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# Alibaba Wan 3.0 video model

Full title: Alibaba launches Wan 3.0: closed-weight video model with 30-second 1080p clips, native audio and document or web-page inputs

On Aug 24, 2026 Alibaba Cloud made Wan 3.0 generally available on Model Studio: up to 30-second clips at up to 1080p in one pass, native sound and multilingual voices, and inputs from text, images, audio, video, PDFs, slides and web pages. Unlike Wan 2.2, the weights are closed. By late October it ranked #1 on Artificial Analysis' text-to-video leaderboard.

## Key facts
- GA on Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Aug 24, 2026 after a public beta from early August (application-based); API callable without applying
- Up to 30 s per generation (Wan 2.7: 15 s), up to 1080p; consistent characters, props, layout and motion graphics across the clip
- Native audio with synced facial micro-expressions and multilingual voice; inputs: text, images, audio, video, documents (PDF, PowerPoint) and web pages; up to 10 images, 5 videos and 5 audio clips as references
- Price per second: CNY 0.3 / 0.6 / 1.2 for 480p / 720p / 1080p (TNW: $0.05 / $0.10 / $0.20); failed generations are free
- Closed weights: Wan 2.2 (July 2025) was the last open-sourced Wan flagship (TNW)
- Context (TNW): launched days after Alibaba's ~$10.2B Hong Kong share placement earmarked for AI
- Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard (read 2026-10-25): #1, Elo 1175

## What happened

Alibaba's Tongyi Lab moved Wan 3.0 from beta to general availability on Aug 24, 2026. The model doubles clip length to 30 seconds,
adds sound and voices generated with the picture, and accepts unusual inputs such as slide decks and web pages, which it turns into
video. It is sold per second through Model Studio's API.

## Why it matters

Wan had been the leading open-weight video family; Wan 3.0 keeps its weights closed, part of a wider 2026 shift by Chinese labs
toward closed flagships. It later topped the main independent text-to-video leaderboard.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 116 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 55 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Argon (training cutoff March 2026): 146 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 85 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [Alibaba Cloud: video generation model Wan 3.0 officially launched](https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/news/product/video-generation-model-wan30-officially-launched-nsb) (alibabacloud.com, official)
2. [The Next Web: Alibaba launches Wan 3.0 video model after share sale (Aug 24)](https://thenextweb.com/news/alibaba-wan3-video-model-after-share-sale) (thenextweb.com, press)

## Changes

- 2026-10-25 (filed): Created

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