YouTube Shorts has upgraded its Dream Screen AI background generator to incorporate Google DeepMind’s latest video model, Veo 2, which will also generate standalone video clips that users can post to Shorts. “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,” coaxes YouTube, which seems to be trying out “Dream Screen” branding as an umbrella for its genAI efforts. Continue reading YouTube Shorts Updates Dream Screen with Google Veo 2 AI

Attempting to stay ahead of OpenAI in the generative video race, Google announced Veo 2, which it says can output 4K clips of two-minutes-plus at 4096 x 2160 pixels. Competitor Sora can generate video of up to 20 seconds at 1080p. However, TechCrunch says Veo 2’s supremacy is “theoretical” since it is currently available only through Google Labs’ experimental VideoFX platform, which is limited to videos of up to 8-seconds at 720p. VideoFX is also waitlisted, but Google says it will expand access this week (with no comment on expanding the cap). Continue reading Veo 2 Is Unveiled Weeks After Google Debuted Veo in Preview