Today, I’m talking with Runway CEO and co-founder Cris Valenzuela. This one’s special: Cris and I were live at an event in New York City last month hosted by Alix Partners, so you’ll hear the audience from time to time.

Runway is a leading AI video generation platform, and it’s getting better all the time. That puts Cris and his company on the same collision course with creators, artists, and copyright law as every other part of the AI industry — and you’ll hear Cris and I really get into all that here.

Links:

AMC Networks inks deal with AI company Runway | Hollywood Reporter
We made a film with AI. You’ll be blown away — and freaked out | WSJ
Mark Zuckerberg just declared war on the entire advertising industry | Verge
Runway says its latest AI video model can generate consistent scenes, people | Verge
Runway releases an impressive new video-generating AI model | TechCrunch
Runway Trained on Thousands of YouTube Videos Without Permission | 404 Media
Runway partners with Lionsgate to train on its catalog of video | Verge
AI companies lose bid to dismiss parts of visual artists' copyright case | Reuters

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