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Alibaba's Wan Team Shares Cat Clip to Spotlight Wan3.0 Video Model Rollout

September 7, 2026 at 23:59 EDT

Media Generation
Foundation Models

Alibaba's Wan video-generation team posted a short animated clip of a cat this week, using the light-hearted demo to keep attention on Wan3.0, the company's newest text-, image- and document-to-video model that formally launched on August 24, 2026.

Sept 2026 · Alibaba Wan

Bigger Clips, Open Questions

A playful cat clip spotlights Wan3.0, Alibaba's newest video-generation model, launched days after a $10.2B share sale.

Max single continuous shot length

15s

Wan2.7

30s

Wan3.0

1080p

top resolution, 30fps

$6–$8.40

cost for a 30s 1080p clip

$10.2B

Hong Kong share sale funding full-stack AI

What stands out

Only model turning documents and web pages directly into video
Improved character and facial consistency versus prior Wan versions

Open concerns

No open weights shipped yet, despite an Apache 2.0 pre-announcement
Weak on-screen text, audio texture, and reported continuity cuts

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