Midjourney makes V8.2 its default image model
Midjourney promoted V8.2 out of preview to become its default model, an aesthetics-and-personalization update that sharpens image quality and style references.
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Runway adds natural-language Workflows to its Agent
Runway now lets creators build, run and edit its node-based Workflows through plain-language prompts inside Runway Agent, collapsing pipeline-building into conversation.
Black Forest Labs debuts FLUX 3, its first video model with audio
Black Forest Labs' new flagship generates 20-second clips with native audio, claims wins over Kling and Runway, and promises open weights later in 2026.
PixVerse launches VibeMV to turn any song into a music video
Chinese video startup PixVerse released VibeMV on web, Android and API, generating rhythm-synced, subtitle-ready music videos from one uploaded song.
ElevenLabs lets artists fine-tune Music v2 with Vocals and Styles
ElevenLabs' new Vocals and Styles features fine-tune its Music v2 model on an artist's own tracks, generating songs in their voice and sound with copyright screening.
HeyGen Adds Audio to Video: One API Call Turns Voice Into Video
HeyGen's new Audio to Video feature turns a spoken script plus a single image into a finished video through one API call, with batch support for bulk output.
HeyGen's companion mode lets coding agents direct video creation
The avatar-video company's new mode has AI agents pitch creative angles and share storyboards mid-flight, shifting generation from one-shot orders to direction.