#ai-video-generation

#ai-video-generation

Today at its flagship advertiser event, Brandcast, YouTube announced it will begin rolling out Veo 3, Google's most powerful AI video generation model, on YouTube Shorts for free to select countries in MENA over the coming weeks. The announcement comes as new GWI data reveals a significant, unique audience on the platform, with 61% of YouTube Shorts users in Saudi Arabia and 54% in the UAE reporting that they do not use Instagram Reels.

The kinds of videos that do well on YouTube Shorts are depressingly predictable: cute cats, heated arguments, crazy stunts, and plenty of good old-fashioned shots of people suffering low-key injuries. The issue is that the real world produces only so many epic fails. And of the small number that do happen, even fewer are caught on video. Think of all the airplane passenger arguments and dropped wedding cakes that have gone untaped and unposted!

Last month, The Atlantic dropped the latest investigation in its ongoing series on generative AI training data sets. Staff writer Alex Reisner found that at least 15 million YouTube videos had been used for training data by major technology companies, either for research or, in some cases, to build AI video products.

Grok Imagine, an image and video generation tool, debuted in July. Musk said earlier this month that the company plans to release a "watchable" full-length film by the end of 2026, and "really good movies" in 2027. He has hyped up the chatbot's image generation skills, from reenactments of the final scene of "King Kong" to a version of "Iron Man" in which he plays Tony Stark.

It's getting harder to know what's real on the Internet, and Google is not helping one bit with the announcement of Veo 3.1. The company's new video model supposedly offers better audio and realism, along with greater prompt accuracy. The updated video AI will be available throughout the Google ecosystem, including the Flow filmmaking tool, where the new model will unlock additional features.

Based on OpenAI's Sora 2 model, the Sora app and site devise videos in a few seconds based on your text descriptions. You can add audio to your video with both sound effects and dialog that sync up with people speaking. You can also choose the style -- anything from animated to photorealistic to surreal. Also: There's a new OpenAI app in town - here's what to know about Sora for iOS

On an initial glance, a video that's going viral on social media looks like a typical 1990s TV commercial for a children's toy set of a tropical island: there are palm trees, a waterfall, and - wait a minute - there's also a secret massage room, and even an "Orange Man" action figure who looks exactly like Donald Trump and says "don't release the files" in an ominous voice.

Whether you're a filmmaker chasing cinematic precision, a marketer scaling ad campaigns, or a solo creator on a tight budget, there's a tool here for you. From Google's V3 with its film-grade fidelity to Clipyard's lifelike avatars, each platform offers unique strengths tailored to specific needs. We'll also share a few bonus tools for those seeking niche features or alternative solutions. The possibilities are vast, and the right tool could transform not just your workflow, but the way you tell stories.

To ensure Meta is able to deliver the best possible products for people it will require taking an all-of-the-above approach,

"[W]hile I don't think it's going to propel us to a misinformation doomsday just yet, Veo 3 strikes me as an absolute AI slop machine," Johnson wrote.