*Google's new AI video tool floods the internet with a real-looking clip* 🔥 Google's newest AI video generator, Veo 3, generates clips that most users online can't seem to distinguish from those made by human filmmakers and actors. *Why it matters* Veo 3 videos shared online are amazing viewers with their realism — and also terrifying them with a sense that real and fake have become hopelessly blurred. *The big picture:* Unlike OpenAI's video generator Sora, released more widely last December, Google DeepMind's Veo 3 can include dialogue, soundtracks and sound effects. - The model excels at following complex prompts and translating detailed descriptions into realistic videos. - The AI engine abides by real-world physics, offers accurate lip-syncing, rarely breaks continuity and generates people with lifelike human features, including five fingers per hand. - According to examples shared by Google and from users online, the telltale signs of synthetic content are mostly absent. *Case in point:* In one viral example posted on X, filmmaker and molecular biologist Hashem Al-Ghaili shows a series of short films of AI-generated actors railing against their AI creators and prompts. *Special effects technology,* video-editing apps and camera tech advances have been changing Hollywood for many decades, but artificially generated films pose a novel challenge to human creators. - In a promo video for Flow, Google's new video tool that includes Veo 3, filmmakers say the AI engine gives them a new sense of freedom with a hint of eerie autonomy. - "It feels like it's almost building upon itself," filmmaker Dave Clark says. *How it works:* Veo 3 was announced at Google I/O on Tuesday and is available in Gemini. Checkout: https://blog.google/products/gemini/veo-3-expansion-mobile/