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 founder Yan Junjie claims his technology is superior to competitors such as OpenAI and Google, especially when it comes to depicting human movement. Despite the current limitation of six seconds of video length, the company is planning improvements and could permanently change the global AI landscape.