Daily curation of entertainment-tech moves, each with a one-line take.
Xsolla acquired GamePix to connect AI-created games with browser distribution and global payments. Korean startup Fikad launched an agent that plans and produces short videos from a line of text and source materials. Eros Innovation is combining rights-controlled cultural data, digital humans, and real-time production for film, immersive entertainment, and games.
DailyHelloWorks is rebuilding the 1959 Korean sci-fi comic hero Rayphie with generative AI while keeping the original creator involved. Banijay is partnering with Don’t Tell Comedy to move creator-led stand-up across AVOD, FAST, and SVOD. Valve says it will not broadly ban AI games but will work through Steam’s cloning and low-quality content problems.
DailyGoogle DeepMind has released Genie 4 with real-time audio and editable scenes. NVIDIA is bringing neural rendering and AI characters to RTX Spark, while Epic Games is moving to remove restrictions on training AI with Unreal Engine and MetaHuman outputs.
DailyInstagram is testing videos of up to 90 minutes and new long-form discovery features, while Remix is opening a desktop platform for building games without coding. Canva has released its proprietary Craft image model globally for designers.
DailyKimi has brought editable 3D creation into its apps and API, while Meshy is widening browser-based text and image to 3D tools through a free tier. In U.S. television advertising, YouTube and FAST services accounted for 65.5% of streaming ad exposure time.
DailyStage 32 has opened a marketplace for human-vetted film and television projects. TYGER and Universal Music Group are licensing adaptive music for gameplay, while Wonder Interactive has unveiled a tool for turning Unreal Engine games into playable browser links.