YouTube integrates numerous AI features

YouTube is integrating artificial intelligence into numerous features for creators. The company has announced the integration of Google’s AI video model Veo into YouTube Shorts. This will allow users to generate high-quality backgrounds and short video clips. In addition, a new Inspiration tab in YouTube Studio will offer AI-powered suggestions for video ideas, titles and … Read more

Snapchat shows AI video tool

Snapchat is introducing a new AI-powered video creation tool. The tool, which is now in beta for select users, allows users to create videos from text prompts, and soon, image prompts. The company made the announcement at its annual Snap Partner Summit, as Aisha Malik reports for TechCrunch. Snap stresses that all content created with … Read more

Luma adds API for video AI as well

Luma AI has released an API for its video AI model Dream Machine, just hours after a similar move by competitor Runway. As Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat, the API allows developers to integrate Dream Machine into their own applications. The model can generate videos from text or images, and offers features such as camera … Read more

Runway’s video AI now with API access

Runway is making its fast video generation model Gen-3 Alpha Turbo available via API. This allows companies to integrate the AI model into their own applications. As Shubham Sharma reports, Runway is one of the first companies to give developers access to a proprietary AI video generation model. The API is being rolled out in … Read more

Video AI MiniMax goes viral with Star Wars

Chinese startup MiniMax is making waves in the tech world with its new AI video generator. As Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat, the Alibaba- and Tencent-backed company’s tool can create stunning videos, including Star Wars battle scenes, in seconds. Filmmaker Dave Clark demonstrated the service’s capabilities in a funny little video that went viral. MiniMax … Read more

Adobe previews video AI capabilities for Firefly

Adobe plans to add AI-powered video generation to its Firefly software later this year. As Maxwell Zeff reports for TechCrunch, three new features – Generative Extend, Text to Video, and Image to Video – will initially be available in the beta version of Premiere Pro and on a free website. Generative Extend allows users to … Read more

Infinity creates talking characters

A new AI model called Infinity generates realistic talking characters. It is based on a video diffusion transformer that has been trained with audio input. According to the developers, this is the first model of its kind. Users can enter their scripts and get videos of animated characters speaking the text. It can process different … Read more

How good is Runway Gen-3?

How good is the new Runway Gen-3 video AI really? One Reddit user treated himself to a year of access and let others decide which prompts to try. See the results here.

Create social media videos with this AI platform

Augie Studio introduces a new AI platform for creating social media videos easily and at scale. The platform includes features such as AI-powered script, voice-over, and image creation, as well as editing tools to customize videos.

New AI models for video: Luma Dream Machine and Runway Gen-3 Alpha

Luma AI has introduced “Dream Machine”, a new AI system for video generation. Unlike similar systems such as those from OpenAI (“Sora”), Dream Machine is available for free for everyone to use. Users can create 5-second video clips simply by entering text. However, the quality of the results is not always convincing. The startup itself … Read more