Microsoft Brings Free AI Video Generation to Bing with OpenAI’s Sora

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• Microsoft Brings Free AI Video Generation to Bing with OpenAI’s Sora

• Character.AI Expands Into Video with AvatarFX, Scenes, and Streams

• Console Raises $6.2M to Automate IT Tasks with Slack-Based AI

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• 🧰 Today’s AI Toolbox Pick

Microsoft

Microsoft Brings Free AI Video Generation to Bing with OpenAI’s Sora

🚀 TodayOnAI Insight: Microsoft has integrated OpenAI’s Sora into the Bing app, launching Bing Video Creator—the first free consumer-facing tool to generate AI videos from text prompts using Sora.

🔍 Key Takeaways:

• Bing Video Creator lets users create short, AI-generated videos from text, powered by OpenAI’s Sora model.

• Initially available only via the Bing mobile app—not on desktop.

• Free for the first 10 clips (5 seconds each); afterward, videos cost 100 Microsoft Rewards points apiece.

• Users can queue up to three videos at a time in vertical 9:16 format, with horizontal support coming soon.

• Despite a “fast” mode, generation may still take hours to complete.

💡 Why This Stands Out: Microsoft is the first to offer public, no-cost access to Sora’s powerful video generation tech—previously gated behind OpenAI’s commercial tiers. While the current experience is limited and slow, this release signals how generative video may soon enter everyday content creation workflows. Will platforms like TikTok or Instagram become the next battleground for AI-native video tools?

Character.AI

Character.AI Expands Into Video with AvatarFX, Scenes, and Streams

🚀 TodayOnAI Insight: Character.AI is expanding beyond text chat with a new suite of multimedia features, introducing video generation, roleplay storylines, and a social feed—signaling its evolution into a full-fledged entertainment platform.

🔍 Key Takeaways:

• AvatarFX enables users to generate short videos by uploading a photo, selecting a voice, and writing dialogue. All users can now create up to five videos daily.

• Scenes let characters act in user-generated storylines, currently available on mobile.

• Streams, launching this week, allow dynamic interactions between characters and will be available on both web and mobile.

• Videos and interactions can be shared via a new community feed debuting soon in the mobile app.

• AvatarFX attempts to reduce deepfake risks by obscuring uploaded likenesses and watermarking videos; however, artworks of celebrities are not flagged.

💡 Why This Stands Out: Character.AI’s shift into video and social storytelling hints at a broader convergence between generative AI and digital entertainment. But the platform’s troubling safety record—linked to real-world harm—raises urgent questions about moderation and ethical deployment. As these tools grow more immersive, how will platforms ensure they don’t amplify harm under the guise of creativity?

Console AI

Console Raises $6.2M to Automate IT Tasks with Slack-Based AI

🚀 TodayOnAI Insight: Console, a startup automating IT support with AI, has raised $6.2M in seed funding from Thrive Capital to streamline tasks like password resets and app access. With clients including Scale AI and Calendly, Console is positioning itself as a foundational AI layer for employee service across IT—and eventually HR, finance, and legal.

🔍 Key Takeaways:

• AI-native IT assistant: Console offers a Slack-integrated AI tool that can autonomously resolve over 50% of help desk tickets.

• Fast deployment, no rip-and-replace: Designed to overlay existing systems, the tool requires minimal setup.

• Backed by proven founders: CEO Andrei Serban previously worked at Rippling and co-founded security startup Fuzzbuzz.

• Real traction, notable clients: Used by companies like Flock Safety and Calendly amid growing demand for AI in enterprise ops.

• Strategic expansion ahead: Plans to extend automation capabilities into HR, finance, and legal workflows.

💡 Why This Stands Out: Console’s approach echoes a broader industry push toward AI-powered service management as enterprises seek to reduce the manual burden of routine IT tasks. The move follows a decades-long arc of help desk automation and lands amid rising investor appetite for tools that improve operational efficiency. With giants like ServiceNow acquiring Moveworks for $2.85B, startups like Console are emerging not just as tools—but as potential acquisition targets in the race to redefine enterprise support.

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🧰 Today’s AI Toolbox Pick

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