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CalMatters tested 4 leading AI video models across 9 dance styles generating 36 videos. Result: Zero performed the actual prompted choreography. Here's what that means.

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CalMatters Tests AI Video Models on Dance—None Could Actually Dance

Writing Team: Jan 26, 2026 8:00:00 AM

CalMatters and The Markup just published rigorous testing of four leading AI video generation models—OpenAI's Sora 2, Google's Veo 3.1, Kuaishou's...

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Google preps Nano Banana 2 Flash launch—another Gemini variant promising Pro performance at Flash costs. It's model proliferation disguised as democratization, and developers are already exhausted.

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Google's Nano Banana 2 Flash is Here

Writing Team: Dec 30, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Google is preparing to launch Nano Banana 2 Flash—a new Gemini model that reportedly matches Pro-level performance at lower costs. The name sounds...

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Apple researchers develop DarkDiff, an AI that dramatically improves low-light photos using diffusion models in the ISP pipeline. We examine the tradeoffs nobody's discussing.

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Apple's DarkDiff: Computational Photography Meets Computational Honesty

Writing Team: Dec 24, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Apple researchers published a study on DarkDiff, an AI model that dramatically improves extremely dark photos by integrating diffusion-based...

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Disney's $1B OpenAI deal lets fans generate videos with 200+ characters. But who really wins when you can't own what you create?

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Disney Just Sold You the Right to Make Mickey Mouse Videos

Writing Team: Dec 15, 2025 7:59:59 AM

Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year partnership this week that positions Disney as Sora's first major content licensing partner. Starting early...

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Meta poaches Apple's top UI designer Alan Dye to lead new creative studio treating

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Meta Poaches Apple's Design Chief to Build AI-First Products

Writing Team: Dec 9, 2025 8:00:03 AM

Mark Zuckerberg just announced Meta's new creative studio, led by Alan Dye—Apple's Vice President of Human Interface Design for the past decade and...

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Learn how to use Canva Magic Media to create custom images, graphics, and videos for marketing campaigns. Practical examples and styling tips for busy marketers.

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Canva Magic Media: A Marketer's Guide to AI-Generated Visuals

Writing Team: Dec 1, 2025 8:00:04 AM

You know that stock photo. The one with the diverse team high-fiving around a conference table. You've seen it on seventeen different websites this...

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Midjourney just released Style Creator, letting users design custom aesthetics through visual selection instead of text prompts—a fundamental shift in how we interact with AI image tools.

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Midjourney's Style Creator Eliminates Words from Image Generation

Writing Team: Nov 27, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Midjourney just changed the game for AI image generation, and they did it by removing the thing everyone thought was essential: words.

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Ex-Google team launches Mixup, a Mad Libs-style AI image app with shareable

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Mixup's Mad Libs Approach to AI Images

Writing Team: Nov 25, 2025 7:00:00 AM

The team behind 3D design app Rooms just launched Mixup, an iOS app that turns AI image generation into party games.

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Google launches SynthID verification in Gemini app to detect AI-generated images. We examine whether watermarking solves deepfake problems or creates new ones. The truth is messier than the PR suggests.

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Google's AI Image Verification = SynthID, in the Gemini App

Writing Team: Nov 24, 2025 7:00:02 AM

Google just solved a problem they created.

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Google's Nano Banana Pro promises physics-aware image generation with 4K output and real-time data grounding. We tested it. Here's what actually works—and what's still theatre.

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Nano Banana Pro = AI Image Generation Remembers Physics Class

Writing Team: Nov 24, 2025 7:00:01 AM

Google wants you to believe image generation just grew up.

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London High Court dismisses Getty Images' main copyright claims against Stability AI, ruling that AI models trained on copyrighted images aren't

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UK Court Rules That Stable Diffusion Isn't "Infringing Copies"

Writing Team: Nov 13, 2025 7:00:01 AM

The High Court in London just handed Stability AI a major victory, dismissing Getty Images' primary copyright claims and ruling that Stable...

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Microsoft Just Made Paint "Intelligent"

Writing Team: Oct 29, 2025 8:00:01 AM

Microsoft announced this week that Paint—the 40-year-old bitmap editor bundled with Windows—is getting an AI feature called "Restyle" that transforms...

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10 AI Prompts That'll Actually Save You Time (Not Just Impress Your Coworkers)

Forget the robots-taking-over headlines. These 10 prompts will show you how to use AI for the boring stuff you actually need to get done—like writing emails that don't suck, brainstorming ideas when your brain is fried, and automating the repetitive tasks eating your day.

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