Google announces new Veo 3 AI video model amid much hype around Sora

Google wants you to take a break from OpenAI Sora And experience the new AI-powered video model. The latest version of the flagship AI video generator Here, the company’s name is Veo 3.1 Announce Wednesday. Veo 3.1 is now available for Payment for Gemini users And through Flow, Gemini API, and Vertex AI.

The new version of Veo will have some features that you may recognize if you have used it Flow, Google’s AI movie making software. Video components will let you upload separate assets that Veo will combine into the final video, which debuted on Flow. You’ll also be able to add objects to existing assets, and the much-needed ability to remove objects will soon be available.

You can now also give Veo a still shot of the beginning and end, and it will create an AI transition to blend the two images into a short video. Short clips can now be extended to longer than one minute, which is another way to smooth out transitions between clips. These transition tools will be useful for content creators, as AI video previously relied on many difficult transitions between short clips.

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Google Veo 3 was launched earlier this year at the I/O developers conference and quickly gained fans. It was the first AI-powered video generator to include original AI-generated synchronized audio. Google has invested heavily in generative media this year, and continues to do so Nano banana AI image model quickly acquired popularity.

But Google’s dominance has been challenged by OpenAI. The maker of ChatGPT has dropped a new version of its AI video generator, Sora, and created a A social media app similar to TikTok. Sora has been the subject of much discussion, with enthusiasts impatient Grab invitation codes. Even more worrying is that experts have expressed concern about its ability to do so Create convincing deepfakes And also fill the internet with AI slop.

AI video generators like Veo and Sora highlight Controversial role Generative AI plays a role in the creative industries. Many videographers, filmmakers and creatives They feel anxious On how AI can be trained on existing material and deployed by studios and streamers.

While heated debates rage, several artists and authors are suing AI companies over allegations Copyright infringement and other intellectual property issues. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that it infringed Ziff Davis’s copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)

For more, see What do you know about video generators? and Best AI image generators.