Bring your own vision of history to life with AI. The Uzumasa JidAI Short Film Competition 2026 is accepting entries until Sunday, November 15, 2026. The competition welcomes short films approximately 15–180 seconds long that explore history using generative AI. Creators are free to choose their AI tools, and films with watermarks are eligible. Winning entries are scheduled to be screened on Sunday, December 6, the final day of the Uzumasa Joraku Festival, with commentary from the judges. Competition sponsor GMI Cloud is offering $30 in production credits to each of the first 30 eligible applicants creating a film for…
Author: aratama 璞 | Editor-in-Chief, AI Creators
aratama 璞 | Editor-in-Chief, AI Creators
aratama 璞 is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of AI Creators, a practice-driven platform that connects companies, researchers, and creators. With expertise spanning art, media, and technology, he oversees multiple digital media initiatives and leads the planning and development of AI-powered digital projects.
He sees generative AI not simply as a production tool, but as a foundation for expanding business, creative expression, and real-world implementation. He drives AI-native business design and creative development, and has built an international track record in the AI creative field, including being named one of the “Top 5 AI Creators to Watch” by a U.S. industry media outlet. Drawing on first-hand knowledge gained through hands-on experimentation and implementation at the forefront of the field, along with a rigorous editorial perspective, he communicates the current landscape of AI creativity and AI business with depth and clarity.
When AI is used to bring a deceased star back into advertising, what exactly needs to be licensed before a brand can use “the person”? On September 30, 2026, SKF, the Swedish industrial technology company best known for its bearings, launched a global campaign featuring an AI recreation of Greta Garbo, the Swedish-born Hollywood star of the 1920s and ’30s. Garbo died in 1990, so the campaign brings her back to the screen 36 years after her death. According to The Guardian, Garbo’s likeness had appeared posthumously in fashion campaigns for Ferragamo, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton, but this is the…
When generative AI is used to create a voice that sounds like a real person, what should AI creators and companies be watching for? On September 30, 2026, the Tokyo District Court (46th Civil Division) addressed that question in a case brought by Kenjiro Tsuda, a voice and screen actor known to anime fans as the voice of Kento Nanami in Jujutsu Kaisen, against TikTok Pte. Ltd., the Singapore company that operates TikTok. The court stated that a person’s voice, like their portrait, is a symbol of the individual’s personality, and may in certain circumstances be protected by the right…
For the first time, a U.S. federal court of appeals has ruled on whether using copyrighted material to train an AI system is fair use. In Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, the answer was no. In an opinion dated September 29, 2026, and released in full the following day, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that ROSS’s use of Westlaw headnotes to train its AI legal research tool was not fair use. The panel affirmed the district court’s partial summary judgment for Thomson Reuters on both questions certified for appeal: the headnotes are original enough to…
Experience AI-generated films and music on a big screen and connect with fellow creators. The GMI & MiniMax AI Art Gallery takes place at Shibuya Hikarie in Tokyo on Thursday, October 8, 2026. The evening will feature screenings, networking, and a talk by special guest Kiyoshi Shin. Creators are also invited to submit videos made using GMI Cloud or MiniMax models, with entries due Wednesday, September 30. Admission is free, with advance registration and organizer approval required. You can apply to attend whether you are submitting a film, interested in discovering AI-generated work, or looking to connect with creators and…
Disclosure: The author attended CapCut World 2026 Singapore as an invited AI creator and also took part in the CapCut AI Creators Hackathon. Travel and accommodation were provided by CapCut. This report was independently structured and written by the AI Creators editorial team. CapCut’s first global community event series opened in Singapore in September 2026, and it did not look much like a conventional software launch. There was a keynote, and there were new tools. But the event extended well beyond product announcements: a free public experience at Marina Bay Sands, an invitation-only program at Capella Singapore, AI Festival screenings,…
Generative AI has made it easier than ever to produce a striking image or a beautiful shot. But being able to generate something beautiful is not the same as building a world that stays with an audience. What AI creative work increasingly requires is not prompt technique alone. It calls for a visual language, emotional design, character consistency, narrative clarity, and an identity that runs through the whole piece. For this feature, AI Creators spoke with Minouche Hijkoop, a Netherlands-based AImaginist and VFX Prompt Designer. Minouche is the founder of the AI cinematic-identity studio Shine by Nous and co-founder of…
Generative AI is rapidly lowering the barriers to entry in filmmaking. Visual work that once required substantial budgets, camera equipment, and specialized production teams can now be explored by individual creators within a much shorter timeframe. Yet being able to generate eye-catching footage is not the same as creating work that stays with an audience. The more capable the models become, the more the questions circle back to the fundamentals. What are we making? Why are we making it? How do we edit it, layer sound into it, and shape it into a coherent experience? And precisely because AI creators…
In 2026, generative AI in animation and video production has moved well beyond the “useful production aid” stage. It is now transitioning into a production infrastructure — one driven by major streaming platforms, studios, and cloud infrastructure companies. The moves by Amazon MGM Studios, AWS, Netflix, and Chinese AI video models are not simply more examples of AI adoption. They represent a structural transformation of the entertainment industry — a fundamental redesign of how content is conceived, produced, rights-managed, distributed, and monetized. This article breaks down Amazon’s and Netflix’s generative AI strategies, the rise of Chinese video AI models, the…
Generative AI has made it possible for almost anyone to produce convincing visuals, copy, and video in a fraction of the time it once took. The tools can give you something that looks finished. But those same tools have also flooded the market with output that reads, at a glance, as unmistakably AI-generated — generic in composition, flat in tone, and empty of context. The question being asked now isn’t whether you’re using AI. It’s how deeply you’ve thought, designed, and refined what comes out of it. The market has already moved past its first phase. What clients are increasingly…
Generating high-quality images and videos with AI is no longer a rare skill. However, there is a massive gap between producing compelling work and presenting a unique perspective through a cohesive body of work. The question today isn’t just whether you can master the tools. What matters is the vision you explore through generative AI, the world you build, and how you connect that work to cultural and contemporary contexts. Those who can shape that entire process are the ones we call “Generative AI Artists.” A Generative AI Artist is not merely an operator outputting AI files; they are an…
Update Overview: Released exclusively on Midjourney’s web alpha on March 17, 2026, V8 Alpha delivers generation speeds roughly 4 to 5 times faster than previous versions, along with improved text rendering. Key New Feature: The new “–hd” parameter allows for the direct generation of native 2K (2048px) images, bypassing the need for a separate upscaling process. Core Evolution & Considerations: Beyond raw image quality, the model’s prompt adherence (steerability) has significantly increased. However, features like “–hd” consume four times the standard GPU time, requiring strict yet practical cost management. Signs of a Redefined Standard in Image Generation Until now, the…