElevenLabs is pushing its updated Music v2.5 model into its ElevenCreative platform and developer API, aimed at composing soundtracks for ads and branded video content.
Creators
Emmy Finalist Pickford Teams With Fal On Interactive Series
Pickford, an Emmy-recognized creator, is collaborating with AI infrastructure company fal on 'Whispers,' an interactive murder mystery that lets viewers steer the plot as it unfolds.
The 10 Best AI Video Podcasts to Watch Right Now
As generative video evolves from simple prompts to complex, production-grade tools, traditional AI podcasts are no longer enough. This article spotlights the top 10 video podcasts and creator shows dedicated strictly to AI video generation, prompt crafting, visual FX, and generative filmmaking.
▶Fal Podcast Explores Microdrama Boom in China, US
The latest episode of fal's podcast features PlotParty's Xing discussing how microdrama production and audience habits differ between China and the United States.
Business
Runway Spotlights Former FTC Chair Ohlhausen
Runway's official account drew attention to Maureen K. Ohlhausen, a former acting FTC chair now practicing law at Wilson Sonsini, though the substance of the post remains unclear.
Users Compare Seedance 2.5 API Pricing Across Providers
A discussion thread on Reddit's r/Seedance_AI community gathered user-reported pricing for accessing Seedance 2.5 through different API providers, highlighting how costs can vary depending on where developers choose to plug in.
Blizzard Workers Approve Contract With AI Safeguards
Nearly 1,900 unionized Blizzard Entertainment employees have voted to ratify new labor agreements that include pay raises and specific protections around how artificial intelligence is used in their workplace.
Legal
ByteDance Reaches AI Copyright Deal With Hollywood Group
ByteDance has struck an agreement with a Hollywood trade organization addressing how AI systems handle copyrighted film and TV content, according to Reuters.
LEGALSep 10, 2026, 11:03 PMMPA and ByteDance Strike Film IP Protection Deal
The Motion Picture Association and ByteDance have agreed on a framework meant to shield film and TV studios' intellectual property from misuse across ByteDance's AI generation tools, months after the trade group threatened legal action.
LEGALSep 10, 2026, 8:55 PMStudios Threaten ByteDance Over AI Actor Clips
Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros have all warned ByteDance of possible lawsuits after its Seedance 2.0 tool produced startlingly lifelike clips of stars like Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, raising doubts about how far U.S. copyright claims can actually reach into China.
Opinion
Why Those AI Doom Percentages Are Basically Made Up
A viral post skewers the trend of assigning precise-sounding odds to AI wiping out humanity, arguing the numbers reveal more about vibes than evidence.
Creator Looks Back at Veo-2's Early Limits
A video creator's social media post reflects on how far AI video generation has come since Google's Veo-2, which lacked generated audio and reference tools that are now standard.
Synthesia CEO Predicts AI Will Feel More Human
Synthesia's Victor Riparbelli says AI tools used at work are heading toward experiences that resemble how people interact with each other, a shift he argues will make real human connection more valuable, not less.