Introduction
Runway’s next video model focuses on sequenced instructions, camera choreography and fidelity, reflecting rapid intra-year model turnover. Year precision follows the master; the exact release date remains to be checked.
View full image ↗Raccoon-at-a-console poster from Runway’s official Gen-4.5 demonstration. Model-generated imagery, not a photograph of a real space activity.
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Treating action continuity and prompt control as objects of evaluation.
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-02
Release and use
The Gen-4.5 announcement is dated 1 December 2025 and focuses on dynamic action, temporal continuity and prompt response. The page also acknowledges limits involving causal order, objects disappearing after occlusion, and an excessive tendency for actions to succeed. A preference ranking cited in the announcement reflects its comparison conditions; it is not a general verdict on filmmaking, accurate physical simulation or every creative task.
Section sources: Runway Gen-4.5: State-of-the-Art AI Video Generation
Change in creative practice
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Section sources: Runway Gen-4.5: State-of-the-Art AI Video Generation
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Date displayed for this node: 2025-12-01 · Historical date recorded for the source: 2025
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Gen-4.5
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Provenance, translation & verification
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Research materials & supplement references · 1
GenAI Visual Release Chronology Research Master · p. 34 · R185
Date as recorded: 2025
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