The Biggest Week in AI Filmmaking Yet

Runway ML is changing VFX with their new tools! This week we are discussing AI news and this new viral prompting technique. We are also discussing the possibility of AI movies coming to IMAX.
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Time Code

00:00 Intro
00:14 Shout out to CR community
00:35 Runway Aleph
12:10 Enrollment is open
13:10 Luma Modify
14:40 Luma vs Runway
15:19 MJ Start and End Frame
19:04 Kling Elements
20:45 Kling Labs is coming Soon
21:17 Higgsfield Steal
22:32 WAN 2.2 for ComfyUI
24:30 JSON Prompting vs Normal Prompting
27:47 Chat GPT-5 is coming soon
28:20 YouTube's AI Updates to Shorts
28:57 Hunyuan 1.0 AI Gaming Update!
29:25 Runway + IMAX Partnership!
29:56 Ideogram Character Consistency
31:35 AI Film Events
32:14 AI Sketch Contour Competition Ends Soon!
32:31 AI Ad by Simon Meyer!
33:15 Thanks!

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Helpful Links:
https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-runway-aleph
https://help.runwayml.com/hc/en-us/articles/43277392678803-Aleph-Prompting-Guide
https://x.com/c_valenzuelab/status/1949616321454330044
https://x.com/c_valenzuelab/status/1949449768578830557
https://x.com/yuvalalaluf/status/1949501014496686234
https://x.com/LumaLabsAI/status/1950302782776627487
https://x.com/midjourney/status/1948532572251955462
https://x.com/Kling_ai/status/1948610721031549432
https://x.com/techhalla/status/1947595608174563762
https://x.com/pabloprompt/status/1949102092221640779
https://x.com/Kling_ai/status/1949760383692255518
https://higgsfield.ai/posts/5qufJ27fa2kKFIWxcZdmt3
https://higgsfield.ai/steal-chrome-extension
https://docs.comfy.org/tutorials/video/wan/wan2_2
https://x.com/maxescu/status/1949842943759802806
https://x.com/Salmaaboukarr/status/1946530149299634618
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-688a7fab308c8191bbec4b47c2cd2268-json-prompt-converter
https://www.zdnet.com/article/could-openais-rumored-browser-be-a-chrome-killer-heres-what-im-expecting/
https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/712950/openai-gpt-5-model-release-date-notepad
https://x.com/sama/status/1889755723078443244
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/youtube-shorts-is-adding-an-image-to-video-ai-tool-new-ai-effects/
https://the-decoder.com/tencent-releases-hunyuan-world-model-1-0-as-an-open-source-ai-for-3d-scene-generation/
https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanWorld-1.0
https://3d-models.hunyuan.tencent.com/world/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/imax-runway-ai-film-festival-1236330969/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gpwcaNyIrY&t=1s
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/inside-wizard-oz-sphere-tornado-flames-winged-monkeys-1236330657/
https://x.com/ideogram_ai/status/1950255115753095307
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/simon-meyer-976339160_how-to-make-ultra-realistic-miniature-car-activity-7351696398272057347-8RXO