Observatory · July 2026

This is already being produced with artificial intelligence

This is not a promise from us. These are 45 pieces published by creators and brands around the world, each with its technical notes, the tool that made it and a link to the original post. Filter by sector and see for yourself how far this has come.

  • 45catalogued pieces
  • 7sectors
  • 20different models
  • 23with a real client behind
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None of these pieces was made by EficiencIAl. Each one belongs to its author, is shown with permission, with visible credit and a link to the original post. Our edits only remove captions and overlaid advertising so the work itself can be seen. Brands cited by the authors as references have neither commissioned nor endorsed those works, and each entry says so.

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45 pieces

A handbag campaign shot in Paris without going to Paris

Rishita Kalra · @luxry.ai

HiggsfieldInstagram

Quilted handbag, black stage and city at night

Adil Aidyn · @adil.dsgn

Seedance 2.0Instagram

Japanese sports car, petrol station at night and motorway

Edbert Yienson · @edbert_yienson

Seedance 2.0 4KInstagram

A street football spot generated from a single prompt

Rourke Sefton-Minns · @rourke

OpenArt DirectorInstagram

A real footwear brand commission, with no shoot

Abolfazl Taghipour · @tookacreative

Kling AIInstagramReal client commission

Time frozen on a boxing impact

Ramiro Cubria · @ramiro.cubria

ClaudeInstagram

Wet skin with real pores and broken highlights

LathxStudio · @lathxstudio.ai

Instagram

Mountain selfie with snow and backlight

Cristobal M · @madegaelll

Soul 2.0Instagram

Gym portrait under fluorescent light

RUSSÉ · @russestudiosv

HiggsfieldInstagram

Portrait with an own-brand textile product

Lamin · @mindshft.ai

Instagram

Mediterranean swimwear editorial

Futer AI · @futer.ai

GPT Image 2Instagram

Grand Prix at Runway's 2025 AI film festival

Jacob Adler

YouTube

2026 Grand Prix, fifty thousand dollars and Lincoln Center

Robert Gaudette

YouTube

Award-winning mockumentary told through the eyes of a hen

Andrew Salter

YouTube

First AI feature film premiered at the Tribeca Festival

FOUNTAIN 0 studios

Nano BananaYouTube

An established advertising studio moving into generative work

Psyop

Vimeo

A Ukrainian studio piece about distance in wartime

HOLYWATER

YouTubeReal client commission

Psychological horror with a found footage look

Daniel Antebi

RunwayYouTube

A Netflix series with AI inside the effects pipeline

Netflix / Bruno Stagnaro

YouTubeReal client commission

A short film mixing live action and generated shots

Eliza McNitt / Primordial Soup

VeoYouTubeReal client commission

Characters with performance transferred from a real actor

Josh Kerrigan / Neural Viz

Runway Act-OneYouTube

A Swedish film with lips re-animated into English

Crazy Pictures / Victor Danell

Flawless TrueSyncYouTubeReal client commission

A series at production scale with generative work in the pipeline

Wonder Project / Jon Erwin

Runway Gen-3 AlphaYouTubeReal client commission

A documentary reconstructing what does not exist in archive

Brian Knappenberger

YouTubeReal client commission

The short that showed post-production is still needed

shy kids

SoraYouTubeReal client commission

Official music video by a Spanish artist made with AI

Quevedo

Nano Banana ProYouTubeReal client commission

The first official music video made with Sora

Washed Out

SoraYouTubeReal client commission

A historic band with cinema-grade face replacement

The Rolling Stones

Deep VoodooYouTubeReal client commission

An official clip built from generated shots

Grimes

SoraYouTubeReal client commission

A pioneering piece from a stadium band

Guns N' Roses

Stable DiffusionYouTubeReal client commission

Generative animation over archive material

Linkin Park

KaiberYouTubeReal client commission

A Latin American band with an official generated clip

Ekhymosis

YouTubeReal client commission

Spanish independent production with affordable tools

Capitán Sunrise

MidjourneyYouTubeReal client commission

The best known Christmas ad in the world, generated

Coca-Cola

RunwayYouTubeReal client commission

A Super Bowl spot produced with generative AI

SVEDKA · Silverside AI

Silverside AIYouTubeReal client commission

A broadcast campaign made by one person in a few days

PJ Accetturo

Veo 3YouTubeReal client commission

An FMCG brand with an agency and celebrities

McKinney · CYLNDR

YouTubeReal client commission

The first brand film by a major company made with AI

Toys"R"Us Studios

SoraYouTubeReal client commission

Spanish national team campaign with generated imagery

Movistar / Telefónica

MidjourneyYouTubeReal client commission

How a Super Bowl spot was produced from the inside

Coffee Vectors

Silverside AIInstagramReal client commission

Hybrid packshot: real bottle, generated environment

Teri Studios

MidjourneyInstagram

A sapphire ring with a fifteen second love story

Rishita Kalra · @luxry.ai

HiggsfieldInstagram

Eye macro: sectored iris and waterline

LathxStudio · @lathxstudio.ai

Instagram

Street style with woven leather texture

Rishita Kalra · @luxry.ai

HiggsfieldInstagram

Skincare creator content, with no creator and no Bali

Rishita Kalra · @luxry.ai

HiggsfieldInstagram

How to look at a piece made with AI

After reviewing a few hundred pieces, the criteria come down to four things. They work for judging what you see here and for briefing a job properly.

Contact physics

When something touches something, something has to happen. The finger sinks into the lip, the shoe casts a contact shadow on the floor, the bag deforms the fabric of the sleeve. It is the first thing that breaks and the last thing you learn to look for.

See hyperrealism pieces

Character continuity

The same face, the same garment and the same product across eight shots with different lenses. This is what separates a pretty test from a campaign you can actually deliver.

See fashion and luxury pieces

Motivated light

Ask where the light comes from and whether it still comes from the same place in the next shot. A scene with coherent light looks shot; one with decorative light looks generated.

See film pieces

Noise and texture

Too clean gives it away. Grain, pores, dust in the air, some aberration at the edges. Realism lives in imperfection, not in perfection.

See VFX pieces

Brands that have already done it, with the source in plain view

Pieces and campaigns documented by the brand itself or by trade press. When a client asks whether this is just a handful of enthusiasts, this is the list.

  • Gran consumo

    Coca-Cola remakes its Christmas ad with generative video

    Coca-Cola with Secret Level and Silverside AI

    Source →
  • Moda

    Mango creates the brand's first campaign entirely with AI

    Mango Teen, in-house teams

    Source →
  • Deporte

    PUMA lets the fans design the third kit with AI

    PUMA with Manchester City

    Source →
  • Deporte

    Social series with a digital twin of José Mourinho

    Footballco with Coca-Cola

    Source →
  • Software

    monday.com produces training and advertising with generative video

    monday.com, case documented by Google Cloud

    Source →
  • Arquitectura

    Generative rendering in top tier architecture practices

    Gendo, used by Zaha Hadid Architects

    Source →
  • Turismo

    A national tourism board promotes its year with AI

    Tourism Malaysia, Visit Malaysia 2026

    Source →
  • Restauración

    First advertising campaign by a restaurant chain generated with AI

    Teriyaki Madness

    Source →
  • Cine

    How live action was combined with Veo in a short film

    Google DeepMind and Primordial Soup

    Source →

To check the state of the art yourself

  • Data

    Independent ranking of text to video models

    Artificial Analysis

    Source →
  • Data

    Independent ranking of image to video models

    Artificial Analysis

    Source →

Questions we get in the first meeting

Were these pieces really made with artificial intelligence?

Yes. Each entry states the model or tool declared by its author and links to the original post where the author explains it. For brand cases, the source is a press release or an official publication from the company itself.

Who owns the rights to these videos?

Each author owns theirs. We show the pieces with permission, with credit and with a link to the original, and we neither sell them nor present them as our own work. Our work is in the projects section.

Can an ad made with AI be broadcast on television?

It already is. This gallery includes a Super Bowl spot, a Coca-Cola Christmas campaign and a Spanish Movistar campaign. What has to be settled first is the rights chapter: which model is used, under what commercial licence, and what gets signed with the client.

How long does it take compared with a shoot?

It depends on the piece, but the order of magnitude changes: what used to be a week of pre-production, a day of shooting and two of post becomes a few days of directing and iterating. What does not change is the judgement: script, shot plan and edit still cost the same.

Do you have to disclose that an ad was made with AI?

In the European Union the AI Act requires labelling for certain generated or manipulated content. We cover it in detail in our guide to labelling AI advertising, and we settle it in writing on every project before starting.

Do you work this way?

Yes, with the same kind of pipeline and with real clients: public administrations, wineries, sports clubs, hotels and agencies. The difference is that a commission comes with direction, revisions, file delivery and accountability for rights.

Full guide: how to label AI-made advertising

From reference to commission

  1. 1

    You pick references

    Filter by your sector, mark the three or four pieces closest to what you have in mind and send them over.

  2. 2

    We turn them into production

    We convert those references into a concrete plan: shot plan, models to use, schedule and a fixed budget.

  3. 3

    We produce and deliver

    Direction, iteration and edit. We hand over the final files and the rights framework in writing.