Abandoning Transformers! The Last Author of 'Google's Eight' Starts a Venture to Overturn the Generative AI Paradigm


Runway's latest model, Gen-4.5, defeated Google's Veo3 and OpenAI's Sora2Pro on the third-party blind testing platform Video Arena, becoming the first large model to ascend to the top by a small team. Its CEO emphasized the feasibility of focusing on research and rapid iteration, pointing out that a team of 100 people can challenge a trillion-dollar company not by budget, but by density. The model uses a self-developed space-time hybrid Transformer architecture, demonstrating breakthroughs in AI video generation by a small team.
HSBC has partnered with AI company Mistral to introduce advanced AI tools to improve business efficiency, focusing on optimizing internal processes such as multilingual document processing, translation, and document analysis, driving operational upgrades through technological innovation.
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched the conversational AI product ChatGPT, which quickly sparked a revolution in the business and technology sectors, with a rapid increase in user numbers and it remained at the top of the Apple App Store. It not only gave rise to numerous generative AI products, but also sparked people's expectations and concerns about the potential of AI. Author Karen Hao points out that OpenAI's influence has gone beyond the technical realm, reshaping the industry landscape.
In an interview, James Cameron emphasized that although the 'Avatar' series uses cutting-edge performance capture technology to portray the Na'vi, he is opposed to generative AI. He pointed out that performance capture is essentially about celebrating the interaction between actors and directors, which is fundamentally different from AI.
The game 'Fortnite' has faced a player boycott due to the appearance of what seems to be low-quality AI-generated content. Players have voiced their concerns on the Reddit platform, urging others to reject such content and support genuine artistic creation. The related posts showcase multiple AI-generated materials, such as posters and graffiti patterns, which are crude and distorted. Players are concerned that this may affect the game's quality and the value of creative work.