Image created with gemini-2.5-flash-image with claude-sonnet-4-5. Image prompt: A pristine 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder in Rosso Corsa red driving on a sleek highway where the road surface is sculpted from elegant sound wave patterns and sine curves, cinematic golden-hour lighting reflecting in the glossy paint and chrome, studio-grade automotive photography with soft shadows and subtle depth of field, warm cream and polished metal tones, landscape orientation, minimal and sophisticated composition.

Veo 3.1 just dropped – Google listened and added audio everywhere it was missing. You can also insert objects into video and (soon) remove them too. Flow is quickly becoming less of a labs demo, and more of a creation tool. API available immediately; so expect to see it in your https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1978497357760311500

Exclusive: First real samples of Veo 3.1 generated videos https://www.testingcatalog.com/first-real-samples-of-veo-3-1-generated-videos/#google_vignette

two big sora updates for creators: in the sora app: you can now generate 15sec natively. tap the model selector at the top of the screen to change duration. (it will initially use two of your gens/day, we will make this clearer in the UI soon). on web: we have an awesome new”” / X https://x.com/billpeeb/status/1978662020947087869

2 Sora 2 updates: – Storyboards are now available on web to Pro users – All users can now generate videos up to 15 seconds on app and web, Pro users up to 25 seconds on web https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1978661828419822066

🚨 🎬 Video Arena Disrupted! @Openai’s Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro have landed on the Text-to-Video leaderboard. 🏆 Sora 2 Pro is the first to tie rank with Veo 3 variants for #1. 🥉 Sora 2 comes in at #3, pushing the non-audio variants of Veo 3 into 5th! Video models with audio https://x.com/arena/status/1978149396996051007

OpenAI’s Head of Sora @billpeeb says a stunning 70% of Sora’s nearly 2 million weekly active users are creating content. https://x.com/tbpn/status/1976759087456305191

Sora 2: “”An elaborate Regency romance where everyone is wearing a live duck for a hat (each duck is also wearing a hat). Also a llama plays a flute.”” https://x.com/emollick/status/1976731641193419139

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Native Audio Thinking is the new leading Speech to Speech model per our Artificial Analysis Big Bench Audio benchmark The new model achieves a score of 92% on Big Bench Audio, the highest result recorded by Artificial Analysis to date. This not only places it https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/1977720537519636756

We’re rolling out an upgrade to @NotebookLM’s Video Overviews: New visuals powered by Gemini’s image generation model, Nano Banana. Plus, we’re introducing a new “”Brief”” format for quick summaries.”” / X https://x.com/Google/status/1977769195187126396

Introducing NotebookLM for arXiv papers 🚀 Transform dense AI research into an engaging conversation With context across thousands of related papers, it captures motivations, draws connections to SOTA, and explains key insights like a professor who’s read the entire field https://x.com/askalphaxiv/status/1978466642146545838

Sora copycats flooded Apple’s App Store, and some still remain | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/sora-copycats-flooded-apples-app-store-and-some-still-remain/

My Sora cameos are going so well they gave me a code to share. Download Sora 2 and use MCUBAN as your invite code ! Have fun !”” / X https://x.com/mcuban/status/1976379932738822455

Sora 2 flickers. we fixed it and made it unlimited. Introducing Higgsfield Enhancer. it eliminates flicker in any video. AI generations, old footage, anything. try it with Unlimited through end of week. + new Sora 2 MAX models & Higgsfield Upscale Preview. RT & reply next 9h = https://x.com/higgsfield_ai/status/1978231305394663506

People have been asking me “Jake why are there all these AI videos of you on the internet?!” There’s a method to the madness… I’m a proud OpenAI investor @antifundvc @geoffreywoo and have been advising Sora team @markchen90 @billpeeb this year and agreed to become the first https://x.com/jakepaul/status/1976411343025487977

I asked Sam Altman if he’s worried about watermark removers on Sora. Everyone’s seen the unfiltered Jake Paul videos with no watermark (generated by Sora) going viral on socials… So what’s the pull for creators to enable face cameos with that risk? Sam’s take: open source https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1977769948882559135

Japanese Government Calls on Sora 2 Maker OpenAI to Refrain From Copyright Infringement, Says Characters From Manga and Anime Are ‘Irreplaceable Treasures’ That Japan Boasts to the World – IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/japanese-government-calls-on-sora-2-maker-openai-to-refrain-from-copyright-infringement-says-characters-from-manga-and-anime-are-irreplaceable-treasures-that-japan-boasts-to-the-world

Grok voice mode “”Eve”” just got a new upgrade It’s the most natural, humanlike conversation I’ve ever had with an AI voice You need to try it….. https://x.com/amXFreeze/status/1977798104209625451

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