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The Engineering Behind the World’s Most Advanced Video AI

The Engineering Behind the World’s Most Advanced Video AI

Update: 2025-12-01
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Is video AI a viable path toward AGI? 

Runway ML founder Cristóbal Valenzuela joins Lukas Biewald just after Gen 4.5 reached the #1 position on the Video Arena Leaderboard, according to community voting on Artificial Analysis

Lukas examines how a focused research team at Runway outpaced much larger organizations like Google and Meta in one of the most compute-intensive areas of machine learning.


Cristóbal breaks down the architecture behind Gen 4.5 and explains the role of “taste” in model development. He details the engineering improvements in motion and camera control that solve long-standing issues like the restrictive “tripod look,” and shares why video models are starting to function as simulation engines with applications beyond media generation.


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The Engineering Behind the World’s Most Advanced Video AI

The Engineering Behind the World’s Most Advanced Video AI