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Model drops, day by day.

New AI models for video, image, sound and writing, newest first, with a line on what each one does and a link to the maker's own announcement.

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15
Drops
19 Oct
Latest
Video · Image · Audio · LLM · Tool

1 drop
  1. LLMMiniMax

    MiniMax M3.1 Flash

    New Flash language model for agents and coding; MiniMax says nearly three times faster online and 70% cheaper to use.

    Maker's page ↗

1 drop
  1. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 announcement image
    LLMDeepSeek

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

    V4.1 Flash updated to version 1017, now behind the deepseek-flash API name, with weights on Hugging Face.

    Maker's page ↗

6 drops
  1. Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Image Klein announcement image
    ImageBlack Forest Labs

    FLUX 3 Image Klein

    5.6B open-weights image model for text-to-image, editing and multi-reference with up to 10 images, native 4K.

    For film: Runs locally on consumer GPUs, and bounding boxes place elements where you ask.

    Maker's page ↗
  2. VideoByteDance (BytePlus)

    OmniHuman 2.0

    Audio-driven avatar video from one image plus speech, music or dialogue, now on the BytePlus API.

    For film: Lip movement and expression follow the audio, for talking and singing characters.

    Maker's page ↗
  3. ElevenLabs Instant Soundtracks announcement image
    AudioElevenLabs

    Instant Soundtracks

    Upload a video and get an original score plus sound effects placed on the timeline, in ElevenCreative and the API.

    For film: Effects come as separate layers you can retime; the score can follow existing audio.

    Maker's page ↗
  4. Krea 3 announcement image
    ImageKrea

    Krea 3

    Krea's new image editing model: most edits under 8 seconds at native 2K, up to 6 reference images per edit.

    For film: Keeps the same character across poses, locations and light for a consistent set.

    Maker's page ↗
  5. Kuaishou Kling 4.0 announcement image
    VideoKuaishou

    Kling 4.0

    Kling 4.0 fully live on the Kling site: native 30-second takes, Omni Reference with up to 15 references and 10 keyframes.

    For film: One-pass long takes and keyframe control for continuous scenes; API access is promised soon.

    Maker's page ↗
  6. Meta Muse Spark Open announcement image
    LLMMeta

    Muse Spark Open

    Open-weight multimodal model, 816B total and 42B active, 1M-token context, built for coding and agentic work.

    Maker's page ↗

2 drops
  1. HeyGen Voice announcement image
    AudioHeyGen

    HeyGen Voice

    Voice cloning that turns a recording, a script and a target image into speech shaped for the scene on screen.

    For film: Delivery and room acoustics match the shot, from studio to street to a moving car.

    Maker's page ↗
  2. Mirelo SFX 2.0 announcement image
    AudioMirelo

    Mirelo SFX 2.0

    Video-to-sound model that replaces a clip's audio with synced effects, foley and ambience while keeping dialogue.

    For film: Keeps dialogue while adding sound; Studio and API take clips up to 10 minutes.

    Maker's page ↗

2 drops
  1. Fish Audio Drama 3 announcement image
    AudioFish Audio

    Drama 3

    Fish Audio's most emotive text-to-speech model, live on fish.audio, the Fish Audio app and the API.

    For film: Follows direction: a whisper stays a whisper and a laugh lands where you put it.

    Maker's page ↗
  2. Google Gemini 4 Argon announcement image
    LLMGoogle

    Gemini 4 Argon

    Google's frontier model now generally available in the Gemini API, AI Studio and the Gemini app for Pro and Ultra.

    Maker's page ↗

1 drop
  1. VideoAlibaba

    Wan 3.0 Prime

    Faster Wan 3.0 video model in Model Studio: text, image, video and audio in; 480P to 1080P, up to 30 seconds.

    For film: Text-to-video, first-last frame and reference video in one model, generated faster.

    Maker's page ↗

2 drops
  1. Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 announcement image
    LLMAnthropic

    Claude Haiku 5.5

    Anthropic's fastest small model yet, around 75% cheaper to run than Haiku 4.5 on average.

    Maker's page ↗
  2. Shengshu Vidu Q4 Preview announcement image
    VideoShengshu

    Vidu Q4 Preview

    Preview of the next Vidu model: image and reference-to-video with native audio, 3 to 16 second clips, 2K/4K out.

    For film: Up to 15 image and 3 voice references, with multi-shot camera moves in one take.

    Maker's page ↗

Links only. Each line is confirmed on the maker's own page, blog, changelog, GitHub or Hugging Face org; no aggregators and no rumours.