ExplainersAI video's preview trap keeps retiring models mid-projectVeo 3.1
Every SLOP TV News story about Veo 3.1.
ExplainersAI video's preview trap keeps retiring models mid-project
ListsSix AI video tools to try this week, and one deadline
NewsGoogle to shut down Veo 3.1 preview models on October 22
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The 9 longest AI video clips, ranked from 8 to 30 seconds
Three models tie at the top: Alibaba's Wan 3.0, Kuaishou's Kling 4.0 and ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 each generate 30 seconds in a single pass.
AI video API
The 8 cheapest AI video APIs, ranked by price per second
Vidu Q4 Preview leads at $0.014 a second on launch pricing, while Google's Veo 3.1 Lite, Alibaba's Wan 3.0 and MiniMax's H3-Max tie at five cents.
AI video pricing
The 7 Cheapest AI Video APIs Right Now, Ranked by Price Per Second
MiniMax H3 through a speed-tuned reseller undercuts everything at $0.02 per output second, while ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 is the priciest name that still publishes a real rate.
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AI video is now a price war measured in cents per second
A launch discount briefly makes Alibaba's Wan 3.0 cheaper per second than its own predecessor Wan 2.7, and that discount, like Pruna AI's, ends September 24.
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OpenAI's Sora API Shuts Down Sept. 24: Where Its 4 Biggest Jobs Go Next
OpenAI's Videos API and every sora-2 model ID go dark September 24, and the replacements price per second, not per token, across Google, Alibaba, fal and Black Forest Labs.