ThursdAI — the weekly AI news podcast hosted by Alex Volkov — has covered 2 Luma AI releases since Sep 2025, most recently Uni-1 on Mar 26, 2026. Highlights include Ray3, Uni-1. Every entry below has primary-source links and the episode segment where we covered it live.
Luma Labs Uni-1 thinks and generates pixels simultaneously, #1 preference Elo
Luma Labs released Uni-1, an LLM-based image model that thinks and generates pixels simultaneously and claims the number-one human preference Elo. Unlike traditional diffusion workflows you converse with it and iterate together toward results, and it can also generate infographics; a surprising pivot from Luma's video focus.
Luma's Ray3: a 'reasoning' video model with native HDR
Luma AI launched Ray3, a video generation model it bills as a 'reasoning' video model, with native HDR output, a fast Draft Mode, and Hi-Fi mastering. It is available in Luma's Dream Machine and feeds the episode's closing theme of a next wave of video models.
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