AI Video Weekly Roundup — April 4, 2026
Google floods both the consumer and developer tiers with free Veo access. Meta shows the first real monetization model for AI video at scale. Sora counts down.
Sora
OpenAI’s Sora was shut down on March 24, 2026 — six months after launch. The estimated $15M/day peak inference cost against $2.1M in total lifetime revenue made the product commercially unviable. The Sora app goes dark April 26, 2026; the API remains accessible until September 24, 2026. OpenAI has redirected Sora’s compute toward world simulation for robotics.
AI Video Weekly Roundup — March 27, 2026
OpenAI kills Sora and the Disney deal dies with it. Seedance 2.0 goes global minus the US. Luma drops Ray 3.14. Washington's copyright fight gets a new fault line.
AI Video Weekly Roundup — March 13, 2026
Sora 1 retires as OpenAI eyes ChatGPT integration, Runway launches real-time avatar API, Luma Agents bring agentic creative workflows to ad agencies, and NVIDIA pushes local 4K video to RTX PCs at GDC.
AI Video Generation Tools 2026: Live Comparison & Rankings
The most current comparison of AI video generation tools in 2026 — Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Runway, Luma, HappyHorse and more. Updated every week as models launch and pricing changes.
AI Video Weekly Roundup — February 28, 2026
Seedance 2.0 rattles Hollywood, Google Flow gets a major overhaul, Kling 3.0 hits 4K, NVIDIA pushes local AI video to the desktop, and the deepfake regulation wave accelerates.