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AI Video Weekly Roundup — October 26, 2026

Kling says its 4.0 API is rolling out while its pricing page says access isn't available. FLUX 3 Max ties among six, and a MiniMax H3 post-train tops a no-audio board inside the error bars.

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Infographic of six numbers for the week ending October 23, 2026: Kling 4.0 preview rows at 1.0 and 1.5 units a second on a page that says API access is not yet available; FLUX 3 Max at 1138 in a six-way tie on Artificial Analysis image-to-video; FLUX 3 Max at $0.17 a second at 720p once fal's promotion ends against $0.0425 now; HeyGen Video 1 at 1144 against Wan 3.0 at 1134 on no-audio text-to-video; four territories excluded by the MiniMax H3 licence; and zero Kling 4.0 rows on any Artificial Analysis video board.

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Infographic of six numbers for the week ending October 16, 2026: MiniMax H3 first at 1140 in a five-way tie on Artificial Analysis's re-based image-to-video board; FLUX 3 Video 4K at $0.41 a second, down from $0.80; a 30% cut at 2K; Kling 3.0 and O3 4K at 43 credits a second on Runway's API; four territories excluded by the H3 licence; and Agnes-Video-2.0-MoE's 28.7B stored and 15.3B active parameters.

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AI Video Weekly Roundup — October 19, 2026

Runway's closed weights get a managed host in Baseten, AA's image-to-video board re-bases, BFL halves 4K video prices, and H3 builds multiply under a licence that excludes the US.

OCT 19 · 10 MIN

Six stats from the week ending October 9, 2026: Vidu Q4 Preview scores a provisional 1179 ±10 Elo on Artificial Analysis's image-to-video board, inside a four-point pack for third; it gained 123 Elo on Vidu Q3 Pro; its cheapest API rate is 9 credits per second; Kandinsky 6.0 Video comes in 29B and 3B sizes under an MIT license with no territory exclusions; and Kling's API pricing page lists no Kling 4.0 price.

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AI Video Weekly Roundup — October 12, 2026

Vidu Q4 Preview ties for third on image-to-video with a price its own table doesn't show; Kandinsky 6.0 goes open under MIT; Kling 4.0 has specs and no price; SynthID meets SB 1000.

OCT 12 · 8 MIN

Six stats from the week ending October 2, 2026: Utopai X, which Artificial Analysis lists as built on MiniMax H3, ranks second on its rebuilt text-to-video board at 1148 Elo; MiniMax H3's license excludes four territories including the United States; HeyGen Video 1.0's promotional price is $0.01 per second through October; California's SB 1000 became Chapter 861 on September 30; AB 2713's platform provenance duty starts January 1, 2027; and Kling says its 4.0 launch lands in October.

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AI Video Weekly Roundup — October 5, 2026

Three companies shipped video models built on MiniMax's H3, a license that excludes the US; Kling 4.0 arrives as a spec sheet; California signs SB 1000; Runway sells through OpenAI.

OCT 05 · 9 MIN