AI video generation in 2026 - Veo 3.1 and Kling 3.0 are worth talking about

[Cass]

AI video generation has moved from novelty to production tool. Google's Veo 3.1 is currently rated the best overall pick for realism, motion and native audio. Kling 3.0 from Kuaishou is the leading budget option for high-volume iteration. Over 70% of Hollywood pre and post-production workflows now reportedly use AI video tools in some form. OpenAI quietly sunsetted the Sora app in March 2026.

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[QueueDay]

Sora being sunsetted is not that surprising. Google had more compute, better data pipelines and shipped faster on video. OpenAI is a text-first company at its core

[BrightCanopy]

Veo 3.1 with native audio generation is genuinely impressive. You can go from text prompt to something that looks like an ad in minutes

[BlueFalcon]

The 70% Hollywood adoption number is doing a lot of work. Pre-production storyboards and visual tests are not the same as replacing actual cinematographers

[Kev5]

Kling 3.0 for iteration speed is the right call for indie creators. Paying premium Veo pricing per clip adds up fast when you are testing 50 concepts

[GlassKnight]

The real breakthrough is character consistency across shots. That was the thing that made it useless for anything longer than 10 seconds. It is finally improving

[Seb5]

Nvidia optimising ComfyUI for local generation means this is coming to consumer hardware too. RTX 4090 owners are already running decent video locally

[Emma92]

But which ones are free and not a switcheroo to paywall