Luma releases a new AI model that lets users generate a video from a start and end frame

Luma, the a16z-backed AI video and 3D model company, released a new model called Ray3 Modify that allows users to modify ...

She just wanted to play Roblox with friends. Then the messages from a predator began.

Roblox is one of the world’s most popular kids’ games, but lawsuits around the country allege predators are hiding in plain ...
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Tesla Model Y Posts Worst Defect Rate of Any New Car in a Decade

Germany’s TÜV Report 2026 ranks the Tesla Model Y dead last for reliability among almost-new cars. One in six fails inspection. That should change how you shop. Tesla Model Y ranked last for ...
Deadline.com

Google AI, Ashton Kutcher-Backed Animation Studio Spiridellis Bros. Partners With ‘Raining Tacos’ Creator Parry Gripp & Roblox On Parryverse

EXCLUSIVE: AI-powered animation studio Spiridellis Bros. Studios has announced an exclusive partnership with songwriter and music artist Parry Gripp, whose songs for children have drawn hundreds of ...
HotHardware

Google Unveils Nano Banana Pro AI Model To Generate Studio Quality Images & Designs

With the arrival of Google’s Nano Banana Pro (officially the Gemini 3 Pro Image model) the AI image generation landscape has once again moved forward into deeper usefulness and hyper-realism. Along ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...
San Francisco Examiner

Bay Area animation studio's first feature arrives on Netflix

The new animated Netflix movie "In Your Dreams" is, both onscreen and off, very much about family. The film, which drops online Friday, tells the story of a girl named Stevie and her younger brother, ...
Mercury News

Kuku Studios in Berkeley set to release 1st full movie, ‘In Your Dreams’

BERKELEY – Just two miles or so from Pixar’s 20-acre Wonderland-like campus in Emeryville, a smaller but still-impressive animation studio has sprouted up and is starting to flower even more. Launched ...
Polygon

One Piece and Dragon Ball anime studio plans massive global expansion

Toei Animation, the Japanese studio behind classic anime such as Dragon Ball and One Piece, has just announced a massive expansion plan that will turn it into a global anime powerhouse in the next ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Paramount Animation President Ramsey Naito Exits Studio

Her departure comes as CEO David Ellison announced major layoffs at the studio. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Ramsey Naito is the latest executive at Paramount to depart the studio as CEO David ...
GamesRadar+

Arc Raiders devs "don’t use generative AI," CCO says AI text-to-speech is used to help "make rich worlds" while keeping the studio small but "there's no end goal in replacing ...

Games Elder Scrolls and Fallout boss Todd Howard says AI is a useful "tool" in game dev, but "not in generating things" because "the human intention of it is what makes our stuff special" Third Person ...
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How to Use AI to Quickly Animate any Human-Like Photo

Lighting, movement, emotions! Unlock the power of Hailuo AI’s subject reference and Minimax engine to solve common challenges in AI video production. Tired of inconsistent character details, ...