Google has announced significant updates to its generative AI portfolio with the introduction of Veo 3, Imagen 4, and a new filmmaking tool called Flow. Veo 3, the company’s latest video generation model, marks a breakthrough by incorporating audio capabilities, including dialogue between characters and ambient sounds such as traffic noise or birdsong. This feature …
TikTok has introduced AI Alive, a new feature that allows users to turn static photos into dynamic videos within TikTok Stories. The tool enables creators to animate photos with movement, atmospheric effects, and ambient sounds. Users can access the feature through the Story Camera by selecting a photo from their Story Album. TikTok emphasizes that …
Honor has integrated Google’s new Veo 2 AI image-to-video generator into its upcoming Honor 400 and 400 Pro smartphones, launching May 22nd. As reported by Dominic Preston, the feature converts static images into five-second videos within the phones’ Gallery app. The tool processes requests in one to two minutes and works with both portrait and …
Adobe has launched a major update to its Firefly AI platform, including new image generation models and a redesigned web app that now features AI models from competitors. The company introduced Firefly Image Model 4, which Adobe claims offers improved quality, speed, and greater control over image outputs with resolutions up to 2K. A more …
Character.AI has announced AvatarFX, a new video generation model that can animate both AI characters and uploaded images. According to the company, the technology can generate photorealistic videos with audio that maintain consistency in face, hand, and body movements, even for long-form content. The system builds on diffusion model architecture with a parameter-efficient training pipeline …
Google has released Veo 2, its text-to-video AI model, to Gemini Advanced subscribers globally. Starting April 15, 2025, users can generate eight-second videos in 720p resolution by entering text prompts in the Gemini app. The feature, which Google claims delivers “cinematic realism” with improved physics and human motion understanding, is available through a dropdown menu …
Adobe has released version 25.2 of Premiere Pro, featuring new AI-powered tools including Generative Extend. This feature, powered by Adobe’s Firefly AI model, allows editors to extend video clips by up to two seconds and ambient audio by up to ten seconds. As Jess Weatherbed reports, the tool is free for a limited time before …
Runway has unveiled its latest AI video generation model, Gen-4, touting significant improvements in character and scene consistency. According to Kyle Wiggers, who reported on the release, the model is now available to Runway’s individual and enterprise customers. The company claims Gen-4 can maintain coherent environments and characters across different scenes while accurately simulating real-world …
Moonvalley has introduced Marey, a new AI video model trained solely on legally acquired and licensed content. According to Carl Franzen of VentureBeat, this approach addresses copyright concerns plaguing many competing AI video models that use scraped web content. Moonvalley CEO Naeem Talukdar stated, “People said it wasn’t technically feasible to build a cutting-edge AI …
Snapchat has launched its first AI Video Lenses powered by its in-house generative video model. According to Aisha Malik at TechCrunch, these new features are exclusively available to Snapchat+ subscribers who pay $15.99 monthly. The initial release includes three lenses: “Raccoon,” “Fox,” and “Spring Flowers,” with more planned weekly. Users can access these lenses through …