YouTube is bringing its Veo 3 AI video technology mannequin, which my colleague Allison Johnson just lately referred to as “a slop monger’s dream,” to YouTube Shorts later this summer season, in keeping with a Cannes Lions keynote from YouTube CEO Neal Mohan.
Shorts creators can already make the most of the previous-generation Veo 2 mannequin to generate backgrounds with Dream Display screen in addition to standalone clips. Mohan didn’t specify precisely what Veo 3 will allow in Shorts, however he did point out Veo 3’s improved video high quality and that it may incorporate audio, so presumably these upgrades shall be coming to Shorts.
It’s additionally unclear if Shorts creators should pay to make use of Veo 3. Proper now, producing Veo 3 movies requires a paid subscription to Google’s AI Professional or AI Extremely plans. Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Mohan additionally introduced that Shorts are actually averaging greater than 200 billion views per day.
