Sora Is Gone and the Tool That Replaced It Was Already Ready (AI Video News 2026)

Andrew Miles Davis covers this week's biggest AI news stories including the shutdown of Sora, OpenAI's decision to walk away from a reported billion pound Disney deal as it shifts focus towards a unified desktop platform play, and the rapid rise of Seedance 2.0 as the AI video tool quietly filling the gap. He also breaks down the first federal conviction of its kind after a man used AI-generated music and bot accounts to steal over eight million pounds from streaming platforms, and weighs up what it means that Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly training an AI agent modelled on himself to handle his own cognitive load. Andrew rounds off with the BlackRock CEO's call for more tradespeople and fewer lawyers, backed by a hundred million dollar investment into skilled trade programmes. Subscribe to In AI Nutshell for the AI news that actually matters to marketers, delivered in ten minutes every weekday.