This Work Is Getting Scary!

01 · breaking news · ▶ on the show at 11:36

Google Flow update walkthrough

By Google

Google's walkthrough of the latest Flow update, the interface for using Veo directly. Projects now open on a grid of every asset, images can be named and edited with a lasso tool, Nano Banana Pro frames can be made inside Flow, and Whisk-style ingredients, insert, camera control and extend are all built in. Chris thinks the update is flying under the radar because so many people use Veo through aggregators like Freepik and Weavy, which raised the bigger question: will the labs own the interface, or just supply the models?

“Potentially they won't need other tools as Google just has the best of everything.”Chris Branch · ▶ 16:05

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02 · breaking news · ▶ on the show at 37:25

BBC Morning Live: Ava, the AI gardening avatar

By BBC Morning Live, Runway

For the BBC's AI Unpacked week, Morning Live brought back Ava, a computer-generated gardening avatar made with Runway, to answer viewers' questions alongside gardener Mark. Her soil test and fly-repelling plant tips held up, but the delay and the "great question" padding made it awkward. Chris could picture avatars like this as sports pundits or live analysts. Andrew wasn't convinced, wondering whether ordinary viewers would be impressed or just find it weird, and Winston suggested museums and aquariums as a more natural first home than TV.

“If you were just a regular person on BBC at that time, would they be impressed or would they think this is weird?”Andrew Davis · ▶ 41:56

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03 · ▶ on the show at 44:04

Morgan Freeman's The Dinosaurs Bloopers (Netflix)

By Netflix

Not AI at all. This opened a new segment of real ads, shown as a benchmark for spec ad makers who don't come from advertising. Netflix posted Morgan Freeman cackling and mangling dinosaur names in bloopers for The Dinosaurs, a pairing Chris compared to David Attenborough and the BBC. Chris called it a great script that could easily inspire an AI spec ad, and Andrew thought plenty of people in the chat could make something like it.

“That's a great script with great visuals that could inspire an AI spec ad.”Chris Branch · ▶ 47:04

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04 · ▶ on the show at 47:55

Sports Unstoppable: AI Sports Advertising Film

By Giovanni Abitante

Giovanni Abitante's sports film flows from one discipline to the next: football, American football, a basketball dunk, then an ice rink that melts into a swimming pool dive. His post says it was made entirely with AI and powered by Seedance 2.0. Andrew loved the concept but said give it a year, because the running and the ball physics still look off. Chris would have led with the skater and the dive as the hook, and said no other model would come close to those transitions.

“I watched that and I thought, give it a year. Great idea. Great concept. Give it a year.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 49:33

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05 · ▶ on the show at 52:30

Seedance 2.0 Spec Ad Test (Trojan)

By JSFILMZ

JSFILMZ asked how much this would have cost to make without AI. A slow, cinematic build of low sun, swirling dust and trembling glass gives way to a wall of water rising over the city, before the twist: it's a Trojan ad, "protection from what may come". Andrew loved the voiceover and the punchline, was reminded of Fantastic Four, and liked that it ends with an open invitation to brands. Chris said a shot like this once needed huge rigs and CGI layers, and is now a one-person spec ad.

“This wave would have been CGI and everything would have been added as layers, and suddenly it's all AI generatable and can be a spec ad made by a single person.”Chris Branch · ▶ 55:12

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06 · ▶ on the show at 56:56

Adidas Shoe Concept

By Roger Rangel

Roger Rangel designed a concept Adidas shoe with generative AI and turned it into an 18-second spec commercial, as part of his learning with Curious Refuge. There's little story, it's a clean product shoot, and Chris noted some people on LinkedIn hate on quick ads like this. His point: it's exactly the brief you'd hand Luma's new agent (multiple angles, multiple models, a storyboard) so you can show a client a visual instead of describing an idea they can't picture.

“Now, this is the exact type of agent Luma thing that you would ask for.”Chris Branch · ▶ 58:04

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07 · ▶ on the show at 1:03:05

Texas One Step

By Dustin Cohen, Genre.ai

A dance-craze jingle about cutting your Texas tax bill, from Dustin Cohen with AI partners Genre.ai, whose credited team includes PJ Accetturo, as the chat guessed. Paul's notes say it runs on American TV and streaming alongside traditionally shot spots, to see how real audiences respond, and Dustin's post says it was not AI for AI's sake. Andrew said it felt like an ad by someone who has watched a lot of ads, and the "created by AI" line at the end started a debate about labelling.

“If I was in Texas right now and I switched on the TV and I saw that, I wouldn't be thinking this is AI. I just think, oh, this is an ad.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:04:10

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08 · ▶ on the show at 1:09:00

Seedance Car (Spec) Ad Test

By Luigi Russo

Luigi Russo tested Nano Banana 2, Seedance 2.0 and Magnific's video upscaler on a personal piece: snowboarders, the new Audi RS5 and a helicopter in the same shots. Chris took it for a Red Bull stunt at first. Luigi also built Frameshift, an internal tool that keeps AI product images accurate without hours of retouching, and the behind-the-scenes at the end shows how much the upscale lifted the final result. Chris wants more submissions to include a breakdown like this.

“That same video, if we'd watched it six months ago, would have looked laughable.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:14:14

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09 · ▶ on the show at 1:15:49

Kling 3.0 Ad

By Simon Meyer

Kling 3.0's launch film: a guy pitches his mate a movie about Frank, who loses his cat Lisa and searches the world, fighting criminals, sand worms and a T-Rex, only for it to end with "she's gone forever". Paul said it was made for Kling, and Rob in the chat guessed Simon Meyer, which Simon's sponsored post confirms: two weeks of work with Nano Banana Pro and Kling 3.0's multi-shot. Andrew loved the storytelling, music and sound, and Chris praised its Breaking Bad and Jurassic Park homages that never lift a real actor's likeness.

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10 · ▶ on the show at 1:23:18

Let Animals Grow Old

By Ruf Lanz

A Bionic Awards finalist from Ruf Lanz: animals living out their old age doing pilates, yoga and swimming, with a premise that lands perfectly for its client, the world's oldest vegan restaurant. Chris loved how the idea and the brand line up, and pointed out it was made before Nano Banana, maybe even before Veo 3. Andrew spotted that the shots of an animal sinking under the water on a float give the AI away, then asked whether spec ad makers should niche down by industry.

“Imagine you had a great idea like let's let animals get old. Well, the ideal client for something like that would be a clever twist like a vegan restaurant.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:25:18

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11 · ▶ on the show at 1:30:15

Prompt and Punishment

By Nir Refuah

Nir Refuah's Bionic Awards finalist for Fiverr: Garry is told that everything around him was made by AI professionals on Fiverr, mocks them for making his coffee taste like soap, and pays for it. Chris guessed it was made with Veo 3 just after launch, and said the limits of the models at the time didn't matter because the idea carries it. He also saw a Danny DeVito type in the lead, like a more surreal episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

“I think this is a brilliant idea because the limitations at the time of the video models used weren't really a problem.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:32:05

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12 · ▶ on the show at 1:34:10

13 Ways to Annoy Everyone on Your Commute

By Ikenna Mokwe

Ikenna Mokwe's satire of British commuting, which won Best Ad at the Bionic Awards, one of his two awards that night along with Best UK Creator. Thirteen petty tactics, from blocking the escalator to grooming in the carriage, lead to a twist: skip the public altogether and take the bike. Glenn in the chat never saw the ending coming, and Mary loved the silent moment on the product logo. Andrew felt every one of those commutes, and the hosts swapped their own nightmares, from egg sandwiches to tuna.

“Ikenna is so good though, Andrew. We know his stuff. He's so good at this stuff.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:36:14

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13 · ▶ on the show at 1:40:08

The Chronicles of Bone, Prologue Five: The King of the Seas

By Kavan the Kid, Freepik

The latest chapter of Kavan the Kid's The Chronicles of Bone, now a Freepik original series: twenty years after his pact with the Mordane Empire, Captain Hook faces a mutiny, and the sea holds something worse. We showed a clip of the roughly 15-minute episode, and Andrew wanted to know why we stopped. Chris said the old criticism of Kavan's physics is fading as Kling and Seedance improve, his sound design still stands out, and platforms commissioning originals give creators a new route to funding.

“Visually it now looks incredible and the storytelling is good and the sound design is good and he's doing it all basically himself.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:47:40

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14 · ▶ on the show at 1:50:45

Lonely (Frankenstein Halloween Short)

By Simon Meyer

Simon Meyer's Halloween short and a Bionic Awards finalist. Frankenstein's monster talks yoga, dating apps and the one night a year he can walk around without anyone screaming, before admitting what really scares him: being alone. Simon's post breaks down the build: a sound bed first, Veo 3 for the dialogue, Nano Banana stills, Kling and Seedance for animation, and ElevenLabs to change the voice. Andrew called it his favourite AI video, and both hosts loved the calm French piano track under it.

“That's my favourite AI video.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:52:36

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15 · ▶ on the show at 1:54:55

The Twin Earth

By Jacopo Zanetti

Jacopo Zanetti's Bionic Awards finalist closed the show: a scientist visits an identical planet where people are simply happier, comes home to share what he saw, and the world unites in hate. The clips are 100% Kling, the frames come from Midjourney, with a 4K upscale in Topaz, an ElevenLabs voiceover and an edit in DaVinci Resolve. Chris loved the striking, propaganda-poster colour palette and wants more stylised work like it, and Andrew praised the story and its message.

“Rather a fitting one in the current climate to close on.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:59:59

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