Google Opens Veo 3.1 Video AI to All Personal Accounts
Google now gives every Gmail user 10 free Veo 3.1 video generations per month via Google Vids, cutting into Runway and Kling at the $0 price point.
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Netflix VOID Erases Video Objects and Rewrites Physics
Netflix open-sources VOID, a video inpainting model that removes objects while simulating the physical effects they left behind - available under Apache 2.0 with a HuggingFace demo.
LTX-2.3: 22B Open-Source Video and Audio Model
LTX-2.3 is a 22-billion-parameter open-source video generation model from Lightricks that produces native 4K video with synchronized audio in a single diffusion pass.
OpenAI Drops Sora to Chase Enterprise Revenue
OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video app and killing a $1B Disney deal as it pivots aggressively toward enterprise clients ahead of a public listing.
Meta SAM 3.1 - 7x Faster Multi-Object Video Tracking
Meta releases SAM 3.1 with Object Multiplex, processing all tracked objects in one shared pass for 7x faster inference at 128 objects and improvements on 6 of 7 VOS benchmarks.
Helios: Real-Time 14B Open-Source Video Model
Helios is a 14B open-source autoregressive diffusion model that generates minute-long videos at 19.5 FPS on a single H100, matching 1.3B distilled model speeds at full 14B quality.
Best AI Models for Video Generation - March 2026
Seedance 2.0 leads the Artificial Analysis Elo rankings at 1,269, but Kling 3.0 is the most practical choice for global API access with native 4K at 75 cents per minute.
OpenAI Kills Sora, Disney's $1B Deal Goes With It
OpenAI is shutting down Sora six months after launch, killing a $1 billion Disney deal that was supposed to anchor the product's future.
LTX-2.3 Review: Open-Source Video AI That Delivers
LTX-2.3 is a 22-billion-parameter open-source video and audio generation model from Lightricks that rivals closed commercial tools - at zero cloud cost.
ByteDance Halts Seedance 2.0 Over Hollywood IP Fight
ByteDance suspended the global launch of its AI video model Seedance 2.0 after Disney, Paramount Skydance, and other studios sent cease-and-desist letters alleging copyright infringement.
Kling 3.0 Review: Best AI Video Generator?
Kling 3.0 brings native 4K at 60fps, multi-shot AI Director, and single-pass audio to AI video - here's whether it lives up to the hype.
Luma Agents Review: Creative AI That Actually Ships
Luma Agents coordinates text, image, video, and audio from a single brief using the Uni-1 unified model - a genuine architectural leap, with some real rough edges still showing.
