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Pickford brings human storytelling and AI together to make audiences part of the story. Scream at the TV, it might just scream back.

Joined May 2026
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The show that re-writes and re-animates itself based on the audience is coming to the Sydney Opera House. Pickford × MiniMax. December 7. During #NeurIPS2026. luma.com/a1lzm56r @MiniMax_AI @Pickford_AI @ColeClifford @NeurIPSConf #InteractiveStorytelling #SydneyOperaHouse #minimax #Aifilmmaking
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The show that re-writes and re-animates itself based on the audience is going to @NeurIPSConf. Sydney inbound! research.pickford.ai/whisper… @BernieSu - @ColeClifford
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Getting AI to write a joke: easy. Getting a room of 400 strangers to laugh at an AI story: a @NeurIPSConf paper. 😂 research.pickford.ai/laughlo… See you in Sydney? Laugh with us Irl? ---- @ColeClifford @HarrisonSanborn
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Had a great time at @A24 with @BernieSu, @arthuregao the crew @Pickford_AI. We are using @fal's Max and Pickford StoryKernel engine to build the next version of Whispers, the next gen of interactive/immersive storytelling.
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A Pixar creative director, a venture principal and a n interactive storyteller sit on an AI panel and spend the whole time talking about character and experiences. No tooling, no workflows, no models, just straight up what resonates long term with audiences.
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Our head of creative @BernieSu joins an amazing panel of OG YouTube creators at @TheWrap, discussing how they're using AI in their creative processes. @Jessewelle @TarynSouthern @DeStorm - moderated by @shiralazar (@WhatsTrending ) aicreatorday.splashthat.com/
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I had a great week at fal, got to meet a lot of my remote team mates, had a great time demoing at GMC (thanks @Pickford_AI ). So much great stuff coming!
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A TV show generated in real time that still feels like the same show. At @fal's GenMedia Conference, crowds spent all day dropping whimsical twists into a live episode of Whispers. Across characters and scenes, the story continued. MiniMax H3 Max + a custom LoRA by @fal
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That was fun conversation @benrelles
Free registration for TVOT CONNECT webinar - @benrelles , @BernieSu and @UBCSimonTWBT Thursday, September 24 2PM ET / 11AM PT. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… #tv #television #interactive
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Seedance US 2.5 now supports native 1080p generation on fal. More resolution means noticeably finer details, cleaner textures, and more room for complex scenes, while keeping the motion quality and consistency of Seedance 2.5.
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StoryKernel is now public! Experience it here: pickford.ai/create Video models struggle with long form content. StoryKernel lets you produce stories with actual narratives; these real-time narratives are interactive and can run for as long as you want. We’re opening an entirely new way for you to create. We've been using StoryKernel ourselves for a while. And the first thing we built on it, an interactive murder mystery called Whispers (forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2026…), is a Finalist for the 2026 Emmys, and has played to sold out audiences at cinemas across the country. You're opinionated on the visuals, we're not. StoryKernel can plug into whatever toolkit you already use – fal, MiniMax, Reactor, a gaming engine, and more. We track all of the story canon, making sure your story is consistent across hours and even episodes. You'll only need to be on our page for a minute, the rest is between you and your agent.
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You've seen the infinite AI slop channels. Now imagine one with a plot, characters that hold, and an audience solving a murder inside it. Tomorrow we show one from an Emmy finalist series. Whispers x @fal, free online screening. @PickfordTech luma.com/unj8nweq?pickford
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Join us for our first-ever @fal x Pickford screening on Monday. We’ll be screening Whispers using fal’s real-time video model, which unlocks a new level of visual freedom to our interactive whodunnit. Join us virtually from wherever you are to experience this groundbreaking blend of storytelling and cutting edge video generation. RSVP here: luma.com/unj8nweq
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The Emmys on monday night were as star-studded as it gets - we literally bumped into Tom Holland (the star of the year's two biggest movies) in the crowded lobby while heading to our seats. As a small team from a small startup, it was humbling to be surrounded by so many talented, creative people. We also couldn't help noticing how many awards were won by tech companies this year, with AppleTV leading the count. Hollywood is changing, but people still want storytelling. That's why we're so excited about our partnership with @fal. We're collaborating to bring new levels of visual freedom to Whispers, while still keeping storytelling at the forefront. Stay tuned for more to come. #emmys
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Whispers is Pickford's interactive murder mystery, where the audience shapes the story live. As part of Pickford x fal, I built WhispMax, an H3 LoRA trained on the show's Unity footage. Here's how one episode and its story-engine JSON became training data.
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"When Whispers aired for the first time, we asked the audience 'are you listening?' In the wake of our Emmy recognition we ask you a different question: 'do you believe?'" Some thoughts from our co-founder and CEO @stephenpiron reflecting on losing the Emmy and what comes next for Pickford. Read the full piece here: lnkd.in/gsEMT-qC
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