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31 October 2026 · Latest ChatGPT Ads now rewrites your ads by default: what brands should check OpenAI has switched on creative enhancements in ChatGPT Ads by default. Unless an advertiser opts out, its AI can now rewrite headlines and descriptions, translate ad text, resize images and send clicks to a different page, without approval of each version. Read the story →

25 October 2026 From 30 October, brands carry the risk when Meta's AI changes their ads Meta's updated commercial terms, which take effect on 30 October 2026, say advertisers are solely responsible for whatever its AI features create or change in their ads. At the same time, brands are reporting AI edits they never asked for, including an AI illustration added to a human-made ad.

22 October 2026 Meta: 10 million advertisers now use its AI ad tools, and creator ads hit a $15 billion run rate In its third-quarter results on 21 October 2026, Meta said nearly 10 million advertisers used at least one of its generative AI creative tools, use of its AI video features grew 25% in a quarter, and ads made with creators passed a $15 billion yearly run rate, almost double a year ago.

20 October 2026 FLUX 3 Max is out: a 10-second AI video in about 12 seconds, at top-tier quality fal launched FLUX 3 Max on 19 October 2026, a video model it post-trained on Black Forest Labs' FLUX 3. The companies say it renders a 10-second clip in about 12 seconds, roughly 22 times faster than Seedance 2.5, while ranking level with the best models for image-to-video. It is available now on fal, at a launch discount until 7 November.

17 October 2026 Kling 4.0 is officially out: 30-second AI video in one go, with more control over every shot Kuaishou officially launched Kling 4.0 on 15 October 2026. The new model makes AI video clips of up to 30 seconds in a single generation and lets creators guide it with up to 15 reference materials and 10 keyframes. HDR output and API access are still to come.

14 October 2026 Meta Muse Wonder: what Meta's first frontier AI model means for brands on Instagram and Facebook Meta Superintelligence Labs released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on 12 October 2026, its first frontier AI models. They are chat and agent models built for long tasks. Meta has not announced any video or ad features for them yet.

11 October 2026 Meta opens AI video ads to all advertisers: still images now become video ads on Facebook and Instagram At Advertising Week New York, Meta made its tool that turns still product images into video ads available to every advertiser on Facebook and Instagram. It also opened its Ads Creative Studio to more brands and showed checkout inside chats with businesses.

10 October 2026 Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone: check if an image, video or audio clip was made with AI Google has opened its SynthID Detector website to the public. Anyone can upload an image, video or audio file and see whether it carries an invisible AI watermark from Google or its partners OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao, with Apple support on the way.

8 October 2026 Vidu Q4 Preview: ShengShu's new AI video model focuses on acting, voice and 4K ShengShu Technology has released a public preview of Vidu Q4, its next flagship AI video model. The focus is performance: faces, emotion, movement and voice that stay in sync, with consistent characters across shots and output up to 4K.

7 October 2026 NVIDIA backs Reactor, the startup making AI video run in real time Most AI video today is rendered as a finished clip. Reactor generates it live, frame by frame, as people interact with it, and NVIDIA has just invested. Here is what Reactor does, why investors care and what real-time AI video could mean for advertising.

6 October 2026 OpenAI will show ads while you create images in ChatGPT Image generation is becoming an advertising space. From later this month, a first group of brands will test labelled visual ads inside ChatGPT's image tool in the US. Here is what is changing, how it works and what it means for brands.