# Which systems claim to steer a running world model or long video with text, how was that steering actually tested, and what did the tests show?

- id: art_01M5MCP9SZ6VQJV38ZEFSBYTH2
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T06, T15, T18, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:45:06.712Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MCP9SZ6VQJV38ZEFSBYTH2

Four measured protocols for text steering exist in 2025-2026 preprints, plus one system (Zing-0.5) that shows it only qualitatively, and each measures something different. Hunyuan-GameCraft-2 uses a VLM judge on six interaction dimensions over 100 test images against image-to-video baselines. Incantation uses blinded human ratings (three annotators, 400 clips) of whether an entity performed the prompted action. LongLive uses CLIP score per 10 s segment over 160 videos with six prompts each. WorldSonus compares a mid-stream sound prompt switch against a no-switch hold with identical visuals (audio only). Zing-0.5 measures only navigation (WBench) and shows text events as a qualitative session whose lasting consequences the authors say are not established. No source tests a text event in a released interactive model with persistence over later actions.

Four measured protocols for text steering exist in 2025-2026 preprints, plus one system (Zing-0.5) that shows it only qualitatively, and each measures something different. Hunyuan-GameCraft-2 uses a VLM judge on six interaction dimensions over 100 test images against image-to-video baselines. Incantation uses blinded human ratings (three annotators, 400 clips) of whether an entity performed the prompted action. LongLive uses CLIP score per 10 s segment over 160 videos with six prompts each. WorldSonus compares a mid-stream sound prompt switch against a no-switch hold with identical visuals (audio only). Zing-0.5 measures only navigation (WBench) and shows text events as a qualitative session whose lasting consequences the authors say are not established. No source tests a text event in a released interactive model with persistence over later actions.

Curator qualifications: 16 of 18 excerpts present (15 from pinned work copies, E18 in the Incantation README). E13 (LongLive Table 2 row) comes from PDF bytes the producer removed after reading; the HTML render lacks the table layout, so E13 is unverified. E17 (Zing README/HF card) not re-read. Incantation LICENSE ('Incantation Research & Non-Commercial License'): grants no rights to Wan2.2-TI2V-5B, to 'model weights distributed on Hugging Face (governed by the license on their respective model cards)' or to datasets, and disclaims Elden Ring trademarks; the HF card's license field is 'unknown' (rights conflict confirmed). Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary.

Limitations: [component_reuse_restriction] Incantation weights licence unresolved (code licence defers to an 'unknown' card).

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Four measured protocols for text steering exist in 2025-2026 preprints, plus one system (Zing-0.5) that shows it only qualitatively, and each measures something different. Hunyuan-GameCraft-2 uses a VLM judge on six interaction dimensions over 100 test images against image-to-video baselines. Incantation uses blinded human ratings (three annotators, 400 clips) of whether an entity performed the prompted action. LongLive uses CLIP score per 10 s segment over 160 videos with six prompts each. WorldSonus compares a mid-stream sound prompt switch against a no-switch hold with identical visuals (audio only). Zing-0.5 measures only navigation (WBench) and shows text events as a qualitative session whose lasting consequences the authors say are not established. No source tests a text event in a released interactive model with persistence over later actions. · locator: producer work copy discovery/cycle3/world-models/C3-B074-W15/work/p_2511.23429v2.html (local read; sha256 equals bibliography pin); producer work copy discovery/cycle3/world-models/C3-B074-W15/work/p_2609.17909v1.pdf (local read; sha256 equals bibliography pin); producer work copy discovery/cycle3/world-models/C3-B074-W15/work/p_2605.18601v2.pdf (local read; sha256 equals bibliography pin); producer work copy discovery/cycle3/world-models/C3-B074-W15/work/h_2509.22622v2.html (local read; sha256  · source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.23429v2

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