Google's new Omni AI tool will let you video clone yourself - I'm intrigued (and concerned)

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Google Omni aims to do for video what Nano Banana did for images.

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Today, Google announced a new AI video capability that will either help creatives produce higher-quality videos more easily, or vastly increase the amount of AI slop on YouTube. I'm betting it'll be a mix of both.

Google announced Gemini Omni, a tool that raises the ability to create video via AI to an entirely new level. The company compared this announcement to the level of AI image generation improvement that came about when it released Nano Banana.

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Nano Banana raised the bar considerably on what was possible with image generation. Omni purports to do the same with video. Omni will be rolling out starting today, but I didn't have a chance to play with it prior to the announcement.

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