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CNET
28-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNET
Runway Launches New Aleph Model That Promises Next-Level AI Video Editing
Runway, a pioneer in generative video, just unveiled its latest AI model called Runway Aleph that aims to redefine how people create and edit video content. Aleph builds on Runway's research into General World Models and Simulation Models, giving users a conversational AI tool that can instantly make complex edits to video footage, whether generated or existing. For instance, want to remove a car from a shot? Swap out a background? Restyle an entire scene? According to Runway, Aleph lets you do all that with a simple prompt. Read also: What Are AI Video Generators? What to Know About Google's Veo 3, Sora and More Unlike previous models that focused mostly on video generation from text, Aleph emphasizes "fluid editing." It can add or erase objects, tweak actions, change lighting and maintain continuity across frames, which are challenges that have historically tripped up AI video tools. The company says Aleph's local and global editing capabilities keep scenes, characters and environments consistent, so creators don't have to fix frame-by-frame glitches. "Runway Aleph is more than a new model -- it's a new way of thinking about video altogether," Runway wrote in its announcement. The launch comes as AI video creation heats up. Big players like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Meta have all showcased AI video models this year. But Runway, which helped popularize AI video with its earlier Gen-1 and Gen-2 models, says Aleph pushes things further by combining high-fidelity generation with real-time, conversational editing -- which could be significant for filmmakers, studios and advertisers who want faster workflows. Runway says Aleph is already being used by major studios, ad agencies, architecture firms, gaming companies and eCommerce teams. The company is giving early access to enterprise customers and creative partners starting now, with broader availability rolling out in the coming days. Read also: How to Use Sora to Create an AI Video
Gizmodo
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
AI Slop Is Coming for ASMR and I'm Finally at My Limit
Google's slop machine, Veo 3, is already firmly at the center of our brave new world of generative video, and it seems to have its sights trained on YouTube content in particular. There are Harry Potter vlogs, man-on-the-street content, unboxings, and now, the slop cannon is pointed straight at another pillar of YouTube, and this one has me ready to sign any anti-slop petition in sight. With the utmost regret, I present to you all: AI ASMR. Guys I hate to say it but the AI ASMR is only getting better — Justine Moore (@venturetwins) June 24, 2025As noted by Justine Moore, who has done a pretty solid job of cataloging the deluge of AI slop since Veo 3's release, AI ASMR seems to be taking off, and there is nothing you or I can do about it. Watch in horror as people scoop into seemingly solid objects in an 'Is It Cake?'-style 'ASMR' video that's generated specifically to be 'oddly satisfying.' Not going to lie, I wish that ketchup bottle in the video above were my brain right now—I could probably use an AI lobotomy. Why, you may be asking, am I so offended by AI-generated ASMR after all I've seen in the harrowing and copyright-defying world of Veo 3 content? Well, for one, I actually watch ASMR, and not just for shits and giggles, okay? I watch ASMR when I can't sleep, which is more than I would like to admit. And sure, I'm open to AI helping me do lots of things in this world—ordering my Uber, summarizing long annoying emails, or, I don't know, doing my dumb taxes—but I am not ready for the AI industrial complex to coo me to sleep like a big slimy meat baby in one of those pods from the Matrix. But as you may have already gathered, there is nothing sacred when it comes to video generation in its current permutation. Not world-renowned intellectual property, not a wholesale rejection from Hollywood actors, and certainly not the advertising industry, which is just short of frothing at the mouth over the prospect of using AI to generate the ads we have forcibly beamed into our eyeballs during primetime television. So, I guess that's it then. I'll ready myself for the big robot lullaby. Just do me a favor and wake me up when this high-speed train to Slopville makes its final stop—I've gotta go see about some squishy macarons.
