Google has announced new versions of its AI video generation model, Veo, and image generation model, Imagen, as well as a new image generation tool called Whisk.
In a blog post published on the 16th by Aäron van den Oord, research scientist at Google DeepMind, and Elias Roman, senior director of product management at Google Labs, the company introduced Veo 2, and the latest version of Imagen 3.
Veo 2 can create videos with durations of several minutes and in resolutions of up to 4K, all while hallucinating fewer unwanted details (like those notorious extra fingers). This, the post explained, is thanks to “an improved understanding” of physics and human movement, as well as the language of cinematography – shot types, lenses, film emulation, etc.
The post also said that the updated Imagen 3 model generates “brighter, better composed images”, now rendering more diverse art styles with greater accuracy, prompt faithfulness, and textural detail.
As with all of Google’s …