25 August 2026

Alibaba releases Wan3.0 video generation model in beta

First reported

CNBC and The Decoder ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.

  • Wan3.0 generates videos up to 30 seconds from text, images, PDFs, PowerPoint files, and audio simultaneously, doubling the length of its predecessor.
  • The model aims to reduce visual problems like face distortion and character inconsistency that plague AI-generated videos by maintaining details from reference materials.

How it was covered

Reported by The Decoder, CNBC