Runway, a New York City-based AI startup, has launched advanced camera controls for its Gen-3 Alpha Turbo video generation model. According to an article by Carl Franzen, these new features allow users to zoom in and out of AI-generated scenes while preserving character forms and settings, creating a realistic 3D world. The camera controls provide …
Filmmakers and animators will soon be able to create facial expressions and micro-expressions for their characters with significantly less effort. This is promised by the new AI tool “Act-One,” which Runway is now introducing as part of its Gen-3 Alpha video model. The feature aims to replace complex motion capture procedures with simple video recordings. …
Genmo has launched Mochi 1, an open-source AI model for generating high-quality videos from text prompts. You can try it for free on this page. According to VentureBeat, Genmo is claiming performance that rivals leading proprietary models like Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha and Luma AI’s Dream Machine. Available under the Apache 2.0 license, Mochi 1 allows …
Pika 1.5 is the latest version of an AI-powered video editing tool developed by Pika Labs, a startup based in Palo Alto, California. This platform enables users to transform static images into dynamic videos while applying a range of special effects, known as “Pikaffects”. Recent additions to the toolkit include effects such as “crumble,” “dissolve,” …
Lionsgate, the film studio behind “The Hunger Games” and “John Wick,” plans to use generative artificial intelligence in the production of new movies and TV shows. As Jessica Toonkel reports for the Wall Street Journal, the company has struck a deal with AI startup Runway. Lionsgate will give Runway access to its content library in …
Runway is making its fast video generation model Gen-3 Alpha Turbo available via API. This allows companies to integrate the AI model into their own applications. As Shubham Sharma reports, Runway is one of the first companies to give developers access to a proprietary AI video generation model. The API is being rolled out in …
How good is the new Runway Gen-3 video AI really? One Reddit user treated himself to a year of access and let others decide which prompts to try. See the results here.
Luma AI has introduced “Dream Machine”, a new AI system for video generation. Unlike similar systems such as those from OpenAI (“Sora”), Dream Machine is available for free for everyone to use. Users can create 5-second video clips simply by entering text. However, the quality of the results is not always convincing. The startup itself …