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3w ago

Runway Unveils Gen-4 AI Video Model With Breakthrough Consistency Features

The new model, now available to paid users, addresses key challenges like character continuity, real-world physics, and dynamic motion, while raising legal and industry concerns.

Runway’s Gen-4 AI model shows controllable and continued visual effects
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Runway Gen-4: Still image from a short clip called The Herd.
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Overview

  • Runway's Gen-4 AI video generation model introduces advanced character, object, and scene consistency, solving longstanding issues in AI filmmaking.
  • The model enables users to generate consistent visuals across various angles, lighting conditions, and environments using a single reference image.
  • Gen-4 incorporates real-world physics and motion, allowing for more realistic interactions between subjects and their surroundings.
  • Runway is currently facing legal challenges over the undisclosed training data for Gen-4, with allegations of unauthorized use of copyrighted material.
  • The company is reportedly raising a funding round valuing it at $4 billion, reflecting its growing influence in the generative AI video market.