AI Worth Watching: The Best AI Creative, Reviewed Live by You

01 · breaking news · ▶ on the show at 3:43

Mirelo SFX 2.0 in Runway

By Runway

First up in the news, a short and playful Runway video marketing a new arrival: Mirelo's SFX 2.0, now available inside Runway and other aggregators. It generates soundscapes from your video while keeping dialogue locked in, so you get generative sound effects on top of what's already there. Neither host had tried version two yet, though Andrew has had an account since January with thousands of unused credits, and he remembered it as the drag and drop tool that adds sound effects to an uploaded video.

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02 · breaking news · ▶ on the show at 5:50

Robert Downey Jr. augmented glasses ad

By Specs

A last-minute addition that Chris First dropped into the group chat seconds before the show: a real Robert Downey Jr. fronting an ad for an augmented reality glasses company. The chat asked to see it twice. Chris compared it to the World Cup ads that paid for David Beckham without letting him speak, and the hosts joked about the price list: the hand costs one amount, the face more, a line of dialogue more again. California Girl spotted the smirk at the end: that's so him.

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03 · breaking news · ▶ on the show at 9:21

Paris City Tours, Now 50% Off

By Wytse Koetse

A satirical spoof ad made in reaction to the riots in Paris: a cheerful tour guide leads a group past the sights while steering them away from the unrest just out of shot. Chris was careful to say the situation in France is serious and people are genuinely scared, so this is light-hearted fun at the chaos, not at the people. A few 1s arrived in the chat, but it sat in the news section and wasn't put to the poll.

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04 · ▶ on the show at 12:03

Action Movies Will Never Be the Same Again

By Jeff Synthesized

Jeff Synthesized, fresh from winning the X Prize, riffs on the news about Tesla's flying Roadster with a full police chase: the suspect vehicle goes airborne, ducks into tunnels a quarter mile deep and keeps escaping. Of all the reaction videos to the Roadster, this was Chris's pick. The hosts loved the details, like the kid playing with a DeLorean from Back to the Future, the last famous flying car, and a random Batman on the loo. The first full poll of the night came back almost all 1s.

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05 · ▶ on the show at 16:45

Cinema (Love Letters to Cinema)

By Stéphane Benini

The first of the night's Love Letters to Cinema: a hundred filmmakers from around 40 countries in one room at Shake Film Festival, each making a one-minute love letter to film in a single day at an event sponsored by Dreamina. Organiser Jeremy recommended the ones we showed. Stéphane Benini's came first, full of cinematic visuals, and as an expert car guy his car scene was always going to land. Monica in the chat reminded everyone you can't mention Stéphane without his co-creator Bruno Dehant. Near straight 1s.

“He's an expert car guy, so you knew that the car scene was just going to be incredible, too.”Chris Branch · ▶ 19:38

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06 · ▶ on the show at 20:45

A Century of Stunts (Love Letters to Cinema)

By Uncanny Harry

Chris didn't even need to introduce this one: Ryan Phillips, aka Uncanny Harry, cast himself in a run of famous movie references, including Matrix bullets flying past his face. Andrew loves it when he puts himself in the work, and Chris sees a wider pattern: using your own face means easy sign-off and no worries about someone else's likeness. The poll took a moment to appear, so Chris asked early voters to recast, and it came back as 1s bar a single 2.

“I just typed to him, "Your best angle, mate." That one with the Matrix flying bullets past his face.”Chris Branch · ▶ 23:25

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07 · ▶ on the show at 24:23

Cinema Is Fun (Love Letters to Cinema)

By Toby Hyder

A personal one from Toby Hyder, who usually tackles serious subjects like the Hundred Years' War. In his own voiceover he remembers his dad taking him to see Men in Black at five years old, the day he started to understand time: an hour of waiting dragged, two hours in the cinema flew. Chris loved the style and how personal it was. Andrew's stream froze so he missed most of it, but the chat didn't: straight 1s.

“So I've always associated cinema with fun. That's my little love letter.”Toby Hyder · ▶ 25:47

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08 · ▶ on the show at 27:39

Rehearsal (Love Letters to Cinema)

By Jacek Kadaj

From a creator new to the show and another of Jeremy's suggestions: a tender piece built around the line "because I love you" and a lifetime of learning from the movies how to say the words. Both hosts liked it, but the closing narration sounded like an AI voice to Andrew, the one thing that spoilt it for him, and Miriam in the chat agreed she prefers human voices. That started a debate on who owns a voice when it's put on someone else's face.

“The only thing that spoiled it for me was right at the end when that person just narrated it. It sounded like AI.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 29:19

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09 · ▶ on the show at 30:39

CinemaLove (Love Letters to Cinema)

By Stéphane Tranquillin

A love letter in the literal sense: someone reads out Leticia's secret love letter, and her secret love turns out to be cinema itself, from childhood with feet that didn't touch the floor to a thousand borrowed lives. It ends on a wink about saving a spot in the credits. David in the chat praised the writing, and Chris agreed the dialogue, pacing and edit to the voiceover all held up. Votes came in fast and nearly all 1s.

“The dialogue really held on that one and the pacing and the editing to the dialogue and the voice over really held up.”Chris Branch · ▶ 32:53

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10 · ▶ on the show at 34:04

The Mutilator (Wonder Original trailer)

By Eric Fogel, Wonder Studios

Eric Fogel, creator of MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch, has teamed up with Wonder Studios to make The Mutilator, an idea that started as a short he made at NYU and that he's tried to turn into a feature for years. This trailer is the first look. Andrew thought it was the perfect fit for AI and could build an audience on YouTube and Shorts without needing MTV. Chris called it a literal use case: costly to do traditionally, and animation is more forgiving. Chris found it through Wonder's WhatsApp groups.

“If it's good, people aren't going to care how you made it.”Eric Fogel · ▶ 35:18

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11 · ▶ on the show at 37:51

Famous Paintings, Part Two

A sequel to a piece we showed a few weeks ago that brought famous artworks like the Mona Lisa to life, this time as a short, fun chase through the galleries. Chris is more comfortable with this kind of IP play, since old paintings feel far more harmless than using living celebrities. Marco, a strong editor himself, called it nicely edited, and every vote that came in was a 1.

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12 · ▶ on the show at 40:44

Synthesia AI avatar ad

By Stink Studios, Zed Anwar

A real, commissioned ad for Synthesia, the AI avatar company, from Stink Studios, the team behind last week's PlayStation spot, with London-based friend of the show Zed Anwar involved. In a short, funny setup a colleague's avatar looks and sounds just like him, and he's only there to train it. Chris thinks it's a testing ground for longer work. Andrew asked if it was hybrid, and Chris believed so, but Stink is a big team so it may include real cameras. A close split between 1s and 2s.

13 · ▶ on the show at 43:08

Ræburn, Reborn

By Belief Studio, Elliott Starr, Christopher Ræburn

A Grok pick that Chris believed was for a parachute silk jacket, though the film never says so. It is cinematic: flights over London rooftops, lightning, a strong voiceover about becoming someone you've never been. Andrew couldn't work out what it was advertising and would have guessed it was someone testing a new model. 404 Films in the chat summed it up: what am I buying again? Chris said the visuals deserved a 1 but it needed context, and the chat agreed: every vote was a 2.

“But what the hell was it for? Give us some context as to why that level of production was used.”Chris Branch · ▶ 45:41

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14 · ▶ on the show at 47:09

The Very Next Day (trailer)

By Paul Trillo, Asteria

Paul Trillo, an OG of AI film whose Cloud Dancers Chris first saw years ago, made this gorgeous trailer for his upcoming short film with Asteria. Andrew guessed Midjourney, but Chris explained Paul only uses platforms trained on ethically sourced data, building his own styles and LoRAs to get there. The chat called it dreamy and a colouring book brought to life. Straight 1s for Paul.

“Paul is very vocal about using only platforms that have got ethically trained database sources.”Chris Branch · ▶ 49:48

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15 · ▶ on the show at 51:43

Evening at the Museum

By Alexandra Rodriguez

Alexandra Rodriguez is one of the most featured creators in AI LIVE history, a top 10 name for Chris, and she rarely makes anything long: just fun, ongoing experiments. This one is a little 3D cartoon about two museum guards caught smoking beside a 3,000-year-old exhibit. The chat loved the textured animation, and BranFire was reminded of The Boxtrolls. It was the top-voted piece of the night with 16 straight 1s, and Chris hopes she brings this style to more videos.

“Just every single piece is a banger and it's just so fun.”Chris Branch · ▶ 53:44

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16 · ▶ on the show at 55:32

Happy Halloween from the Clarks

By Dave Clark

Dave Clark, one of the first big AI filmmakers ever shown on AI LIVE, has been making AI work with his family, and this Halloween short is, as Chris understands it, entirely made by his kids. Monsters in the house, a dash for the front door, and a punchline about uploading to TikTok. Chris loved the line about all those years of Fortnite and Call of Duty paying off, and Andrew called the tools a great gift to give your kids. Marco summed up the split: a 1 if the kids made it.

“It's really incredible times for bonding with your kids, learning storytelling, learning editing, pacing, visual directing.”Chris Branch · ▶ 58:49

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17 · ▶ on the show at 59:45

The Cage

By Melody

A Halloween-themed Grok pick from a creator new to the show. Visually, both hosts said it was next level. The catch: the dialogue had no English subtitles, so nobody could follow the story, and Chris is now updating Grok's brief to require them. Andrew loves a good horror film and thinks AI suits the supernatural perfectly, as long as the storyline comes first. The vote split more than any other piece: 1s, a 2 and three 3s, with Marco saying it felt too fake.

“If you've got a really good story line and then use the AI around it, I think you could come up with a really powerful film in that horror genre.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:02:32

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18 · ▶ on the show at 1:09:10

The Secret Life of a Kazakh Granny

By SEED AI Studio

A Grok pick with fewer than 100 views on YouTube: a Kazakh grandmother living a secret life of style, cash and a banging soundtrack, with a Pepsi moment that made Chris wonder why it wasn't a spec ad. The end tag revealed London-based SEED AI Studio. Chris loved the edit and close-ups, especially a wheel turning with the camera, and ChannelWales called it very stylish. Nearly straight 1s, and the strongest proof yet that Grok can find good work that isn't viral.

“I loved the editing and the sort of close-up shots, though. I thought it was very clever, especially the one where the wheel turns around and it's like the camera turns with it.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:11:47

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19 · ▶ on the show at 1:16:24

Paco the Chameleon

By Kaan Atilla Taşkın, KATAI Cinema

A three-minute, dialogue-free story about a super cute chameleon. Chris called it a lovely visual story and immediately saw the merchandise opportunities for a kids' show, worth millions of dollars. Drew from the Fast Hours show, freshly past 100,000 subscribers, dropped into the chat and voted a 1, and so did everyone else: 11 straight 1s, joint second on the night.

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20 · ▶ on the show at 1:22:23

The Offsite

By Eliott Mogenet

A three-minute horror short made for Curious Refuge's AI horror competition: a new hire is promised a company offsite in Costa Rica that's like a family vacation, and the company culture turns out to be terrifying. Chris said the pacing and editing kept him hooked for every minute. Andrew liked the character consistency and the story, though he'd have changed the neck brace ending, and suggested a Halloween special with more competition entries. The chat joked about contacting HR, then voted almost all 1s.

“For me, the pacing and the editing on that one were next level.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:25:52

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21 · ▶ on the show at 1:29:49

Mars X

By Ari Kuschnir

A comedy break from one of Chris's favourite satirists. Ari Kuschnir's retro 70s infomercial pitches a Mars colony where pioneers build a backup for civilisation, a brain link connects you to the super intelligence, and the cooling plan has a dark twist. Chris found the sideburned Elon Musk hilarious. Andrew liked setting a vision of the future in a retro past. BranFire pointed out there's already a sequel, MoonX. Mostly 1s, and Chris wants Ari on a Creator Session.

“I thought that was really good in the sense that he's saying this is what's going to happen in the future, but let me set it back in the 60s.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:33:19

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22 · ▶ on the show at 1:34:04

System Memory

By Levi Foster

Submitted by Levi Foster and watched live for the first time by everyone: five minutes of fragmented found footage, birthday songs and memories, which read as an AI memory bank of a life that never existed. California Girl read it as everything living in the ether, and the hosts loved that it lets each viewer take their own meaning. They enjoyed filmmaking that isn't on the nose like advertising, though it felt a little drawn out. A mixed vote.

“With a couple of tweaks that could be a really good horror film as well.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:40:10

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23 · ▶ on the show at 1:45:41

They Came When We Left

By Justinas Vosylius, Metamotion

The chat picked this eight-and-a-half-minute short film over a live-action Legend of Zelda to close the show. Visitors from across the universe settle an Earth humanity has abandoned, celebrate the traces we left behind and ring a bell so no traveller arrives unnoticed, before a brutal final turn. Chris called it the best of the show: breathtaking storytelling, haunting music and intricate character designs. Miriam had seen it judging the Big Screen Hack. 11 straight 1s.

“Those character designs were some of the most amazing, intricate looking characters.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:54:46

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