Daily — July 29, 2026

HBO Max opens a vertical shorts feed with AI-picked scenes, Roblox folds short-form discovery, chat, and mobile game-building into a new app home, and OiiOii AI launches a platform that splits animation work across seven agents.

• [The Verge] HBO Max Launches a Vertical Shorts Feed with AI-Picked Scenes ↗

  Warner Bros. Discovery opened 'HBO Max Shorts' to some US iOS users, a vertical feed of trailers, key scenes, and bonus footage from HBO Max titles. Its own AI reads scene-level metadata to surface candidate clips, then editors pick the final scenes and cut them for vertical. From a clip you can jump straight into playing the full title or saving it to a list. A conversational search that finds titles in plain language is also in testing with US Android users.

• [Roblox] Roblox Folds Short-Form Discovery, Chat, and Mobile Game-Building into a New App Home ↗

  Roblox began rolling out an app home rebuilt around 'Moments, Chat, and Me' in Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore, widening to more regions over the coming months. In Moments you watch game clips from creators and players, then tap once to drop straight into that game. New Zealand also got the public alpha of Build, which makes games on mobile from text instructions. Discovery, social activity, and creation now connect inside the Roblox app rather than routing through outside platforms.

• [PR Newswire, OiiOii AI] A Platform Where Seven AI Agents Split the Whole Animation Pipeline Launches in the US ↗

  OiiOii AI launched an animation production platform in the US that divides script, character and background design, storyboard, music, and video compositing across seven specialist agents. It combines more than 30 foundation models with character-face and asset management, and includes a dedicated workflow that reads music and lyrics to build a full music video. Note that the beta signup and performance figures come from the company, with no independent verification confirmed.