#01 · Video trend
hotel lobby ai Hotel Lobby AI
AI remakes of Quavo & Takeoff's 2022 “HOTEL LOBBY” performance on A COLORS SHOW: two people in a plain bright-orange booth sharing one microphone that hangs from the ceiling.
This week
New AI words this week
The searches and model names everyone is talking about, each explained in one line, with a link to prompts where we have them.
Glossary
This week's words
As of October 21, 2026.
#02 · Image trend
ai baby generator AI 宝宝生成器
Upload two parents' photos and an image model imagines what their baby might look like. It's a fun artistic blend, not a genetic prediction.
#03 · Video trend
free ai dance video 免费 AI 跳舞视频
Image-to-video tools turn one still photo into a short clip of that person (or pet) dancing, often to a viral TikTok routine.
#04 · Video trend
ai hug video AI 拥抱视频
Two separate photos become a short clip of the two people walking up to each other and hugging. The “hug my younger self” version pairs a childhood photo with a recent one.
#05 · New model
Kling 4.0 可灵 4.0
Kuaishou's new AI video model, launched October 15, 2026: one generation can run up to 30 seconds and prompts can be up to 8,000 tokens long.
#06 · New model
Gemini 4
Google's new generation of Gemini models. The first one, Gemini 4 Argon, opened on October 13, 2026 to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and to developers through the API, aimed at complex multi-step work like coding.
#07 · Image model
Nano Banana
The nickname of Google's Gemini image generation and editing model. The latest version, Nano Banana 2.1 (October 6, 2026), can blend up to 14 reference images in one picture.
Guide
How to use this list
Why new words matter for prompts
AI image and video trends spread under short names, such as a model name, an app feature or a meme format. Knowing the word helps you search for examples, find the right tool and describe what you want. Each entry here gives a one-line plain explanation and, where we have one, a link to a drawcue page with ready-to-copy prompts.
How we choose the words
We pick terms that are showing up in AI tool announcements and in searches for AI images and videos that week, and we keep the explanations neutral. Model names are checked against the official announcement or documentation where one exists, and the source is linked on the card.
Turning a word into a result
When a word links to a prompt page, open it, copy a prompt and paste it into a free tool. When it is a new model, try one of our general prompts first; good prompts usually carry over between models with only small changes to length, aspect ratio and style words.
