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video-gen
3 pieces filed under video-gen, newest first.
- FastMetal-QAD: Local Video Generation on a Mac, and Why the Biggest Model Is the Wrong Pick FastMetal-QAD makes five-second video generation practical on a 16GB Mac, and the workflow that works inverts two instincts: take the 5B over the 14B, and treat prompt caching as the main…
- Briefing · August 28, 2026 · morning The only thing that shipped this week is speed you have to rent, while the tools that run free on hardware you already own have been sitting finished and largely unnoticed for weeks.
- Briefing · August 27, 2026 · morning Creative AI models are shrinking fast enough to live on a single machine, which turns per-generation billing into a one-time download and changes what a solo creator can afford to…