Runway, an AI startup, has announced its Gen-2 model, a text-to-video AI tool that aims to generate videos from scratch based on text descriptions. While the generated videos are currently short, unstable, and not photorealistic, this development marks a significant step toward more advanced text-to-video AI capabilities, offering both creative opportunities and potential challenges in misinformation. Watch the explainer video here: https://research.runwayml.com/gen2