Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in AI media creation.
Featured Qwen Image 2.1 is Alibaba's free open-weight image model with transparent PNGs. I tested it: clean cut-outs, shaky small print, research-only license.
Featured GPT Image 2.5 powers the new ChatGPT Images 2.5. I tested Sketch and comment edits on a free account, and API token rates still match GPT Image 2.
Featured Suno v6 launches with a free v6-mini model, songs up to 8 minutes on every plan, and Pro at $10 a month for v6 and v6-wild. Here is what a free account gets.
Lyria 3.5 is now free in Gemini for everyone, with 3-minute songs, vocals and 24 templates, plus access through the Gemini API at $0.08 a song.
OpenAI shut down the DALL-E GPT on August 30, 2026. The image AI that started the 2022 art boom is fully retired. How to save your images, what's next.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe is Google's new speech-to-text model, live in public preview with 2.6% word error rate and support for more than 85 languages.
Apple Music will put visible Made With AI labels on AI-generated songs later this year. A third of new uploads are already fully AI. Here's what changes.
Hailuo 3.0 (MiniMax H3) lands in Runway: 2K AI video with native audio in one pass, $0.13 per second via MiniMax, and open weights for smaller teams.
Adobe Firefly audio tools exit beta today: three generators, a free tier, and an ElevenLabs option that sits outside Adobe's legal indemnity.
Google's Gemini watermark toggle removes the visible AI mark from Nano Banana, Omni, and Lyria outputs. The EU is excluded and 3 countries need AI Ultra.
Suno Studio 2.0 adds MIDI, an AI chat bar, and custom plugins for Premier subscribers. One day earlier, BMG signed a global AI music licensing deal with Suno.
LTX-2.5 generates 10-second AI video in 6.8 seconds. Open weights, free for creators under $10M, with native ComfyUI and NVIDIA optimization.
EU AI Act Article 50 and California SB 942 require AI content labeling from August 2, 2026. Fines reach €15M. Here's what changes for AI video creators.
Synthesia launches Dubbing 2.0 with frame-accurate lip sync for AI video translation in 140+ languages. 450 free dubbing minutes available now.
Meta launches Muse Image, the first agentic AI image generator with code and web search. Muse Video previewed. Free on Instagram and WhatsApp.
xAI launches Custom Voices for Grok with voice cloning from 60-second clips, 80+ built-in voices in 28 languages, and a $3/hour Voice Agent API.
Kling AI adds native 4K video generation to its 3.0 series, rendering 3840x2160 frames directly without upscaling. Includes $25K short film contest.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 brings reasoning to AI image generation with 99% text accuracy and topped Image Arena by 242 points. DALL-E retires May 12.
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 scores 82.7% on Terminal-Bench 2.0 and 78.7% on computer use. API pricing starts at $5/M input tokens. Full breakdown inside.
HappyHorse 1.0, a free 15B open-source model, tops the Artificial Analysis Video Arena by 60 Elo over Seedance 2.0. Outputs 1080p with audio in 38 seconds.
Google Vids adds AI avatars, Veo 3.1 video generation, Lyria 3 music, and YouTube export. Free users get 10 videos/month — see how it rivals HeyGen.
