AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?

Last week, Google introduced Veo 3, its newest video generation model that can create 8-second clips with synchronized sound effects and audio dialog—a first for the company's AI tools. The model, which generates videos at 720p resolution (based on text descriptions called "prompts" or still image inputs), represents what may be the most capable consumer video generator to date, bringing video synthesis close to a point where it is becoming very difficult to distinguish between "authentic" and AI-generated media. Google also launched Flow, an online AI filmmaking tool that combines Veo 3 with the company's Imagen 4 image generator and Gemini language model, allowing creators to describe scenes in natural language and manage characters, locations, and visual styles in a web interface. An AI-generated video from Veo 3: "ASMR scene of a woman whispering "Moonshark" into a microphone while shaking a tambourine" An AI-generated video from Veo 3: "ASMR scene of a woman whispering "Moonshar ... Read full article.