Summary: Runway AI just unveiled the new Gen-4 model. This model, the company claims, can create humans and objects that maintain their appearance across scenes.
It’s funny to laugh at all of the ridiculous-looking AI-generated videos on TikTok and Instagram. One of the biggest issues with the technology is the fact that the AI models can’t maintain consistent objects and humans. Well, it looks like Runway AI has cracked the code with its new Gen-4 model. The company claims that it can maintain consistent characters and objects.
Companies like Google, OpenAI, and Meta are working on video models along with other AI tools. Runway AI is primarily a video generation company, so it shouldn’t surprise you that it’s at the forefront of the technology. It’s been creating technology that would make any filmmaker worried, and it’s showing no signs of stopping.
The company unveiled its Gen-3 Alpha last year, and it pushed video generation forward, for better or worse. Now, it’s a new year and a new model with a new set of worries.
Runway AI unveiled its new Gen-4 AI model
People who try to make AI-generated “content” are met with the issue of characters changing their appearance in the middle of a scene. We see people trying to make entire films using certain characters. However, a few minutes into the film, they find that their characters look completely different. Well, AI models seem to have the memory of a lobotomized goldfish.
Runway AI has been working on a solution to this. The company unveiled its new Gen-4 model, and it showed off some examples of it. In the examples, we see that the character doesn’t change all that much throughout the video.
The realism of the video overall is rather scary. Not only does the woman stay consistent, but many of the standard AI video tells have been ironed out. There are moments that genuinely look like a video recorded on a Red camera.
This only paves the way for more video generators to follow suit and put further pressure on filmmakers. Only time will tell if this will positively affect the state of cinema or negatively affect it.
