Archive - The AI World Builder

Seedance 2.0 global release: Everything we know so far

ByteDance hits a legal wall, Runway pivots its entire strategy, and Pika wants to clone you.

Feb 22 • Erik Knöbl

From Midjourney to Motion: My 2-Step workflow for consistent characters

A deep dive into designing my characters using the latest AI-to-Live-Action translation techniques.

Feb 18 • Erik Knöbl

Seedance 2.0 vs. Hollywood: The AI Video War begins

Why Disney and SAG-AFTRA are panicking over ByteDance’s new "unfiltered" video generator.

Feb 15 • Erik Knöbl

Why I was wrong about chatbots (and how Claude Code is building my sci-fi world)

I’m a video guy.

Feb 11 • Erik Knöbl

Kling 3.0, Claude 4.6 and GPT-5.3: This week AI went agentic

Why 2026 is the year your tools need to start thinking for themselves, and what it means for your workflow

Feb 8 • Erik Knöbl

Create with me a Sci-Fi short: The monster appears

A weekly collaborative challenge to master cinematic AI video workflows

Feb 6 • Erik Knöbl

Google has launched Genie 3, a tool to create interactive worlds

Watch what creators are doing with Genie 3

Feb 4 • Erik Knöbl

Krea Realtime Edit makes "Drawing" easier for artists

How Krea’s Realtime Edit turns your worst sketches into pro-level concept art

Feb 1 • Erik Knöbl

January 2026

Create with me a Sci-Fi short: Adding dialogue

A weekly collaborative challenge to master cinematic AI video workflows

Jan 30 • Erik Knöbl

Pixverse 5.6 now speaks: The new multimodal feature challenges Veo 3.1 and Sora 2

Pixverse now has integrated audio and lip-syncing. Here is a first look at the results.

Jan 28 • Erik Knöbl

Generate and Edit your art in realtime with Krea; Runway Gen-4.5, and ElevenLabs Audio-to-Video

These are the latest AI news for creators, the facts on what’s new and why it matters, without any over-the-top buzz

Jan 25 • Erik Knöbl

Join me as we create a Sci-Fi short from scratch

A weekly collaborative challenge to master cinematic AI video workflows

Jan 23 • Erik Knöbl

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