not much happened today

**Kling 2.5 Turbo** leads in text-to-video and image-to-video generation with competitive pricing. **OpenAI Sora 2** shows strong instruction-following but has physics inconsistencies. **Google Gemini 2.5 Flash** "Nano Banana" image generation is now generally available with multi-image blending and flexible aspect ratios. **IBM Granite 4.0** introduces a hybrid Mamba/Transformer architecture with large context windows and strong token efficiency, outperforming some peers on the Intelligence Index. **Qwen** models receive updates including fine-tuning API support and improved vision capabilities. **Tinker** offers a flexible fine-tuning API supporting LoRA sharing and CPU-only training loops. The ecosystem also sees updates like **Synthesia 3.0** adding video agents.