AI Video/Image Model Arms Race & Hollywood Adoption

Chinese models (Seedance, Wan, MiniMax) dominate with native long-form video, audio co-generation, and Hollywood validation. Alibaba launched Wan3.0 after $10B share sale. Runway teases major releases, Microsoft enters image gen with MAI-Image-1. New stealth model Ox Alpha appears on OpenRouter. Lightricks releases LTX-2.5 22B with native audio, open-source on Sogni. Alibaba open-sources MiniMax-H3 ControlNet-Union. Practical guides for MiniMax H3 on PixVerse and image-to-video workflows emerge. GoEnhance AI introduces visual localization. The race intensifies with professional workflow features and cost advantages.