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Creating Longer AI Videos Is Still Difficult. Dreamina, the Tool of AI Video Maker, Launches Seedance 2.5 with 30-Second Generation and 50 Reference Inputs

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Creating a short AI video is becoming easier. Creating a longer video that keeps characters, scenes and visual style consistent is still a challenge for many creators.

Dreamina, ByteDance’s AI-powered creative platform, announced the global launch of Seedance 2.5, its latest AI video creation model designed for filmmakers, marketers, content creators and businesses. The model is available globally through Dreamina.

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 supports up to 30 seconds of continuous video generation, up to 50 reference assets including images, videos and audio, flexible editing features and multilingual content creation.

For creators who want to test ideas before production, build marketing videos from existing assets or create longer stories without starting over, Dreamina serves as the Tool of AI Video Maker, with Seedance 2.5 providing the video generation capabilities behind these workflows.

About Dreamina

Dreamina is ByteDance’s AI-powered creative platform for image generation, video creation and visual editing.

The platform helps creators, marketers and businesses produce visual content for entertainment, advertising, ecommerce and social media.

With Seedance 2.5, Dreamina combines AI video generation and editing capabilities in one place, allowing users to move from early ideas and reference materials to finished video content.

Why Is Creating Longer AI Videos Still Difficult?

Many AI-generated videos look convincing in the first few seconds, but maintaining visual continuity becomes a major challenge as the story unfolds. Common issues—such as shifting character appearances, inconsistent backgrounds, and erratic camera movements—often force creators to regenerate entire shots rather than tweaking specific frames. This friction is particularly challenging for filmmakers building concept scenes, brands producing commercial ads, and creators producing narrative-driven social content.

Seedance 2.5 addresses these bottlenecks by enabling longer video creation with enhanced cross-scene consistency. The model naturally generates up to 30 seconds of continuous video in standard mode. When accessed through Dreamina, Seedance 2.5 also supports Long Video Mode for projects of up to three minutes. This gives creators more flexibility when developing commercials, concept films and longer narrative content.

How Can Filmmakers Use Dreamina Before Production?

Long before a camera starts rolling, filmmakers spend weeks, sometimes months, wrestling with ideas. Directors test camera angles, art departments refine the visual tone, and producers weigh whether an ambitious shot is actually worth the budget. Traditionally, this meant relying on static storyboards, mood boards, and crude sketches. They show the look, but not the feel.

Through Dreamina, filmmakers can use Seedance 2.5 to combine text instructions with existing images, video clips and audio tracks, turning static concepts into moving visual previews.

For a complex action scene, a director can upload character references, location images and visual examples to test camera movement, pacing and lighting before production begins. The resulting video gives directors, producers and art teams something concrete to review and revise.

In this workflow, Seedance 2.5 is the model that generates the video, while Dreamina is the tool of AI video maker that gives creators access to the model and the surrounding creation and editing workflow.

How Can Brands Turn Existing Assets Into Marketing Videos?

Many companies already have product images, campaign materials and brand assets, but creating enough video content for every channel remains difficult.

A single product launch may require:

Website videosAdvertising creativesTikTok clipsInstagram ReelsEcommerce product videosLocalized versions for different markets

Through Dreamina, a marketing team can upload product images, reference videos and creative examples for Seedance 2.5 to use when generating campaign videos.

Instead of rebuilding each video from the beginning, the team can reuse the same approved materials to prepare content for different campaigns, platforms and markets.

When changes are needed, creators can adjust selected parts instead of rebuilding the entire video. Features including local editing, green screen support and 3D workflow compatibility help teams refine content while keeping the original creative direction.

For ecommerce teams, this means product images can become promotional videos. For marketing teams, one campaign idea can be adapted into several content formats through Dreamina.

How Does Dreamina Seedance 2.5 Help Creators Keep Videos Consistent?

Consistency is one of the biggest challenges in AI video creation.

A character, product or visual style may look different from one scene to another, making it difficult to build a complete story.

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 supports up to 50 reference assets in a single project, including:

ImagesVideo clipsAudio files

Through Dreamina, creators can upload these materials into one Seedance 2.5 project. The references can guide character identity, product appearance, environments, camera style, pacing, music and overall visual direction.

This is useful for filmmakers developing recurring characters, brands maintaining product appearance and creators building content series with a consistent style.

How Much Does Dreamina Seedance 2.5 Cost?

To support the global launch, Dreamina is introducing launch pricing for eligible users.

During the promotion period:

Seedance 2.5

Starting from $0.097 per second

Seedance 2.0

Starting from $0.066 per second

Pricing depends on subscription plans, eligible offers and regional availability.

Dreamina also provides a price-matching program for qualifying comparable plans. Users can check official promotion terms for eligibility and current pricing details.

Who Is Dreamina Seedance 2.5 For?

Seedance 2.5 is designed for creators and teams who need more flexibility when developing video content.

The model can support:

Filmmakers testing scenes before productionMarketing teams creating campaign videosEcommerce teams producing product contentSocial media creators making short-form videosCreative agencies preparing visual concepts

With support for more than 10 languages, subtitles and lip-sync features, Seedance 2.5 also helps teams prepare content for audiences across different markets.

These capabilities are available through Dreamina, where users can bring reference materials, video generation and editing into one creative workflow.

Availability

Dreamina Seedance 2.5 is available globally through the Dreamina platform. Creators can access the model on Dreamina to generate longer videos, combine multimodal references and revise selected video elements without moving between separate tools.

Model access, output options, subscription plans and promotional pricing may vary by market.

Seedance 2.5 provides the underlying AI video generation capabilities, while Dreamina serves as the Tool of AI Video Maker where creators can organize reference materials, generate videos, review results and make targeted revisions in one workflow.

 

 

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SparkLabs and Mirae Asset Launch a Venture Capital Fund for Central Asian Startups

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SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Qazaqstan Investment Corporation (QIC), IT Park Ventures (Uzbekistan), Mirae Asset Venture Investment and SparkLabs Group have signed a term sheet to establish SparkLabs Mirae Silk Road Fund I LP, a new venture capital fund. The fund will be managed by Mirae Asset Venture Investment and SparkLabs Group.

The signing took place in Seoul during the state visits of the Presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to Korea and the first Central Asia–Republic of Korea Summit.

During this past week, South Korea and Kazakhstan signed commercial agreements worth US$18.95 billion. Kazakhstan is a country of 20 million people with its core industries being oil and gas, and among the highest producers of iron and silver in the world. Uzbekistan is a country of 39 million people, and they are the largest electricity producer in Central Asia.

Qazaqstan Investment Corporation (QIC) is Kazakhstan’s national fund of funds and are anchor investors along with IT Park Ventures, the venture capital arm of the country’s state technology park. The new venture capital fund will back Central Asian startups at the Series A and later, which are businesses with a proven model that are ready to scale beyond the region. The fund is sector-agnostic but focuses on AI-native companies, where artificial intelligence is core to the product and business model.

“Higgsfield becoming Kazakhstan’s first unicorn was a turning point. It showed that a world-class AI company can be built in Central Asia. And it won’t be the last with more than half of the region’s population is under 30, growing up digital and our governments actively investing in AI. Yet the region is still largely overlooked by international investors, and that’s the opportunity this fund is built for,” explained Aslan Sultanov, Co-founder and General Partner at SparkLabs Mirae Silk Road.

Former Coinbase CTO and Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Balaji Srinivasan, reopened his Network School in Kazakhstan last month. Telegram launched an AI lab and opened their first regional office in Kazakhstan this past year.

Beyond capital, portfolio companies will gain access to the SparkLabs and Mirae Asset’s global networks, along with hands-on support in expanding into South Korea, the United States and the MENA region.

About the Partners

SparkLabs Group is a network of startup accelerators and venture capital funds that has invested in over 600 startups across 6 continents since December 2013. These companies include OpenAI, SpaceX, Vectara, Kneron, Anthropic, Nex Team, Kraken, GenG, Lyft, MetAI, and others.

Mirae Asset Venture Investment is the venture capital arm of Mirae Asset Financial Group, one of Asia’s largest independent financial groups with over US$845 billion in assets under management. The company operates worldwide across 18 markets, and manages a fully diversified global investment platform encompassing ETFs, alternative investments, and traditional strategies.

Qazaqstan Investment Corporation (QIC) is Kazakhstan’s national fund of funds and part of Baiterek National Managing Holding. QIC invests in private equity and venture capital funds alongside international and private partners, with the goal of attracting long-term capital into Kazakhstan and developing the country’s investment ecosystem. QIC participates in 19 funds with a combined capitalization of $2.8 billion.

IT Park Ventures is the venture capital arm of IT Park Uzbekistan, the country’s state technology park and the main platform supporting Uzbekistan’s IT industry and tech exports. IT Park Ventures invests in startups from Uzbekistan and Central Asia and co-invests with international funds, connecting regional founders with global capital and markets.

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AECOM Data Breach Investigation: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Probes Class Action Claims After Hackers Allege Theft of More Than 1 TB of Data

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National class action law firm offers free, confidential case evaluations to AECOM employees, clients, and others whose personal information may have been exposed in the reported AECOM data breach.

DALLAS, Sept. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Edelson Lechtzin LLP, a national class action law firm, is investigating data privacy claims arising from a reported data breach at AECOM, the U.S.-based multinational infrastructure and engineering firm. Anyone who has received a data breach notice from AECOM, or who believes their personal information may have been exposed, can request a free case evaluation.

AECOM data breach — at a glance:

Company: AECOM, a Texas-based, multibillion-dollar multinational infrastructure consulting, engineering, design, and construction management firm.Reported: A cyberattack said to have occurred on or about September 17, 2026, first surfaced on dark web monitoring sites.Hackers’ claims: The group Metaencryptor claimed responsibility for an attack said to involve approximately 1.22 terabytes (TB) of data. Separately, dark web monitoring service Breachsense listed a related AECOM leak of roughly 670GB attributed to a group identified as BrainCipher.Status: The breach and the hackers’ claims remain unconfirmed. AECOM has not publicly detailed the scope or impact.Who may be affected: Current and former AECOM employees, clients, and others whose data AECOM held.Cost to you: Nothing. Case evaluations are free and confidential.

What Happened

According to a September 17, 2026 post on the dark web monitoring site Ransomware.live, the hacker group Metaencryptor claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on AECOM that allegedly affected about 1.22 TB of data. The cybersecurity blog HookPhish similarly reported that Metaencryptor was behind a suspected attack on the engineering firm.

Separately, the dark web monitoring service Breachsense reported an AECOM data leak listed at approximately 670GB, attributed to a group it identified as BrainCipher. Breachsense also indexed thousands of AECOM-linked credentials circulating online, including 27,434 @aecom.com accounts drawn from external breaches and 6,077 credentials tied to aecom.com itself — among them thousands of logins found in “combo lists” and in infostealer malware logs, many with plaintext passwords. Breachsense cautioned that those credentials may belong to either customers or staff and are not necessarily connected to the claimed attack.

The breach has not been confirmed, and important details (including its true scope, the specific data involved, and the number of people affected) are not yet publicly available.

What Personal Information May Be at Risk

The specific data involved in the reported AECOM data breach has not been confirmed. Data breaches like this can expose personal information, increasing the risk of identity theft and fraud. Affected individuals should treat any AECOM breach notification seriously.

Who May Be Affected by the AECOM Data Breach

The investigation focuses on current and former AECOM employees, clients, and anyone else whose personal information AECOM maintained. Anyone who has received a data breach notification from AECOM may face an increased risk of identity theft and fraud and is encouraged to come forward.

Your Legal Options

Edelson Lechtzin LLP is investigating a potential class action to pursue legal remedies on behalf of individuals whose sensitive personal data may have been compromised in the reported AECOM breach. A successful case could recover compensation for losses such as lost time, out-of-pocket costs, and loss of privacy, and could push AECOM to strengthen how it protects personal information. The firm will evaluate your rights and potential claims at no cost.

Recommended Steps to Protect Yourself

Review your account statements and credit reports regularly and stay alert for suspicious activity.Confirm whether your information was involved in the AECOM incident.Preserve any letters or emails you received about the breach.Consider placing fraud alerts and enrolling in credit monitoring.

Contact Us for a Free Case Evaluation

Speak confidentially with a data privacy attorney today: Marc Edelson, Esq., Edelson Lechtzin LLP, 411 S. State Street, Suite N-300, Newtown, PA 18940; Phone: 844-696-7492; Email: medelson@edelson-law.com; Web: www.edelson-law.com. Or click HERE to request a free consultation.

About Edelson Lechtzin LLP

Edelson Lechtzin LLP is a national class action law firm with offices in Pennsylvania and California. In addition to data breach litigation, the firm handles class and collective actions involving securities and investment fraud, federal antitrust violations, ERISA employee benefit plans, wage theft, and consumer fraud.

Media and Partnership Inquiries: Use the contact information above to connect with our team regarding interviews, co-counsel opportunities, and referral partnerships.

Legal Notice: This press release may be considered Attorney Advertising in some jurisdictions. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. The reported data breach and the hackers’ claims described above are unconfirmed.

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iScreen Reaches No. 1 in Graphics & Design Across 94 Markets Following iOS 27 Update

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Extra-large widget experiences, iOS 27-inspired themes and new customization tools drive iScreen’s latest global growth

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — iScreen, a mobile customization app for iOS and Android, announced that it has reached No. 1 in the Graphics & Design category across 94 countries and regions following its latest iOS 27-focused update.

The update expands iScreen’s Home Screen customization experience with new extra-large widgets, iOS 27-inspired themes, layouts optimized for new screen proportions, and AI-assisted design tools.

Extra-Large Widgets

Built for the larger widget canvas available in iOS 27, iScreen’s new extra-large widgets go beyond simply scaling up existing formats. The collection includes Photo, Album, Music, Calendar, Interactive Refrigerator and Quick Launch widgets, among others. Users can also customize content, layouts and visual styles to create more functional and expressive Home Screen experiences.

iOS 27-Inspired Themes and iPhone Duo Theme Support

iScreen has introduced new iOS 27-inspired themes that combine coordinated wallpapers, transparent-style widgets, icons and other visual elements into complete Home Screen setups.

Selected themes have also been optimized for iPhone Duo’s screen proportions and display dimensions, with wallpapers, widgets and icons adjusted to better fit the new format while maintaining a cohesive visual experience.

AI-Assisted Home Screen Design

iScreen is also testing AI Home Screen Designer with a limited group of users. The feature generates coordinated design suggestions based on users’ preferences for style, color and visual elements, combining wallpapers, widgets and icons into a unified setup.

“The latest iOS update has opened up new possibilities for mobile personalization,” said the iScreen team. “We want to turn those capabilities into practical and creative experiences that make Home Screen design easier and more expressive.”

About iScreen

iScreen is a mobile customization app offering widgets, wallpapers, themes and Home Screen customization tools for iOS and Android devices. With more than 100 million users worldwide, iScreen has ranked No. 1 in Graphics & Design across 94 countries and regions and has been featured by Apple Editorial in 128 countries for five consecutive days.

Official Website: iScreen – Phone Style, iScreen it!
iOS Download: ‎‎iScreen – Widgets & Wallpaper App – App Store
Android Download: iScreen Google Play

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