AI Video Generation Sparks Media Boom

The articles show AI-generated video spreading well beyond a niche: Tencent is distributing AI-generated microdramas inside WeChat, deepfake political video ads are surging in the U.S. midterms, and AI-generated ad creative is drawing industry attention and investor interest in Meta's AI ad monetization. This runs against the falsification criteria of niche adoption and no visible increase in AI video ads or content. Confidence is tempered because the articles date from September–October 2026, after the six-month window that ended around May 2026, and several give only headlines with no data on the window itself.