# Runway — Gen-1: The next step forward for generative AI

- Company: Runway (runway.com)
- Announced: 2022-12-11T10:10:10.110000+00:00
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://runway.com/research/gen-1
- Record: https://forck.live/items/7940-gen-1-the-next-step-forward-for-generative-ai
- Subject: Gen / Aleph
- Models affected: Gen-1

Runway introduced Gen-1, a generative video model that can synthesize new videos by applying the composition and style of an image or text prompt to a source video. It offers multiple modes including stylization, storyboard, mask, render, and customization. The model is based on user studies and results are preferred over existing methods.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://runway.com/research/gen-1:

> Realistically and consistently synthesize new videos by applying the composition and style of an image or text prompt to the structure of your source video.

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