YouTube Shorts is getting a tool for adding AI-generated video to your posts
It's about to get easier to add AI-generated video into your short-form posts. YouTube announced that Shorts will integrate Veo 2 — Google DeepMind’s newest video mode — which will allow users to generate and add AI clips into their videos.
The new feature will be a part of Shorts' Dream Screen, which already lets users add AI-generated backgrounds to their posts.
Wrote Youtube in a blog post announcing the news: "Need a specific scene but don't have the right footage? Want to turn your imagination into reality and tell a unique story? Simply use a text prompt to generate a video clip that fits perfectly into your narrative, or create a whole new world of content. It’s that easy!"
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YouTube claimed in the blog post that Veo 2 better "understands real-world physics and human movement," which should result in more detailed and accurate results. Users should also be able to create AI video that fits a specific "style, lens, or cinematic effect."
The blog post includes a (pretty cheesy) example of how creators could use the tool — a video in which a guy's dog grows to monster size.
It is both neat and a bit worrying that AI video is so easy to create. YouTube noted that AI-generated creations would feature both SynthID watermarks and clear labels. Hopefully, that will ease confusion from viewers.
For the time being, the new AI feature has been launched for users in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Topics YouTube
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