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pangram
Pangram's new detector claims 98.7% on AI video
Pangram also launched Image 1.0 for stills, which the company says hits 99.96% accuracy on a 1,200-image set it built itself.
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow characters return as AI cartoons at 98% less cost
A Shin Shin Legends spokesperson says AI cut animation from about 300,000 yuan a minute to 3,000 to 5,000 yuan, for cartoons that are not the film characters.
Synthesia
Synthesia's ChatGPT plugin turns documents into videos
The plug-in is live on every Synthesia plan and uses the company's Syren format by default, with generation billed as normal Synthesia credits.
Higgsfield
Higgsfield awards $1,000,000 to 14 AI short films
The top prize of $500,000 went to Listen to Meh, a dialogue-free Argentine comedy about a sheep that will not leave a gaucho's roof, chosen by a four-person jury.
openai
OpenAI is betting Hollywood friendships will sell ChatGPT
The New York Magazine profile of Charles Porch describes dinners and personal relationships, months after OpenAI shut down Sora and Google invested in A24.
AI Film Festival Japan
AI Film Festival Japan names winners from 730 entries
Ayano Kotakagari, a creator at Nippon Television's NTV AX-ON, won the top award in the festival's new AI film music and score category.
Liquid AI
Liquid AI's LFM3 reads text, video and audio on a phone
Liquid AI's family spans six models near 2 billion parameters on one backbone, and the text model runs in about 1 GB at 4-bit.
HackerTube
Karpathy builds HackerTube from 6,454 videos in two hours
The site lists 6,454 videos Hacker News readers recommend, and Karpathy says he handled only an API key, a server and a domain by hand.
MANSA
MANSA launches a 30-episode AI zombie microdrama
The studio says it will use the South Los Angeles zombie thriller to test audience demand before paying for live-action production.
resemble-ai
Resemble AI finds AI media in 1 of 11 Meta ad files
Two of 3,379 flagged files disclosed AI in the ad copy, and none of the 971 files checked for provenance data carried any.
Anthropic
Claude will not recreate a specific existing video game
An Anthropic staffer confirmed a new prompt rule against game clones, and developers report the same guardrails also refusing routine reverse-engineering work.
Kling 4.0
PixVerse adds Kling 4.0 with 30-second single-pass clips
PixVerse's app carries a banner offering Ultra members 10 days of unlimited Kling 4.0, and the model is listed on the paid tiers.
Lyria 3.5
Lyria 3.5 brings full-length AI songs to the Gemini app and API
Google's music model first shipped in Flow Music on July 29, 2026, reached the Gemini app and API on September 4, and costs $0.08 a song.
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs cuts Business image and video credit rates about 17%
Business plans on current pricing now pay the same image and video credit rate as ElevenLabs' other self-serve plans, the vendor's changelog says.
Reka Clip
Reka Clip closes November 13 and credits will not be refunded
The AI clipping tool Reka built for creators closes November 13, and unused purchased credits expire at closure without a refund.
AI Film Festival Japan
AI Film Festival Japan opens with 730 entries from 60 countries
The second AI Film Festival Japan runs three days in Tokyo from October 31, with a new music score category and awards sponsored by CapCut and ElevenLabs.
Boss
London director's AI feature Boss chases a cinema release
Jenny Krakovsky wrote, directed and scored the 1960s Liverpool crime caper alone on a laptop, and is now seeking a commercial theatrical run.