Real-time AI video arrives

PixVerse does AI video in real-time

Avatar dominates VES awards with 10 nominations

Bandcamp draws the line on AI music

Wikipedia signs deals with AI giants

True real-time generation at 1080P with near-zero latency. Type "the character runs" and they start running immediately. Type "the room catches fire" and flames appear. No waiting for renders.

Infinite duration with no predefined length limits. The model predicts each frame based on what came before, maintaining a memory of scene state that prevents the character drift and environmental inconsistency that plague longer AI sequences.

Physics from training data rather than simulation. Objects fall realistically and characters move naturally because the model learned approximate physics from its dataset. Good enough for creative work, not precise enough for engineering.

Invite-only access at realtime.pixverse.ai while infrastructure scales. The broader PixVerse platform already has 100M+ users and $40M ARR, with Alibaba backing a $60M Series B in late 2025.

The platform automatically converts any video or audio file into structured, readable blog posts using speech recognition and natural language processing.

You can customize the AI output with specific prompts to match your brand voice, tone, and style preferences for consistent messaging.

Visual content gets handled automatically with screenshot extraction from key video moments, plus options for stock images and AI-generated graphics.

YouTube integration detects new uploads and converts them into draft or published blog posts completely hands-off.

Multi-language support lets you repurpose content for global audiences without translation overhead, while built-in SEO optimization boosts search visibility.

Avatar swept the craft categories with nods for environment, character, compositing, effects simulations, and emerging technology on top of Outstanding VFX in a Photoreal Feature. The Fire and Ash team developed new fire simulation tools (Kora Fire Toolset) that earned a separate Emerging Technology nomination.

Animation is a three-way tie between KPop Demon Hunters, Elio, and Zootopia 2, each landing five nominations. DreamWorks, Pixar, and Disney Animation going head-to-head reflects how crowded the top tier of animated features has become.

TV heavyweights split the episodic votes with Stranger Things, The Last of Us, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age each pulling four nominations. The streaming wars have pushed TV VFX budgets into feature territory.

Jerry Bruckheimer gets the Lifetime Achievement Award while Wētā Workshop's Sir Richard Taylor receives the Visionary Award. February 25, 2026 at The Beverly Hilton, Sklar Brothers hosting again.

Paid API access replaces the scraping that tech companies have been doing for years. The deals include attribution requirements and structured data feeds, though exact pricing remains undisclosed.

Revenue beyond donations gives Wikimedia a new funding stream as AI companies race to lock up training data. Wikipedia has been a foundational dataset for language models since GPT-2, but the organization never saw a dollar from it.

No exclusive rights in the deal. All Wikipedia content stays freely available under Creative Commons. The companies are essentially paying for enterprise-grade API access and support, not content lockup.

Editor community backlash is the wild card. Wikipedia's volunteer base has historically resisted any whiff of commercialization, and some editors have already voiced concerns about the nonprofit profiting from their unpaid work while Big Tech builds billion-dollar products.

The ban targets AI-generated core elements like melody, lyrics, and composition. Human-directed production tools for mixing, mastering, and effects remain allowed. The distinction matters because most modern music production involves some algorithmic assistance.

No automated detection has been announced. Enforcement relies on user reports and manual review, which means obvious AI slop will get flagged but sophisticated hybrid workflows probably slip through.

Platform policies are splitting fast. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney recently called Steam's mandatory AI disclosure labels "dumb," arguing AI will be in everything soon anyway. Meanwhile, Spotify has been quietly purging AI-generated tracks that flooded the platform, and YouTube now requires creators to label synthetic content.

Bandcamp's bet is that its core audience of indie music fans and artists actively wants a human-first marketplace. The platform has always positioned itself as the anti-Spotify, prioritizing artist revenue over algorithmic discovery.