Archived briefing
2026-08-02
New developments in creative AI
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01Film & Video · Dreamina · 2026-08-02
Seedance 2.5 reaches Dreamina in a staggered rollout
Dreamina's official Seedance 2.5 page now identifies the model in its video-model list and provides generation instructions. Dreamina describes 30-second standard clips, a beta long-video mode, up to 50 multimodal references, targeted region editing and 4K output. Fresh YouTube demonstrations show creators using the model, but Dreamina's own pages still contain a 'Coming Soon' label and warn that access can vary by account and region.
Check the official Dreamina page ↗Tools · ElevenLabs · 2026-07-30
ElevenLabs adds character-by-character voice casting for audiobooks
ElevenLabs says its Audiobooks workflow can detect characters in an uploaded manuscript, suggest a distinct voice for each role, preview those voices on the book's dialogue, and apply pronunciation and pacing choices across chapters.
Read at ElevenLabs ↗Tools · Anthropic · 2026-07-24
Anthropic positions Claude Opus 5 for visual and long-horizon creative work
Anthropic says Claude Opus 5 improves visual outputs and long-running work, citing examples involving interactive visuals, frontend animation, games, 3D work and iterative slide-deck revisions.
Read at Anthropic ↗Music · ElevenLabs · 2026-07-23
ElevenMusic adds reference-track control for new music
ElevenLabs says Music v2 can use a 10-second to five-minute uploaded track to guide the style, instrumentation and feel of a new generation, with optional text direction and a copyright-identification check before generation.
Read at ElevenLabs ↗Music · ElevenLabs · 2026-07-22
ElevenLabs opens private music finetunes through its API
ElevenLabs says developers can let users train a private Music finetune on their own tracks and reuse it across existing composition endpoints. The company says uploads pass a third-party content-identification check before training.
Read at ElevenLabs ↗Music · Suno · 2026-07-14
Suno invites creators to curate a summer community playlist
Suno is inviting users to submit one playlist of at least five summer-themed tracks by Suno creators for a chance to be featured on its website and Instagram. Its public page lists submissions from July 14 through August 6, but a separate line on the same page says “Submit by July 19,” so entrants should confirm the live deadline and full rules directly with Suno.
View Suno’s contest page ↗Tools · Figma · 2026-07-09
GPT-5.6 arrives in Figma Make for interactive prototype building
Figma says GPT-5.6 can generate responsive prototypes, preserve details from existing designs, create working interactions and recover from some build errors.
Read at Figma ↗Music · ElevenLabs · 2026-07-02
ElevenMusic adds tools for turning rough ideas into arranged tracks
ElevenLabs introduced four focused music workflows: Voice to Song for arranging a recorded performance, Loop Studio for repeatable instrumental loops, Genreshift for changing production style, and Unplugged for acoustic reinterpretations.
Read at ElevenLabs ↗Tools · Figma · 2026-07-01
Figma shows how reusable agent skills can carry a team's creative standards
Figma describes reusable instructions for critique preparation, writing standards, accessibility checks, onboarding and feedback recaps.
Read at Figma ↗Film & Video · Runway · 2026-06-25
Runway Agent 2.0 turns campaign direction into coordinated creative variants
Runway says Agent 2.0 can analyze campaign context and performance data, develop creative angles in conversation, and generate localized or platform-specific variations for brand, social, product and performance marketing work.
Read at Runway ↗Visual Art · Figma · 2026-06-24
Figma's design agent adds custom plugins, shaders and richer context
Figma says its open-beta design agent can create reusable plugins and visual shader effects directly on the design canvas.
Read at Figma ↗Visual Art · Figma · 2026-06-24
Figma survey finds AI changing collaboration as well as output
Figma says its report draws on 8,403 survey responses and 639 interviews; 41% of respondents now say AI meaningfully changes team collaboration, compared with 7% two years earlier.
Read Figma's report ↗Rights & Policy · Adobe · 2026-06-16
Adobe survey says creators want AI assistance without surrendering final control
Adobe reports that 85% of surveyed creators believe the final creative decision should remain with the creator, while 57% say AI output generally needs moderate or extensive editing.
Read Adobe's report ↗Visual Art · Canva · 2026-04-16
Canva previews a conversational workspace for layered, editable AI design
Canva describes AI 2.0 as a research preview spanning conversational creation, layered editing, connectors, scheduled work, web research and persistent memory.
Read at Canva ↗