Recently, the Modelers community officially launched Step-Video and Step-Audio, two open-source multimodal large models developed by Step-Star. These models are designed for video generation and voice interaction, respectively, aiming to provide developers and enterprise users with more powerful AI tools. Step-Video, formally known as Step-Video-T2V, is a 30-billion parameter model, making it the world's largest open-source video generation model. This model can directly generate 20...

The DeepBeepMeep team recently released Wan2.1GP on GitHub, a video generation model optimized for users with low-end GPUs. Based on Alibaba's Wan2.1, this model aims to provide powerful video generation capabilities to those lacking access to high-performance GPU resources. The launch of Wan2.1GP marks a significant advancement in video generation technology, particularly within the open-source community. Image source note: Image generated by AI, licensed from Midjourney.

Alibaba today announced the full open-sourcing of its video generation model, Wanxiang 2.1, releasing both a 14B and a 1.3B parameter version. The professional 14B parameter version offers top-tier performance, suitable for scenarios demanding high video quality. The 1.3B parameter version, optimized for consumer-grade GPUs, requires only 8.2GB of VRAM to generate high-quality 480P videos and is ideal for secondary model development and academic research. According to Alibaba, Wanxiang 2.1 excels in handling complex movements, accurately representing real-world physics, and enhancing the cinematic quality of generated videos.

Recently, Tongyi announced the open-sourcing of its latest Tongyi Wanxiang large model, Wan2.1. Wan2.1 is an AI model focused on high-quality video generation. With its excellent performance in handling complex movements, reproducing realistic physics, enhancing cinematic quality, and improving instruction following, it has become the preferred tool for creators, developers, and businesses embracing the AI era.

On February 18, Kunlun Wanwei announced the open source of China's first AI short drama creation video generation model SkyReels-V1 and China's first SOTA-level expression action controllable algorithm based on video base model SkyReels-A1. This initiative aims to address current issues such as the lack of open-source AI video generation models, high costs, and usability challenges, promoting innovation and development in the AI short drama industry. SkyReels-V1 is China's first open-source video generation model for AI short drama creation. The model combines lip-sync generation.

Today, Step-Chronicles and Geely Automobile Group announced the joint open-source of two models from the Step series of multimodal large models: the Step-Video-T2V video generation model and the Step-Audio voice model. Among them, the Step-Video-T2V video generation model is globally ahead in both parameter count and performance. This model has 30 billion parameters and can directly generate high-quality videos at 540P resolution with 204 frames, ensuring high information density and strong consistency in the generated content. Evaluation results show that

On January 22, 2025, Shanghai Step-Video Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. announced the official upgrade of its video generation model Step-Video to version V2. This upgrade brings significant technological breakthroughs and enhancements, making it even more powerful in simulating the real world.

Luma AI recently launched its latest video generation model Ray2 on its Dream Machine generative AI video creation platform, which has attracted widespread attention in the industry. Since the release of Dream Machine last summer, the AI video field has seen rapid changes in just seven months, with many new models emerging, including Runway, Kling, OpenAI's Sora, and Google's Veo2.

Recently, Ali Mama officially launched the commercial-grade Image-to-Video AI Native application - Taobao Star Image-to-Video, based on its self-developed Taobao Star video generation model. This new AI Native tool combines massive e-commerce data, rich design language, and industry-leading marketing experience, aiming to promote the intelligent upgrade of the entire process of e-commerce AI content creation.

OpenAI's AI services experienced an interruption in the early hours of December 27th, Beijing time, affecting the ChatGPT chatbot, Sora video generation model, and some API calls. By 6:05 AM, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT had partially resumed service, but the chat history loading feature remained limited, and a full restoration timeline has yet to be determined.

OpenAI recently stated that there are currently no plans to release its AI video generation model, the Sora API. The Sora model can generate highly realistic videos based on textual descriptions or reference images. During an AMA (Ask Me Anything) event with the OpenAI developer team, Romain Huet, the Director of Developer Experience at OpenAI, clearly stated that the Sora API is not currently in the plans. 'We do not have any plans for the Sora API at this time.'

During the 2024 Volcano Engine FORCE Power Conference · Winter, Volcano Engine announced a brand new upgrade of the Doubao Large Model family, showcasing its latest advancements in the field of artificial intelligence. The daily tokens usage of the Doubao Large Model has exceeded 4 trillion, reflecting an increase of over 33 times since its release in May, demonstrating its widespread application and rapid growth in the industry.