US EditionCan You Spot Fake News Videos? Google's New AI Tool Makes It Harder to Know What's Real
- Google unveiled Veo 3, its latest AI-powered video generation model, at the Google I/O conference in May 2025.
- The release follows growing concerns about AI-generated content blurring the line between reality and fabrication, fueling distrust in visual media.
- Veo 3 generates highly realistic videos with improved physics, audio, and lip-syncing, demonstrated by a viral fake video showing two women discussing AI.
- A survey of 1,500 Canadians found 59% distrust online political news, while experts, like Anatoliy Gruzd, warn this technology threatens media credibility.
- Google offers Veo 3 access through paid subscriptions with watermarks to identify AI content, but experts warn this advance could reduce public trust in video evidence broadly.
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Can you spot fake news videos? Google's new AI tool makes it harder to know what's real
Google's new AI video tool, Veo 3, is designed to be astonishingly realistic, generating its own dialogue, sound effects and soundtracks. Some AI experts say that level of technology is unsettling and makes it more difficult for people to discern what's real and what's fake.
Gizmodo: Google’s Veo 3 Has People Crashing Out Over AI Slop | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Gizmodo: Google’s Veo 3 Has People Crashing Out Over AI Slop. “The latest AI advancement to send people down an existential rabbit hole comes courtesy of Google, which just announced its latest video generation model called Veo 3. As I’ve reported a few times now, Veo 3 is already getting into some wild stuff—turning up the dial on AI slop, deepfaking smooth-brained YouTube content, and potentially upending game development, to name a few things…
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