New Delhi: Google has recently added their latest generative AI capabilities to YouTube Shorts and Google Photos. This technology giant is using its text-to-video model Veo 2 to allow users to generate videos on these platforms. This latest addition is part of Google’s ongoing effort to integrate AI features into its applications. This will benefit the creators, who can now use a photo as a starting point to generate a video using AI. YouTube will also offer generative AI effects for the Shorts camera.
Users can access these tools from the AI playground centre; the features are presently available only in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. However, Google has plans to roll them out to other nations. While the Google Veo 2 is currently being used for all YouTube AI video features, the company also has plans to introduce a switch to Veo 3 later this summer.
Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube, stated earlier this summer that the company would be adding generative AI to the YouTube Shorts creative tools. The next phase will be to build the latest video elements based on the text prompt, even if there are already tools for creating video backgrounds. The Google Photos application is getting the ability to animate images through the AI video generation capabilities. Google plans to upgrade the newer Veo 3 in the future. This latest tool is rolling out over the next week in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with plans for more regions later this year.
With the help of the latest AI effects, artists can turn their drawings into beautiful pictures and their selfies into videos, like they could be twinning with someone, diving underwater, and other scenarios. By selecting the effects icon, I can use the Shorts camera and then hit AI, users can peruse all of the generative effects and discover the latest effects. With the remix, the feature, users could view themselves and loved ones in anime, comics, sketches and 3D animation form. The users can just pick a photo from the gallery, choose their preferred style and transform their pictures in seconds.
While the photos get a Create Tab, YouTube Shorts now has an AI playground tab. These tabs will list all the generative AI capabilities in the application. The Create tab is now only available in the United States and is likely to be rolled out to other regions in August.
