MiniMax Group released its H3 multimodal video generation model on July 31, capable of producing 2K resolution videos with stereo sound at less than one-third the cost per second of mainstream competi…
The KwaiKAT Team at Kuaishou released KAT-Coder-V2.5, an agentic coding model trained on over 100,000 verifiable repository environments spanning 12 languages. The model is available through StreamLak…
NanoSASRec, an open-source project by developer eifuentes, provides a simplified implementation of Self-Attentive Sequential Recommendation (SASRec) with 10 training scripts that progress from the ori…
Goldman Sachs released a report on Friday analyzing China's AI large language model industry, finding that Chinese models achieve near parity with US rivals at 10-25% of the cost. The bank projects Ch…
Older adults in China are embracing AI-generated videos that provide emotional comfort and companionship, aware the content is artificial but valuing the joy it brings. Researchers found these AI fami…
Kling AI, the AI video arm of Chinese short-form giant Kuaishou, held its NEXTGEN Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, highlighting how AI-native filmmaking is lowering barriers to professional production. The…
Tencent is selling up to $1.6 billion of its stake in Kuaishou, reducing its holding from 15.68% to about 9.37%, in a block trade of 273 million shares. The sale comes shortly after Tencent helped fun…
Kuaishou's AI video division Kling raised $2 billion from investors including CPE, Tencent, and Citic Securities, valuing the unit at $18 billion. The funding round supports Kling's planned spinoff an…
Kuaishou's AI video generation business Kling AI raised nearly $3 billion in external funding on July 2, with a post-money valuation of $18 billion. The round was co-led by CPE, Guofang Venture Capita…
Tencent is joining a reported $3 billion funding round for Kuaishou's AI video generation platform Kling AI, which is expected to be valued at $18 billion. Kuaishou plans to spin off Kling AI and laun…
Independent filmmakers are producing animated features for as little as $50,000 using AI video tools, slashing costs by up to 90%. The shift is attracting institutional backing, with OpenAI-backed 'Cr…
ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 and Kuaishou's Kling Omni Director represent the next generation of AI video control, with Seedance 2.5 offering 30-second clips and up to 50 reference inputs for consistency,…
General Atlantic is in talks to lead a funding round for Kling AI, the video arm of Chinese tech group Kuaishou, at an $18 billion valuation. The deal faces political risks as Beijing has instructed C…
Text-to-video AI has matured from experimental clips to hyper-realistic cinematic content, driven by a shift from U-Net to Diffusion Transformer (DiT) architectures. DiT offers linear scalability with…