Runway launches app studio for custom AI media

Grok has released the first seven minutes of its AI-generated adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, offering an early look at where long-form AI video production currently stands. The footage is technically coherent but falls short in the areas that typically make storytelling compelling - artistry, emotional resonance, and a sense of human perspective. It marks a notable milestone in AI video length and ambition, even if the results remain uneven.

Runway has introduced App Studio, a no-code tool that lets users build custom AI applications for generating images, video, and audio. The new feature integrates with Runway's existing Brand Kits and Workflows, making it easier for teams to deploy consistent, branded generative AI tools without writing any code.

Topview's Film Studio 2.0 includes a growing suite of over 25 cinematic tools aimed at giving filmmakers more structured control over AI-generated video. No Film School highlights five standout tools from the platform's Cinematic Suite, ranging from a 3D scene builder to an actor expression editor. The piece offers a grounded look at where AI filmmaking tooling currently stands and what workflows are becoming practical for working artists.

vLLM Semantic Router has released d3-ultra, a 27-billion-parameter open-weight model designed to handle text, image, and video inputs in a single pass and output probability distributions across possible answers. The model scored 87.2 on the team's SR-Text benchmark. Its open-weight nature makes it accessible for researchers and developers building multimodal routing and decision systems.

ASAP Rocky is facing accusations from two video artists and a parkour athlete who claim that AI was used to replicate their original work in his latest music video without permission or credit. The case adds a high-profile name to a growing list of disputes over generative AI and creative ownership. It raises pointed questions about accountability when AI-assisted production pipelines obscure the line between inspiration and copying.