AI video‑generation startup Runway announced a $315 million Series E financing round that lifted its valuation to $5.3 billion. The new capital will fund the pre‑training of next‑generation world models and expand the company’s research, engineering, and go‑to‑market teams. Runway’s latest model, Gen 4.5, delivers high‑definition video from text prompts with native audio, long‑form generation, character consistency, and advanced editing tools, outperforming competing offerings from Google and OpenAI on key benchmarks. The company also broadened its compute capacity through a partnership with CoreWeave and is seeing growing interest from gaming and robotics sectors. Leer más →

Runway announced its new GWM-1 "world model" technology, asserting it can maintain coherent output for minutes at a time. The company framed the model as a step toward unifying diverse domains and action spaces under a single base system. While highlighting potential uses in film, television, advertising, robotics, physics and life‑science research, Runway also disclosed a partnership with CoreWeave that will employ Nvidia GB300 NVL72 racks for training and inference. The move positions Runway in a competitive AI arena where larger tech firms also pursue similar capabilities. Leer más →

Runway has introduced its inaugural world model, GWM-1, a video‑centric AI system that predicts pixels frame by frame to simulate physics, geometry and lighting. The launch includes three specialized variants—GWM‑Worlds for interactive scenes, GWM‑Robotics for synthetic data generation, and GWM‑Avatars for realistic human simulations. In parallel, the company upgraded its Gen 4.5 video model with native audio, dialogue editing and multi‑shot generation, allowing users to create longer, cohesive videos with consistent characters and background sound. Both innovations are now accessible to paid subscribers, with an SDK slated for robotics partners. Leer más →

Runway announced its new Gen-4.5 text-to-video AI model, claiming it delivers unprecedented physical accuracy and visual precision. The model reportedly handles complex prompts better, rendering realistic object motion, fluid dynamics, and a range of visual styles without sacrificing video quality. While rolling out gradually to all users, Runway acknowledges limitations in object permanence and causal reasoning. The release coincides with OpenAI’s own advances, including its Sora 2 model, which also emphasizes realistic physics. Both companies aim to make AI‑generated video increasingly lifelike and difficult to distinguish from real footage. Leer más →

Generative AI tools for images and video are no longer viewed as generic utilities; creators now describe them as having distinct “personalities.” The term reflects each model’s baseline style, strengths and preferred tasks, from cinematic motion to realistic human features. Major players such as Google, Adobe, Runway, Midjourney and others each exhibit unique traits, prompting creators to select the model that best fits a specific project. Using multiple models in a hybrid workflow is praised for expanding creative range and improving efficiency, while the evolving nature of these personalities underscores the rapid progress of generative media technology. Leer más →

Creators are increasingly describing generative AI image and video models as having distinct “personalities,” referring to each model’s unique style, strengths, and preferred tasks. This emerging view helps artists select the right tool for specific projects, much like choosing a camera lens. By combining multiple models—such as Google’s Veo 3, Adobe’s Firefly, and Runway—creators achieve greater creative range and precision. The concept of model personalities is fluid, evolving with updates that improve performance and reduce errors. Overall, the shift underscores a growing reliance on AI tools while emphasizing the human creative vision that guides them. Leer más →

Amazon Prime’s biblical drama “House of David” dramatically increased its use of generative AI in its second season, employing roughly four times as many AI‑generated shots as the first. Showrunner Jon Erwin described the approach as a cost‑effective way to create large‑scale battle scenes and expansive landscapes. The production combined image generators, up‑resolution tools, and video generators from vendors such as Runway, Luma, Google and Adobe, using “10 to 15 core tools.” While some critics decried the visual quality, industry labor groups noted the cautious adoption of AI, emphasizing consent and fair compensation for performers. Leer más →

The generative‑AI market is expanding into video, with major tech firms releasing text‑to‑video models such as OpenAI's Sora and Google's Veo 3. These tools create short clips from prompts or images, often lasting only a few seconds, and some include synchronized audio. Other companies—including Adobe, Midjourney, Runway, Luma, Pika, and Ideogram—offer comparable services, typically on a paid basis. While the technology promises new creative possibilities, it also brings challenges like hallucinations and unresolved legal and ethical questions. The ecosystem remains fast‑moving, with many products still evolving. Leer más →

Josh Kerrigan, the creator behind the AI‑driven series Neural Viz, has turned a decade of traditional film work into a pioneering use of generative AI tools. By writing scripts, storyboarding each shot and then using image generators, motion‑capture software and voice synthesis, he produces a distinctive, documentary‑style sci‑fi comedy that has attracted a devoted online following and attention from major studios. Kerrigan continues to experiment with new AI applications while planning non‑AI projects and navigating the evolving relationship between creators and the film industry. Leer más →

Major AI companies are channeling resources into world models as large language model advances plateau. Runway introduced a video‑generation product that uses world models for real‑time gaming scenes. Niantic leverages data from its long‑running games, including Pokémon Go, to map millions of locations for its spatial AI platform. Nvidia’s Omniverse platform underpins physical AI efforts, aiming to boost robotics and simulation capabilities. Executives from Runway, Niantic, and Nvidia emphasize the strategic importance of these models for diverse industries, despite predictions that fully human‑level AI may still be years away. Leer más →

Runway, the New York‑based AI visual‑generation company, is expanding beyond entertainment into robotics and self‑driving car markets. After seven years developing world‑model video and photo generators, the company has attracted interest from robotics firms seeking cost‑effective training simulations. Co‑founder and CTO Anastasis Germanidis says Runway will fine‑tune its existing models for these industries and build a dedicated robotics team, while investors such as Nvidia, Google and General Atlantic back the effort. Leer más →

Runway, the New York‑based AI visual‑generation company, is expanding beyond entertainment into robotics and self‑driving car markets. After seven years developing world‑model video and photo generators, the company has attracted interest from robotics firms seeking cost‑effective training simulations. Co‑founder and CTO Anastasis Germanidis says Runway will fine‑tune its existing models for these industries and build a dedicated robotics team, while investors such as Nvidia, Google and General Atlantic back the effort. Leer más →

Runway, the New York‑based AI visual‑generation company, is expanding beyond entertainment into robotics and self‑driving car markets. After seven years developing world‑model video and photo generators, the company has attracted interest from robotics firms seeking cost‑effective training simulations. Co‑founder and CTO Anastasis Germanidis says Runway will fine‑tune its existing models for these industries and build a dedicated robotics team, while investors such as Nvidia, Google and General Atlantic back the effort. Leer más →

Runway, the New York‑based AI visual‑generation company, is expanding beyond entertainment into robotics and self‑driving car markets. After seven years developing world‑model video and photo generators, the company has attracted interest from robotics firms seeking cost‑effective training simulations. Co‑founder and CTO Anastasis Germanidis says Runway will fine‑tune its existing models for these industries and build a dedicated robotics team, while investors such as Nvidia, Google and General Atlantic back the effort. Leer más →