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.
Meta claims Muse beats Runway and HeyGen at live avatars, two days after HeyGen's own benchmark said nobody has solved craft; Higgsfield says it crossed $1B in annualized revenue; California's SB 1000 sits two days from its deadline.
Viggle's new model claims to be open-weight. The license it ships under bars the US, EU, UK and South Korea from using it — the first installment of RCTV's open-weights claims tracker.
OpenAI shuts the Sora API for good; Runway, Higgsfield and Pika double down on selling other labs' models the same week; California signs one AI-disclosure bill and leaves the other pending.
The most current comparison of AI video software in 2026 — Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Grok Imagine 1.5, Luma Ray 3.2, Runway, HappyHorse and more. Updated every week as models launch and pricing changes.
