# Alibaba Group launches Happy Oyster, an AI video-generation model.

*genai · news · 2026-04-16 · MarketScreener*

## Key points

- Alibaba launched Happy Oyster, a world model AI that simulates physical reality for various media.
- Happy Oyster generates videos up to three minutes, surpassing the standard 15-second AI video length.
- Unlike traditional models, Happy Oyster responds continuously during video generation instead of a one-shot workflow.
- Alibaba aims for Happy Oyster to enhance humanoid robot intelligence beyond video and gaming applications.

**Companies:** Alibaba Group, Google
**Countries:** China, United States

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