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Top 5 in Tech: Disney's Sora Deal, McDonald's Pulls Ad, ElevenLabs x Meta
VP Land is a newsletter & YouTube channel covering the latest updates in creative technology for M&E professionals. Here's a quick roundup of the most significant developments in media and entertainment technology this week: 🏰 Disney Invests $1B in OpenAI to Bring 200+ Characters to Sora Disney has agreed to invest $1…
Top 5 in Tech: Kling O1 Launches ‘Nano Banana for Video’ plus tons of other AI model upgrades
VP Land is a newsletter & YouTube channel covering the latest updates in creative technology for M&E professionals. Here's a quick roundup of the most significant developments in media and entertainment technology this week: ▶️ Kling AI Launches O1 as "Nano Banana" for Video with Unified Multimodal Inputs Kling AI…
Top 5 in Tech: Nano Banana Pro Gets 4K, Letterboxd Video Store, World Labs' Marble
VP Land is a newsletter & YouTube channel covering the latest updates in creative technology for M&E professionals. Here's a quick roundup of the most significant developments in media and entertainment technology this week: 🎨 Google Updates Nano Banana Pro with 4K Resolution and Better Spatial Understanding Google…
Top 5 in Tech: Freepik’s Launches AI Spaces, Coca-Cola’s AI Ad, Affinity’s Free Designer, and more
VP Land is a newsletter & YouTube channel covering the latest updates in creative technology for M&E professionals. Here's a quick roundup of the most significant developments in media and entertainment technology this week: ⿻ Freepik's New 'Spaces' Platform Targets Team Workflows with Node-Based AI Freepik launched…
Top 5 in Tech: KREA’s Realtime AI Video, Adobe’s Foundry AI, EA x Stability AI, and more
VP Land is a newsletter & YouTube channel covering the latest updates in creative technology for M&E professionals. Here's a quick roundup of the most significant developments in media and entertainment technology this week: ⚡ KREA AI Open-Sources 14B Video Model That Runs in Realtime KREA AI open-sourced Krea Realtime, a…
Top 5 in Tech: Google Veo 3.1, House of David’s 253 AI Shots, NVIDIA's Personal AI Computer Ships
VP Land is a newsletter & YouTube channel covering the latest updates in creative technology for M&E professionals. Here's a quick roundup of the most significant developments in media and entertainment technology this week: 🌀 Veo 3.1 Brings Enhanced Editing Tools to Google’s Flow Google’s Veo 3.1 brings enhanced control…
Top 5 in Tech: Google’s AI World Model Leap, Lightcraft Spark, ElevenLabs Gets into AI Music
VP Land is a newsletter & YouTube channel covering the latest updates in creative technology for M&E professionals. Here's a quick roundup of the most significant developments in media and entertainment technology this week: 🌎 Google DeepMind Genie 3: Huge Leap in AI World Models Genie 3 generates interactive 3D worlds…
Top 5 in Tech: OpenAI’s Big Budget Movie, Seedance 4 Competes with Nano Banana
VP Land is a newsletter & YouTube channel covering the latest updates in creative technology for M&E professionals. Here's a quick roundup of the most significant developments in media and entertainment technology this week: 👾 OpenAI-Backed Critterz Aims to Slash Animation Costs by 80% OpenAI is producing Critterz, an…

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