Advertisement

News

Turn your words into HD videos with new Google AI

Turn your words into HD videos with new Google AI
Russell Kidson

Russell Kidson

  • Updated:

We’ve all seen DALL-E at this point, the image-generating AI that turns your requests into digital artworks. Google has taken this idea one step further with their latest creation, Imagen Video. The artificial intelligence-driven product will construct looping video clips based on user input in the form of words and phrases. Just as with DALL-E, the results of this software are equal parts bizarre and impressive. 

Google DOWNLOAD

This isn’t novel technology, though. Meta’s Make-A-Video predates Google’s software. Especially given that Google hasn’t released the software to the public yet, unlike Meta. If you’d like to try it, you can actually sign up for Make-A-Video right now. Google hasn’t left future customers completely in the dark, though. The company has cited issues with safeguarding as the reason why it is reluctant to release the software. However, it is likely that the software will eventually be made available to the public. 

If the name Imagen sounds familiar to you, it should. This isn’t Google’s first foray into user-determined digital asset creation. Google unveiled a similar image generation tool to DALL-E in may of this year. However, while DALL-E prides itself on artwork-like images, Google’s Imagen tried to mirror photorealism wherever possible. 

Turn your words into HD videos with new Google AI

The new Imagen Video utility works in largely the same way. Google claims that the software features ‘a high degree of controllability and world knowledge.’ Therefore, Google is confident that the software can generate a wide array of high-fidelity videos in various aesthetic styles. The company says that the tool also has a deep understanding of 3-dimensional digital assets. This is what the company says leads to the tool being able to quickly create 24fps high-definition videos. 

Now, going back to why the company says it doesn’t yet trust its creation. Google tries to filter undesirable content out as effectively as possible, but it admits that there is still a ‘risk that Imagen has encoded harmful stereotypes and representations.’

While Google is messing about with AI-driven image and video generation, the company is also trying to make the Google Search interface feel more natural.

Russell Kidson

Russell Kidson

I hail from the awe-inspiring beauty of South Africa. Born and raised in Pretoria, I've always had a deep interest in local history, particularly conflicts, architecture, and our country's rich past of being a plaything for European aristocracy. 'Tis an attempt at humor. My interest in history has since translated into hours at a time researching everything from the many reasons the Titanic sank (really, it's a wonder she ever left Belfast) to why Minecraft is such a feat of human technological accomplishment. I am an avid video gamer (Sims 4 definitely counts as video gaming, I checked) and particularly enjoy playing the part of a relatively benign overlord in Minecraft. I enjoy the diverse experiences gaming offers the player. Within the space of a few hours, a player can go from having a career as an interior decorator in Sims, to training as an archer under Niruin in Skyrim. I believe video games have so much more to teach humanity about community, kindness, and loyalty, and I enjoy the opportunity to bring concepts of the like into literary pieces.

Latest from Russell Kidson

Editorial Guidelines