Bing adds OpenAI's Sora video generator - and it's free

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Turning text into videos is one of the latest AI skills creating a buzz. And Microsoft is offering a free way to transform your ideas into quick video clips. Introduced on Monday, the Bing Video Creator is now accessible through the Bing mobile app and is coming soon to Bing on the desktop and Copilot Search. "Bing Video Creator represents our efforts to democratize the power of AI video generation," Microsoft said in its blog post. "We believe creativity should be effortless and accessible to help you satisfy your answer-seeking process." Using the mobile app for now, you can generate five-second videos by describing what you want through the usual prompt. The current version formats your videos in a 9:16 aspect ratio (ideal for social media), but Microsoft says that a 16:9 format is coming. Also: How to try Veo 3, Google's AI video generator that's going viral on the internet You can queue up to three different video generations at the same time ... Read full article.