Gen AI — Video Generation

What is AI video generation?

Creating video content using AI models.

Popular tools

Tool	Type	Access
Sora	Text to video	OpenAI
Runway	Text/Image to video	API available
Pika	Text to video	Web app
Stable Video	Open source	Self-hosted

Runway API

import runwayml

client = runwayml.RunwayML(api_key="your-key")

# Generate video from text
task = client.text_to_video.create(
    prompt="A cat walking through a garden, cinematic lighting",
    duration=4
)

# Poll for completion
while task.status != "SUCCEEDED":
    task = client.tasks.retrieve(task.id)
    time.sleep(10)

video_url = task.output[0]

Image to video

task = client.image_to_video.create(
    prompt="Make the person wave their hand",
    image=open("photo.jpg", "rb"),
    duration=4
)

Use cases

• Marketing content
• Product demos
• Educational videos
• Social media content

Ethical considerations

1. Deepfakes: AI-generated deceptive content
2. Copyright: Training data concerns
3. Misinformation: False content creation
4. Consent: Using likenesses without permission

Mini Practice

1. Explore Runway or Pika
2. Generate a short video from text
3. Test image-to-video
4. Consider ethical implications

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