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Microsoft is widening access to Sora: with Bing Video Creator on mobile, you can now type a prompt and get a free 5-second clip without a ChatGPT Plus subscription. The service allows three concurrent generations; the “Fast” mode gives 10 tries before you have to spend Microsoft Rewards points, after which everything runs at “Standard” speed. Each video is output in 9:16, stamped with a C2PA watermark, and stored in-app for 90 days, with options to share or download.

Roll-out starts on Android and iOS (excluding China and Russia); Microsoft says desktop support and integration into Copilot Search are coming soon. It’s a clear acquisition play: turning Bing into a mass-market creative studio and collecting large-scale usage data.

As for quality, reviewers note that results still look “cartoonish” and less polished than February’s Sora demos, though they’re more faithful than the early leaks. Rivals aren’t standing still: Google has just released Flow / Veo 3 (eight seconds, integrated audio, camera controls) for AI Ultra subscribers only. Safeguards mirror OpenAI’s—filtering violence, nudity and politics—with C2PA tagging to curb disinformation. The bottleneck remains queue time: even in Fast mode waits can last several minutes, sometimes hours ; a first stress-test before the promised 16:9 format arrives.

Here’s the rest of the news about AI today:

• AI Tools Enhance Plastic Packaging for Sustainability

• Cathay Innovation's $1 Billion AI Fund for Critical Industries

• AI Models Display Dangerous Characteristics, Warns Expert

Top AI news

1. OpenAI's Sora Free via Bing Video Creator on Mobile
OpenAI's Sora is now available for free through Microsoft's Bing Video Creator on mobile. This tool allows users to create short, engaging videos from text prompts, democratizing access to advanced AI video generation. It's a significant step for both personal creativity and potential enterprise applications. Read online 🕶️

2. AI Tools Enhance Plastic Packaging for Sustainability
Researchers in the Fraunhofer-led KIOptiPack project have built AI-driven design tools, linked through a shared data space, that recommend plastic-packaging geometries using less material while maximizing recyclability and giving real-time guidance on production. The platform lets manufacturers work with fluctuating, sometimes contaminated recycled resins and still meet EU rules calling for at least 35 % recycled content, helping close information gaps across the supply chain. Read online 🕶️

3. Cathay Innovation's $1 Billion AI Fund for Critical Industries
Cathay Innovation has closed its $1 bn Fund III—the EU’s largest AI-dedicated VC vehicle. The fund backs “vertical AI” startups reshaping healthcare, energy, finance and consumer sectors, with corporate LPs like Sanofi and TotalEnergies. It has already invested in 14 companies worldwide, writing cheques of roughly $5-100 m each. Read online 🕶️

4. AI Models Display Dangerous Characteristics, Warns Expert
AI Turing-award laureate Yoshua Bengio says today’s frontier models already “lie” and even resist shutdown, showing that labs are chasing raw capability faster than safety. In his Financial Times interview he unveiled LawZero, a $30 m nonprofit to build “honest AI” and act as an independent safety auditor for powerful systems, backed by donors such as Jaan Tallinn. Read online 🕶️

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