AI news this week: the AI video renaissance is HERE. Seedance 2.5 is out for everyone, Minimax H3 (Hailuo) is basically an uncensored Sora 2 you can run on local hardware, Wan 3.0 turns your documents into video, and Flux 3 is the only non-Chinese model anywhere near the frontier.

\Kevin's on vacation, so on today's AI For Humans, Gavin Purcell is joined by AI video expert Tim Simmons from the excellent YouTube channel Theoretically Media. Together they break down which of the new models is actually best, the basics of how to use them, exactly how good local AI video has gotten, and what it means that nearly all of these models are Chinese.

Also: Walter White meets Joey, AI Kramer, Family Guy prompts, The Office reimagined, and a museum for the ancient AI videos of two years ago.

Plus: Tim's Higgsfield terms-of-service deep dive, OpenAI reportedly targeting an "ASTRA" aka GPT-6 release for NEXT WEEK, Jeff Dean leaves Google after 27 years as Demis Hassabis steps up, and an AI See What You Did There: AI Filmmakers Edition.

WE HAVE SORA AT HOME NOW. HOLLYWOOD, YOU GOOD?

// Show Links //

Subscribe to Tim's channel, Theoretically Media

https://www.youtube.com/@TheoreticallyMedia

Seedance 2.5 is here for everyone

https://x.com/capcutapp/status/2085355533943357650?s=20

Tim's short film "Death Walks Into A Bar"

https://youtu.be/4wFBA9-KyzY?si=2E1cdKiiGYe1d7pu

Minimax H3 (Hailuo): basically an uncensored open source local Sora 2

https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-h3

AI Warper's Family Guy "AI Prompt"

https://x.com/AIWarper/status/2084445445372477530?s=20

Walter White meets Joey

https://www.reddit.com/r/aivideo/comments/1vfu2dt/oh_this_is_funh3/

Here's Kramer (Seinfeld prompt)

https://x.com/techprofits/status/2085118937738391830?s=20

AI Film History museum by Rich Klien

https://aifilmhistory.org/

The Office example

https://x.com/VelvetRender87/status/2084390557334335837?s=20

Wan 3.0: turns docs, sheets, decks and webpages into video

https://x.com/Alibaba_Wan/status/2085339761284104529?s=20

https://x.com/Alibaba_Wan/status/2085339982714257453?s=20

Flux 3 from Black Forest Labs

https://bfl.ai/blog/flux-3

Tim's Higgsfield TOS video

https://youtu.be/7vGp40qEV4s?si=To-ih5eLpqWWnKPz

OpenAI targeting "ASTRA" aka GPT-6 release for next week

https://x.com/synthwavedd/status/2085365276640702915?s=20

Jeff Dean leaves Google after 27 years & Demis steps up

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/google-chief-scientist-jeff-dean-leaving-company-after-27-years.html

Kavan The Kid's latest

https://youtu.be/tU5UUc1d0_A?si=j3KNGgJNDX6-L8yG

Dave Clark's found footage Seedance 2.5 short

https://x.com/Diesol/status/2084547129188712589?s=20

Demon Flying Fox's Odyssey

https://youtu.be/ky-2PL6G3aI?si=C73wRZG-Bfd97vSa

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