Kling O1 unifies AI video editing and generation – 2.6 API at $0.35/5s

Kling’s video push leveled up today from “cool clips” to something closer to a real stack. O1 is now framed as a unified engine you keep reworking instead of a one‑off generator, while Runware exposes Kling VIDEO 2.6 as an audio‑native API at $0.35 per 5 seconds. Add Higgsfield’s SHOTS bundle—365 days of unlimited Kling 2.6 plus Nano Banana Pro at 67% off—and the economics for daily experimenting look very different from last week’s pay‑per‑shot mindset.

On the creative side, Kling is working hard to prove O1 can carry real stories, not just hero shots. WildPusa’s “A Wonderful World” short holds a consistent ship and world across multiple scenes, and fresh how‑tos show practical recipes: a 45° isometric mini‑city spun into a rotating 3D pass from one still, and 2.5 Turbo’s Start/End Frame trick turning a locked makeup portrait into a polished motion beat without wrecking the look.

The bigger pattern: audio and motion are collapsing into single passes, not tool salads. Runware’s endpoint returns sound‑designed shots in one call, and in parallel Adobe’s free Photoshop/Express/Acrobat tools inside ChatGPT turn chat itself into the control room where you rough in assets, then hand off layers for real finishing.