Daily — July 24, 2026

Runway ships a 'Media Router' that auto-selects image, video, and audio models, Black Forest Labs unveils Flux 3, a 20-second video model with native audio, and Krafton invests in game-payment infra firm Neon Commerce.

• [TechCrunch] Runway Ships a 'Media Router' That Auto-Selects Image, Video, and Audio Models ↗

  Runway launched the 'Runway Media Router,' which automatically picks the right image, video, or audio generation model against a developer's quality, latency, and cost targets. It serves not just Runway's own models but outside ones too, all through the Runway Dev API. It is a move from being a model maker into generative-media production infrastructure and orchestration.

• [The Decoder] Black Forest Labs Unveils 'Flux 3,' a 20-Second Video Model with Native Audio ↗

  Black Forest Labs revealed 'Flux 3,' a multimodal model that generates video and audio together. It handles text- and image-based clips up to 20 seconds, multilingual dialogue, keyframe transitions, and multi-shot stitching; the video model is out now, with the image model and an open-weight version to follow. The company's own evals show preference on par with or above major rivals, but no independent verification has been published yet.

• [연합뉴스] Krafton Invests in Neon Commerce, a Direct Game-Payment Infra Firm ↗

  Krafton made a strategic investment in Neon Commerce, a global game-payment infrastructure company, and is moving to build its own payment system. Neon bundles support for country-by-country payment methods, tax and regulatory compliance, and studio-run online storefronts. Krafton plans to use it to cut its reliance on outside platforms and widen direct-to-player sales.