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Video AI Wars: How Chinese Labs Are Winning The Race OpenAI Abandoned
OpenAI abandoned video AI. Five Chinese labs didn't.
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Why it matters
Chinese AI labs are dominating video generation while OpenAI has deprioritized the space, shifting competitive advantage in multimodal AI away from US incumbents. This represents a significant capability gap in a high-demand AI category.
The key facts
4 to knowFive Chinese video AI models identified as competitive leaders: ByteDance Seedance, Alibaba Wan, Alibaba Happy Horse, Kuaishou Kling, MiniMax Hailuo AI, Tencent Hunyuan
OpenAI has reportedly abandoned or deprioritized video AI development
Video generation capability gap emerging between Chinese and US labs
ByteDance, Alibaba, Kuaishou, MiniMax, and Tencent all shipping video models
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Publisher excerpt: Five Chinese video AI models to watch: ByteDance’s Seedance, Alibaba’s Wan and Happy Horse, Kuaishou’s Kling, MiniMax’s Hailuo AI and Tencent’s Hunyuan.