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 on a vintage Hollywood soundstage, surrounded by classic 35mm film cameras on dolly tracks, warm tungsten studio lighting casting elegant shadows, rolls of film stock and director’s chairs in soft focus background, cinematic composition with polished chrome reflecting golden key lights, premium automotive photography meets classic cinema aesthetic, landscape orientation with space for minimal text overlay.
1 billion views in 6 days is genuinely nuts. Why do a litany of podcasts and hire a clipping army to push it, when you can do this instead:”” / X https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1976510985818243223
Big progress on this important benchmark (but still weird artifacts). https://x.com/emollick/status/1976702663330038205
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
Just type “add a girlfriend” to any video on the new Grok Imagine https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1977982448861381081
April 1805, Napoleon is now master of Europe. Oceans are now battlefields. Ducks are now boats”” https://x.com/emollick/status/1976855737289916922
Very excited to share @theworldlabs ‘s latest research work RTFM!! It’s a real-time, persistent, and 3D consistent generative World Model running on *a single* H100 GPU! Blog and live demo are available below! 🤩”” / X https://x.com/drfeifei/status/1978840835341914164
Introducing RTFM (Real-Time Frame Model): a highly efficient World Model that generates video frames in real time as you interact with it, powered by a single H100 GPU. RTFM renders persistent and 3D consistent worlds, both real and imaginary. Try our demo of RTFM today! https://x.com/theworldlabs/status/1978839171058815380
We are sharing a research preview of our latest model from @theworldlabs! RTFM is an autoregressive diffusion transformer trained on large-scale video data. It generates video frames in real-time without building an explicit 3D model of the world. Try the demo today!”” / X https://x.com/jcjohnss/status/1978842517605843391
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
📍Reconstructing 3D scenes from photos shouldn’t destroy the colors. But most methods still fail when lighting or exposure changes: leaving blown-out windows, flat walls, or strange shadows. Neural Exposure Fields (NExF) fixes that. ✅ Learns an exposure value for every 3D https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1976703320359051682
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
💃MPMAvatar: Learning 3D Gaussian Avatars with Accurate and Robust Physics-Based Dynamics”” TL;DR: photorealistic 3D human avatars from multi-view videos with realistic, robust dynamics; tailored Material Point Method for garments + 3DGS for rendering https://x.com/Almorgand/status/1978068062340337881
It’s time for real-time. Wonder if it’ll be real-time video or *interactive* real-time generation i.e. genie 3″” / X https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1977732911559307638
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter IRL. Anduril’s new headset EagleEye combines night vision, thermal and AR to overlay real-time 3D tracking of friendlies & enemies in the real world. The headset is no doubt amazing, but the killer app here is Lattice. Intelligence from a https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1978127910780178507
ET crash lands in your front yard – bro is harmonious off the star flows lol https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1977039889373053323
The ROI for spatial intelligence is very clear in public sector applications”” / X https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1977767505369411818
Veo 3.1 is now LIVE in LTX Studio. Improved video quality, sharper realism, enhanced audio, and full Keyframe support. See what’s new with practical examples below 👇 https://x.com/LTXStudio/status/1978827563926716704
Introducing Veo 3.1 and Veo 3.1 Fast, our latest state of the art video models with: – richer native audio – better cinematic styles – reference to video – transitions between frames – video extensions https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/1978492626371289108
Exciting update to Veo with better control, consistency and more granular control over your final scene with enhanced realism. Available on Flow, Gemini App, AI Studio and Vertex AI!”” / X https://x.com/koraykv/status/1978527237663068389
Veo 3.1, same prompt, also best of 4. You can see real (but somewhat incremental) improvements here, including more of a sense of physicality & better reflections. Not perfect, though, the otter is holding the phone wrong. https://x.com/emollick/status/1978465589233328256
Introducing our 2025 US GP Livery 🤩✨ #McLaren | @geminiapp https://x.com/McLarenF1/status/1978566601495433588
Bringing new Veo 3.1 updates into Flow to edit AI video https://blog.google/technology/ai/veo-updates-flow/
ROGR: Relightable 3D Objects using Generative Relighting”” TL;DR: From posed images (unknown lighting), reconstructs a relightable neural radiance field; can be rendered under any novel environment map without further optimization, on-the-fly relighting and novel view synthesis. https://x.com/Almorgand/status/1976708356149768556
Wan 2.5 debuts at #5 in Text to Video and #8 in Image to Video, marking Alibaba Wan’s strongest video model yet, but breaks from tradition by not being open weights Wan 2.5 is the latest release from Alibaba Wan, representing a substantial upgrade from their Wan 2.2 A14B model. https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/1977910656566489143
sora is enabling millions of new creators”” / X https://x.com/gdb/status/1976811191252271321
1B views for Jake Paul cameos over the past week:”” / X https://x.com/gdb/status/1976433945249271974
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
Runway apps is basically the visual equivalent of GPTs — except a lot more useful. Of course the likes of Replicate and FAL have the advantage of these apps model agnostic.”” / X https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1978336195978440969
TV in the 90s: you turn it on, you watch. TV 2025: – turn on, wait for it to load – popup: TV wants to update, 1.5GB. No. – scroll sideways, find prime video app or etc – popup: now app wants to update, 500MB. No!! – App launching… App loading… – select account screen – 🫠”” / X https://x.com/karpathy/status/1978653908663726585
Introducing Apps, an easier way to create anything with Runway. From reshooting your products to restyling images, Apps are an ever-growing collection of use case specific workflows that make it easier than ever to get to great outputs. Apps are now rolling out on web, with more https://x.com/runwayml/status/1978094115142225968
Workflows matter the most. As models continue to make progress, knowing how and when to create useful, professional, and productive new workflows will matter the most. Really excited to finally release Apps! We also have a few more updates on more workflows coming soon.”” / X https://x.com/c_valenzuelab/status/1978109936149094800
The Turing Test for video … 😅”” / X https://x.com/demishassabis/status/1978644313824534954
Veo 3.1 is now live in Synthesia! Available to all users (even freemium), ready to generate cinematic B-roll and assets for your next Synthesia video! Give it a try 🙌 @googlecloud https://x.com/synthesiaIO/status/1978836856419635561
🎬 Video Arena Update! New model provider @Kling_ai enters the leaderboard with ⚡ Kling 2.5 Turbo 1080p: a big leap from version 2.1, supporting generations up to 1080p resolution! With this model, the cost is as low as $0.15 per 5-second, 1080p video. 🔹 Image-to-Video: tied https://x.com/arena/status/1977836507546423321
We think you’re going to like these updates a bunch 🍌 Introducing six new visual styles for Video Overviews (powered by Nano Banana) and a shorter “”Brief”” option for quick insights. These will start rolling out to Pro users this week and to all users in the upcoming weeks. https://x.com/NotebookLM/status/1977790565983945199
StreamingVLM Real-Time Understanding for Infinite Video Streams https://x.com/_akhaliq/status/1977757009572237678
