AI Video Levels Up, Amazon Blocks Muse, Paramount Stays in CA | Diet TBPN
John Coogan and Jordi Hays discuss a Chinese AI video model outpacing US rivals, Amazon blocking Meta's shopping agent, and Paramount's deal to stay in California.
The gist
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Seance 2.5 replaces full bodies and faces in video with just 1 to 2 prompts, making deepfake creation far more accessible than before.
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ByteDance has an edge in AI video not from more compute but from instant distribution through TikTok, CapCut, and e-commerce.
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Amazon blocked Meta's Muse agent to protect its $76B ad business, since agents that bypass its feed threaten the real money in commerce.
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ChatGPT shut down instant checkout after launching ads in early 2026, showing ads are more profitable than taking a cut of purchases.
John Coogan uses it
"I got completely oneshotted by the new AI video model, Seance 2.5. The big update here is that it replaces the whole person, the whole object as opposed to just a face swap. It just hits way harder."
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John Coogan uses it
"I was running Codex on my PC interacting with that from my phone the ChatGPT app and then I had Codex go and generate reference images with just ChatGPT images because it's pretty good at that."
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"I got completely oneshotted by the new AI video model, Seance 2.5. The big update here is that it replaces the whole person, the whole object as opposed to just a face swap. It ..."
"I was running Codex on my PC interacting with that from my phone the ChatGPT app and then I had Codex go and generate reference images with just ChatGPT images because it's pret..."
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