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 …
Chinese startup MiniMax is making waves in the tech world with its new AI video generator. As Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat, the Alibaba- and Tencent-backed company’s tool can create stunning videos, including Star Wars battle scenes, in seconds. Filmmaker Dave Clark demonstrated the service’s capabilities in a funny little video that went viral. MiniMax …
Adobe plans to add AI-powered video generation to its Firefly software later this year. As Maxwell Zeff reports for TechCrunch, three new features – Generative Extend, Text to Video, and Image to Video – will initially be available in the beta version of Premiere Pro and on a free website. Generative Extend allows users to …
A new AI model called Infinity generates realistic talking characters. It is based on a video diffusion transformer that has been trained with audio input. According to the developers, this is the first model of its kind. Users can enter their scripts and get videos of animated characters speaking the text. It can process different …
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.
Augie Studio introduces a new AI platform for creating social media videos easily and at scale. The platform includes features such as AI-powered script, voice-over, and image creation, as well as editing tools to customize videos.
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 …
The new streaming platform “Showrunner” from studio Fable allows users to create their own series episodes with the help of AI by generating scenes with short text instructions and then combining them into episodes. The goal is ambitious: Showrunner aims to become the Netflix for AI-generated content, allowing viewers to actively participate in the production.
Kling, a new AI video generator from the Chinese company Kuaishou Technology, impresses with quite realistic videos in high resolution that can be created via text input. Although Kling is currently only available with a Chinese phone number, its open beta approach puts pressure on other vendors: OpenAI, for example, continues to keep its video …
The second “International AI Film Festival” demonstrated the extent to which generative AI has arrived in film: according to VentureBeat, the best examples impressed with a successful combination of strong stories and intelligently applied AI effects.