Tags: avatars

Google Workspace’s AI‑powered video creator, Vids, has received a major upgrade that adds directable and custom avatars, a Veo 3.1 integration for on‑demand clip generation, direct YouTube export, and a built‑in screen‑recording Chrome extension. These tools let users type commands to control avatars, generate short video snippets from prompts, and streamline the production workflow, reducing the need for multiple apps and manual editing. Weiterlesen

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. Weiterlesen