Alibaba's Wan3.0 generates 30-second AI videos from text

Harvard Business School's new Foundry program is a $699 online startup bootcamp that uses AI avatars modeled on its instructors to give participants feedback during practice pitches and simulated board meetings. The approach moves AI-generated likenesses from novelty into a structured educational setting. It raises practical questions about how well synthetic instructor proxies can replicate the nuance of human mentorship.

Alibaba has released Wan3.0, a video generation model capable of producing clips up to 30 seconds long from a range of inputs including text prompts, images, PDFs, and PowerPoint files. A 30-second clip at 1080p is priced at $6. The release comes as Alibaba reported a sharp 75 percent year-over-year drop in quarterly profit, reflecting heavy investment in AI infrastructure.