San Francisco, CA – Midjourney, a leading artificial intelligence image generation platform, has announced the release of its new AI video generation capability, dubbed V1. The new feature allows users to transform any image into a 5-second video clip, with an innovative extension mechanism enabling sequences up to 21 seconds. According to a video released by AI educator Matt Paige, Midjourney V1 offers "unreal" results, creating diverse cinematic experiences from trippy fantasy landscapes to retro-animated scenes. Paige highlights the tool's potential for generating "any world you can imagine," from "full-blown Hollywood cinematic universes." The company's CEO reportedly views V1 as a significant step towards their long-term goal of developing AI models capable of real-time open-world simulations. This strategic move includes ambitions to generate B-roll footage for Hollywood films and commercials for the advertising industry. The release of Midjourney V1 comes just a week after the company faced a lawsuit from major entertainment entities, Disney and Universal. Despite the legal challenges, the company appears undeterred in its pursuit of advanced AI capabilities for creative industries.
As Disney and Universal anticipated in their Complaint against Midjourney, a new feature of video generation has just been launched by Midjourney. An…
