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  1. · Vision

    Can AI have style?

    Without artists to guide it, AI produces images that all look the same, say filmmakers. So what is a style?
  2. · Society

    Hollywood takes on tech bosses

    Andrew Garfield plays Sam Altman, Jeremy Strong Mark Zuckerberg. At the cinema, the central figure of AI is no longer a machine, but a boss.
  3. · Applications

    Making your first AI video: the guide

    Want to create a short video with AI? The simple steps to get a clean result, without spending all night on it or paying for nothing.
  4. · Business

    Higgsfield hits a billion in 18 months. At what cost?

    Higgsfield says it has passed one billion dollars in annualised revenue, 18 months after launch. An exceptional success story, and a damaged reputation.
  5. · Vision

    He ate a piece of work made by an AI. Was he right to be angry?

    A student has been arrested for eating an AI-generated artwork in protest. We examine what this anger expresses, what is justified about it, and where it is aimed at the wrong target.
  6. · Explainers

    One image, how many tokens? Why we bill photos by the word

    Image models are billed in tokens, the same unit as text. We explain how an image is split into tokens, why editing costs double, and how to reduce your bill.
  7. · Models

    ChatGPT Images 2.5: three billion images a week, and a shift towards editing

    OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.5 with two models for developers, halved latency, and gains focused on editing. We analyse this shift and what it targets.
  8. · Models

    Wan 3.0: the video model that accepts a spreadsheet as input

    On 24 August, Alibaba widened access to Wan 3.0, which can generate thirty seconds of sound video in a single pass and accept documents as input. It is being compared to leading models, and we revisit the unfulfilled promise of openness.
  9. · Vision

    Can we still believe what we see?

    Photography long functioned as proof, because faking it was expensive. That economy has reversed. We explore what becomes of visual trust when the image ceases to be testimony, and what takes over.
  10. · Models

    FLUX 3 vs Seedance 2.5, Gemini Omni and Kling 3: where does the newcomer really stand?

    On 23 July 2026, Black Forest Labs launched FLUX 3, capable of generating twenty seconds of video with synchronised audio from a single prompt. It is being compared to Seedance 2.5, Gemini Omni Flash, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1 and Runway Gen-4.5, and we explain why no model wins across the board.
  11. · Explainers

    How does an AI create an image? The answer is stranger than you think.

    AI image generators don't draw in the way we understand it. They start from a chaos of random pixels and progressively denoise it until an image emerges. We explain how diffusion models work, without jargon, and what this process implies about the nature of these creations.
  12. · Models

    Seedream 5.0 Pro and Seedance 2.5: ByteDance no longer wants to generate images, it wants to replace your studio

    ByteDance launched Seedream 5.0 Pro on 8 July 2026, an image model designed for professional production, with pixel-level editing and layer separation. It forms a duo with Seedance 2.5, the video model capable of generating 30 seconds in a single pass. We break down what this tandem changes, and the legal cloud that still hangs over it.
  13. · Society

    Deepfakes: what this technology really changes in our relationship with images

    This article addresses the subject of non-consensual deepfakes, including those of a sexual nature. The tone is factual, not activist. The aim is to understand what is genuinely changing in our relationship with images in 2026, without dramatising or downplaying it. No graphic description is given; only the data and the legal reality are analysed.
  14. · Society

    Faked AI demos: how to stop being fooled

    Since 2023, dozens of spectacular AI demos have turned out to be pure staging. Rabbit R1, Google Gemini, Meta Ray-Ban Display, Sora 60 seconds: so many promises that were never delivered. Here are the five signals to recognise so you don't get fooled again.
  15. · Applications

    Hell Grind: the first 90-minute film entirely created by AI arrives at Cannes

    A feature-length science-fiction film entirely generated by AI has had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. $500,000 against an estimated $50 million for traditional production, 14 days against months. Hollywood reacts, Demi Moore comments, and the industry understands that a threshold has just been crossed. Analysis.
  16. · Society

    The AI startups quietly outperforming while the giants collapse

    In our article on the great AI failures, we showed how Sora, the Humane Pin, Microsoft Designer and Apple Siri crashed and burned in 2026. At the other end of the scale, some startups are posting growth curves never seen before in the history of software. Here is who is really winning, and why.
  17. · Business

    AI's biggest failures: the billion-dollar products that crashed and burned

    For three years, AI was presented as the revolution that would transform everything. In 2026, the first major products are starting to die publicly: Sora abandoned by OpenAI, Apple hit with a $250 million judgment, Microsoft Designer buried, Humane Pin remotely deactivated. Here is what these five failures really teach us.
  18. · Applications

    Higgsfield MCP: generating images and videos directly from Claude

    Higgsfield has just released its MCP server: a single link to paste into Claude, OpenClaw, Cursor or Hermes Agent, and you can generate images and videos with Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0 or GPT Image 2 directly in the conversation. Full tutorial and pricing.
  19. · Models

    Google I/O 2026: what's being prepared for 19 May in Mountain View

    On 19 May 2026, Google opens its annual I/O event in Mountain View. Between official announcements, credible leaks and persistent rumours, here is everything that should be revealed on stage, and why this edition could be the most strategic since the event was created.
  20. · Applications

    Seedance 2.0: When AI makes cinema

    AI no longer just generates text. With Seedance 2.0 by ByteDance, you type a sentence and get a stunning film scene, with synchronised sound and dialogue.

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