ByteDance has launched Seedance 2.5, a video generation model designed to create longer clips, use more reference material and support more precise edits. ByteDance announces the release in an official Seed blog post, describing the model as a step from generating isolated clips toward producing more complete audiovisual work. The model can generate up to …
YouTuber and author Hank Green says he plans to slow his video output after acknowledging that his growing use of AI chatbots has become unhealthy. Anthony Ha reports for TechCrunch that Green apologized to his audience and said he needs to better control both his production pace and his impulses around large language models. The …
The European Commission can now inspect advanced AI models, limit their access to the EU market and impose significant fines on providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Kai Nicol-Schwarz reports for CNBC that the new supervisory powers for general-purpose AI models took effect on Sunday as part of the EU AI Act’s phased implementation. …
Qwen has made its Qwen3.8-Max model generally available through QwenCloud, positioning it as its most capable model so far. Qwen announces in its official blog that the model has 2.4 trillion total parameters, with 95 billion active parameters, and that open weights will follow next week. The company says Qwen3.8-Max is built on the Qwen …
Thinking Machines Lab has released Inkling-Small, an open-weights AI model designed to deliver much of the performance of its larger Inkling model with substantially lower computing demands. The company says the model performs similarly to Inkling across reasoning, coding and multimodal tasks while using fewer active parameters for each generated token. Inkling-Small has 276 billion …
Google’s SynthID watermark can remain detectable after severe image compression, resizing and screenshots, but it cannot reliably distinguish authentic media from the growing volume of unlabeled AI content. Ryan Whitwam writes for Ars Technica that tests of images generated and edited with Google AI found SynthID still detectable after 300 rounds of simulated sharing and …
Google has paused a Google Earth feature that let users generate artificial satellite images from text prompts, following strong criticism from journalists, human rights advocates and open-source investigators. Geoff Brumfiel reports for NPR that Google removed the tool one day after introducing it. The company says it saw screenshots of generated images that appeared to …
Chinese AI company MiniMax has introduced H3, a multimodal generation model that can work with text, images, video and audio in the same request. The company says the model can create clips up to 15 seconds long in 2K resolution with native stereo sound, while also supporting editing and motion transfer from reference videos. The …
A Munich court has ruled that US AI music company Suno infringed copyrights and must disclose revenue linked to the violations. The decision could increase pressure on AI music providers to negotiate licences with rights holders. Elizabeth Grenier reports for Deutsche Welle that the Munich Regional Court has also ordered Suno to pay damages, although …
OpenAI has reduced API prices for its GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra models, while introducing a faster processing option for GPT-5.6 Sol. The changes are designed to lower the cost of high-volume AI work and give customers faster responses when needed. OpenAI announces the changes in an official blog post. GPT-5.6 Luna, the company’s lowest-cost and …