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.

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.

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.

A living reference guide to the major AI video generation models, platforms, and open-source tools shaping the industry in 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.