fal.ai today released FLUX 3 Max, a video model developed with Black Forest Labs, claiming 10-second clips can be generated in 12.45 seconds—about 22× faster than Seedance 2.5—along with a deep launch discount. Artificial Analysis' leaderboard shows Elo 1138, tied with Seedance 2.5, though overlapping confidence intervals leave quality superiority unclear.
OpenAI announced a partnership with AI video generation platform Higgsfield. After integrating GPT-6 Astra, Higgsfield's maximum video generation duration increased from 1 minute to 10 minutes. The platform also integrated GPT-Image-2.5 for text rendering in images, used Codex to accelerate product development, and disclosed plans to explore voice-to-video creation based on GPT-Live-1.
HeyGen Video 1 has been officially launched on the OpenRouter platform, providing video generation capabilities for enterprise users. The company says that in blind comparisons, the model performs on par with leading video models at a fraction of the cost.
Inkitt, a digital publishing and AI media startup, has launched the public beta of Inkitt Movie Creator, which can turn text scripts into AI-generated films within minutes. The product is powered by Cinematica, an in-house harness built by Inkitt's AI video team that orchestrates image, video and language models while incorporating real-world filmmaking techniques. Founder and CEO Ali Albazaz said the company is not competing with foundation video models; the opportunity lies in making those models easier to control.