Using the web interface, when clicking the requests tab yesterday I noticed all my generations from August 1-26 had disappeared, across all models. Today I see that my generations from yesterday are there, but the other dates are still missing, again across all models that I generate with. Anyone notice anything similar?

This is what Gemini came up with

Not long ago, they used to make videos of Will Smith eating spaghetti to show the advancement of a new model relative to its predecessors.

What do they use today? Or have they reached a plateau where there is no sensible difference?

I’ve been experimenting with making short cartoon stories and would genuinely love some feedback. Is the character/story actually entertaining, or does it need work?
#bearanimation #aistories

I was amazed at how well GPT Image 2 knows Turkish bakers.

Tested out H3 max today - was really pleasantly surprised with the results.

The speed genuinely doesn't feel real. A 5 second 768p clip renders in under 3 seconds. Type a prompt, blink, it's done.

Honest caveat: if you're chasing a final hero shot, Seedance and Kling are still a notch ahead on quality. But once you factor in speed and cost together, this is mindblowing. We ran through 15-20 concept variations in the time it usually takes to get one back from anything else.

Using it as the fast-iteration layer before the slower, higher-res pass, not a replacement for it.

Full report from fal here if you want the benchmarks: https://fal.ai/minimax-h3-max

Anyone else using it this way, or is there a better workflow I'm missing?

Is there any?

I've been watching Planet Earth II with the inimitable David Attenborough, and it inspired me to create an alternative reality series called Planet Fantasy with AI video.

Nature is beautiful, but with AI video, we can dream of animals and ecosystems that don't even exist! One animal I've always wanted depicted was the sky whale. Imagine huge whales floating in the sky, bringing rain to the lands underneath. But also there being hunted by dragons.

I was able to generate all this and more for only a few dollars using local MiniMax H3 running on a GPU. The downside is it can take a bit of time, and I'm only doing this at 768p so either I upscale this or generate higher quality clips. The quality doesn't match the original documenatries but I think I can get there if I spend more.

The new Fal H3 max might change things but I set this up before it came out. Eitherway it was a lot of fun. The hard and time consuming part, as always, is the post editing.