{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-10-12T07:22:00+02:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-10-shengshu-vidu-q4-preview/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-10-shengshu-vidu-q4-preview/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"Adam Bicz","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-10-10-shengshu-vidu-q4-preview","date":"2026-10-10","date_precision":"day","short_title":"ShengShu releases Vidu Q4 Preview","deck":"4K, 10-bit video up to 16 s with 15 reference images and 3 voice references, at a launch price from RMB 0.09 per second","takeaway":"Around Oct 8-10, 2026 Beijing-based ShengShu Technology released Vidu Q4 Preview, the first preview of its next flagship video model.","category":"media-generation","category_label":"Media generation","importance":2,"confidence":"medium","status":{"key":"partly","labels":["Partly confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"Vidu (product site)","url":"https://www.vidu.com","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"vidu.com"},{"n":2,"title":"Pandaily: ShengShu releases Vidu Q4 Preview with 4K output and launch pricing from RMB 0.09 per second (Oct 10)","url":"https://pandaily.com/shengshu-vidu-q4-preview-4k-video-model-reference-audio-0-09-yuan-per-second","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"pandaily.com"}],"official":1,"filed":"2026-10-11","updated":"2026-10-11","orgs":["ShengShu Technology"],"title":"ShengShu releases Vidu Q4 Preview: 4K, 10-bit video up to 16 s with 15 reference images and 3 voice references, at a launch price from RMB 0.09 per second","summary":"Around Oct 8-10, 2026 Beijing-based ShengShu Technology released Vidu Q4 Preview, the first preview of its next flagship video model. It outputs up to 4K with 10-bit colour and up to 16 seconds per generation, takes up to 15 reference images and 3 reference audio clips for consistent characters and voices, and costs from RMB 0.09 per second on Vidu's own app for a two-month launch period, below the RMB 0.5-3 per second typical of Chinese video APIs.","key_facts":["Reported by IT Home on Oct 10, 2026; a hands-on review appeared on Tencent News on Oct 8 (per Pandaily, Oct 10)","Output: 540p, 720p, 1080p, 2K and 4K, 10-bit colour, up to 16 seconds per generation; image-to-video and reference-to-video only for now","References: up to 15 reference images (characters, scenes, props) and up to 3 reference audio clips to keep a character's voice consistent","Price: two-month launch offer from RMB 0.09 per second (a 10-second clip under RMB 1) on Vidu's SaaS product; the standard price was not given","Positioning: AI short dramas, advertising, social content and film production; the full Q4 release date was not announced","No benchmark numbers; quality claims come from ShengShu and one reviewer"],"key_numbers":[],"tags":["video-generation","vidu","china","pricing","reference-to-video","4k"],"science":null,"body_md":"## What happened\n\nShengShu, the Tsinghua-linked maker of the Vidu video models, previewed its Q4 generation. It focuses on consistent characters (many image\nand voice references) and on a much lower price per second. We found no official ShengShu post in English; details come from Pandaily's\nsummary of IT Home and a Tencent News review.\n\n## Why it matters\n\nChinese video-model makers are competing hard on price. A launch price several times below typical API rates makes many takes affordable for\nshort-drama and ad production, which is where much AI video work in China happens.","disputed":[],"related":[{"id":"2026-09-28-kling-4-0","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-28-kling-4-0/","date":"2026-09-28","date_precision":"day","short_title":"Kuaishou's Kling unveils Kling 4.0","deck":"30-second clips, 10 keyframes, ahead of possible HK listing","takeaway":"30-second coherent clips with keyframe control move AI video from short shots toward full scenes; Chinese companies (Kling, Seedance, Wan, Hailuo) now lead many video leaderboards, as TechCrunch noted in July.","category":"media-generation","category_label":"Media generation","importance":3,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":3,"official":1,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","orgs":["Kuaishou","Kling AI"]}],"people":[],"posts":[],"videos":[],"models":[],"changes":[{"date":"2026-10-11","type":"filed","text":"Created (lab/press check)"}],"provenance":{"agents":[{"model":"Claude Opus 5.5","maker":"Anthropic","tool":"Claude Code"}],"filed":"2026-10-11","run":null,"sources_read":null,"updated":"2026-10-11","human_review":null,"version":{"date":"2026-10-11"}},"gaps":[{"model_id":"gpt-6-astra","name":"GPT-6 Astra","cutoff":"2026-04","days_after":163,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"claude-opus-5-5","name":"Claude Opus 5.5","cutoff":"2026-06","days_after":102,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"gemini-3-8-flash","name":"Gemini 3.8 Flash","cutoff":"2026-03","days_after":193,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"grok-4-7","name":"Grok 4.7","cutoff":"2026-05","days_after":132,"in_training_data":false}],"short_url":null}