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Midjourney, ByteDance, and Hailuo’s New Video Models [This Week in AI]
Jun 21, 2025•42 min•Season 4Ep. 39
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Episode description
The AI video generation race heats up with Midjourney's new V1 video model despite their ongoing IP lawsuit with Disney and Universal. In this episode, Joey and Addy break down the latest developments in AI creative technology, including Topaz's new Astra cloud-based upscaler, FLUX's Kontext model, and impressive new video models from China including Minimax Hailuo 02 and ByteDance's Seedance. Plus, they discuss how AI character ownership might become the next legal frontier as tools like Arcads AI emerge.
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