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“To us, AI is an accelerator. It’s an amplifier,” Teague said. “It’s why collaborations with partners like OpenAI are absolutely crucial. We want to empower a new generation of fandom that is more interactive and immersive, while also respecting human creativity and protecting user safety.”

Lightricks debuted the model with Nvidia at CES 2026, one of the biggest tech trade shows. Nvidia also showed off a number of AI-powered and next-generation software updates for gamers, including an agentic assistant, an educational advisor and an AI upscaler for smoother, more defined graphics.

Alibaba’s Qwen team of AI researchers — already having a banner year with numerous powerful open source AI model releases — is now answering with its own alternative, Qwen-Image-2512, once again available freely for developers and even large enterprises for commercial purposes under a standard, permissive Apache 2.0 license.

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