Kuaishou rolls out Kling 4.0
On 15 October 2026 Kuaishou's video generation model Kling 4.0 became available to all users, adding longer shots, more dynamic motion and Omni Reference, with a faster Flash variant released alongside it.
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ElevenLabs launches Eleven v4, its most expressive text-to-speech model
On 28 September 2026 ElevenLabs released Eleven v4, a text-to-speech model it calls its most emotive yet, alongside a low-latency Turbo variant; the company says it topped Artificial Analysis and was preferred by about 75% of listeners in blind tests.
PixVerse releases R2 and turns its world model into playable games
On 22 September 2026 PixVerse announced R2, a scaling release of its real-time world model that adds more data, tasks and input types at the same latency, and showed it running playable, prompt-editable worlds.
Suno releases v6, built with Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe
On 9 September 2026 Suno released v6, a new generation of music models built with Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe, offered in three versions and paired with safeguards that screen uploaded audio and lyrics.
Runway publishes GWM Worlds 2, a real-time interactive world model
Runway published GWM Worlds 2 on 3 September 2026, a research preview that turns high-fidelity video and audio generation into a real-time interactive world model steered by text actions and camera motion.
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1
On 1 September 2026 Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1. Prices stayed at $10 and $50 per million tokens, and Mythos 5.1 is offered through verification programmes.
Stability AI raises a $76 million Series B
On 25 August 2026 Stability AI announced a $76 million Series B whose investors include Sony Music, Universal Music, Warner Music, Electronic Arts and AMD Ventures, taking the funding raised under CEO Prem Akkaraju to about $232 million.
ByteDance releases Seedance 2.5
ByteDance released Seedance 2.5 in July 2026. The model generates up to 30 seconds of video per pass, offers a beta long-video mode, and can edit part of a scene without regenerating the whole clip. It is offered through an API.
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5
On 24 July 2026 Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 at $5 and $25 per million tokens. Anthropic said it came close to Claude Fable 5's frontier intelligence at half the price.
Black Forest Labs announces the multimodal FLUX 3
On 23 July 2026 Black Forest Labs announced FLUX 3, a model family for images, video, audio and actions. The video model became generally available on 4 August 2026.
Meta introduces Muse Image and Muse Video
On 7 July 2026 Meta Superintelligence Labs introduced Muse Image and Muse Video, its first media generation models. Muse Image launched in Meta's apps, while Muse Video entered early preview.
Shengshu releases the Vidu S1 real-time interactive video model
On 3 July 2026 Shengshu released Vidu S1, a real-time interactive video generation model that takes voice input during a video call and changes a character's expression, gestures and body movement in response.
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5
On 9 June 2026 Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, its first Mythos-class model for general use, and Claude Mythos 5, the same model with some safeguards lifted for vetted partners. Both were priced at $10 and $50 per million tokens.
Suno raises over $400 million in Series D at a $5.4 billion valuation
Suno announced on 3 June 2026 that it had raised more than $400 million in Series D funding, valuing the AI music company at $5.4 billion post-money, with Bond Capital leading the round.
Mistral AI agrees to acquire physics-AI company Emmi AI
On 23 May 2026 Mistral AI said it had agreed to acquire Emmi AI, an Austrian physics-AI company whose large engineering models simulate power grids, injection moulding and car safety tests; more than 30 staff, including co-founder Johannes Brandstetter, are joining.
Stability AI releases Stable Audio 3.0
In May 2026 Stability AI released Stable Audio 3.0 in four sizes, three of them open-weight. The two larger models generate up to 6 minutes 20 seconds of audio and support inpainting and continuation.
Google launches Gemini Omni for conversational video creation
On 19 May 2026 Google added Gemini Omni to the Gemini app, letting subscribers create and edit video through conversational prompts from text, photos and clips, with SynthID watermarks and C2PA Content Credentials attached to the output.
Isomorphic Labs raises a $2.1 billion Series B
On 12 May 2026 Isomorphic Labs announced a $2.1 billion Series B round led by Thrive Capital, money the company says will scale its business globally and push its drug candidate pipeline forward.
Shengshu Technology raises nearly 2 billion yuan in Series B
Shengshu Technology announced a Series B round of nearly 2 billion yuan led by Alibaba Cloud, money it says will go to foundation world models for both digital generation and physical action.
HeyGen announces Avatar V
On 8 April 2026 HeyGen announced Avatar V, which it describes as the most realistic AI avatar model in the world; a recording of about 15 seconds is enough to generate video that keeps a person's face, voice and presence.
Microsoft AI releases MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-Image-2 in Foundry
On 2 April 2026 Mustafa Suleyman announced three Microsoft AI models for developers: MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-Image-2. All three became available in Microsoft Foundry and the MAI Playground, with published model cards.