Bonus tip: Veo 2 has a better understanding of real-world motion than most models. In side-by-side tests with OpenAI’s Sora, it felt more real. Smooth camera pans. Natural lighting. No weird glitches.
MULTIMODAL AI
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Example prompt for Veo2 with motorcyclist in Bangkok
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Example prompt:
— God of Prompt (@godofprompt) 23 avril 2025
"Third-person camera follows a motorcyclist weaving through a crowded night market in Bangkok, neon lights reflecting on wet pavement, fast-paced motion blur, dynamic lighting"
Less than 60 seconds later, Veo 2 will return a polished, physics-aware 8-second… pic.twitter.com/M41A2TFRnPExample prompt: "Third-person camera follows a motorcyclist weaving through a crowded night market in Bangkok, neon lights reflecting on wet pavement, fast-paced motion blur, dynamic lighting" Less than 60 seconds later, Veo 2 will return a polished, physics-aware 8-second
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Select Veo 2 for free video generation in Gemini
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On the right pane, select Veo 2 from the dropdown. This is the exact model powering video generation inside Gemini. But here, it’s free to use no Gemini Advanced or AI Premium needed.
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Google AI Studio video generation playground for developers and anyone
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aistudio.google.com/generate-video This is Google’s playground for testing new AI models. It’s meant for developers but anyone can use it. You just need a free Google account. -
Character AI Launches AvatarFX for Creating AI Video Avatars
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Character AI unveiled an AI platform called AvatarFX
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 23 avril 2025
It allows users to create long-form, coherent videos of talking avatars from just a single reference photo and voice selection
Launching soon to CAI+ subscribers!pic.twitter.com/kcXYAMfQEJCharacter AI unveiled an AI platform called AvatarFX It allows users to create long-form, coherent videos of talking avatars from just a single reference photo and voice selection Launching soon to CAI+ subscribers!
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xAI Releases Major Grok Update with Vision and Multilingual Voice
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xAI just shipped a big Grok update!
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 23 avril 2025
The AI assistant's voice mode now has vision capabilities, allowing users to ask about anything seen from their camera feed (much like Gemini Live)
It also brings support for multilingual audio and real-time search!pic.twitter.com/biWKxkmaNtxAI just shipped a big Grok update! The AI assistant's voice mode now has vision capabilities, allowing users to ask about anything seen from their camera feed (much like Gemini Live) It also brings support for multilingual audio and real-time search!
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Google AI Advances FireSat Flood Forecasting Geospatial Analysis
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Read about the research here: FireSat → https://
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Flood Forecasting → https://
goo.gle/4jmHfU4
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Character AI unveils AvatarFX video model
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BREAKING 🚨: @character_ai announced a new video generation model AvatarFX, in Early Access!
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 22 avril 2025
"AvatarFX can make images come to life – and speak, sing, and emote – all with the click of a button."
That's what many were waiting for 👀 pic.twitter.com/BElqCLSKLiBREAKING : @character_ai announced a new video generation model AvatarFX, in Early Access! "AvatarFX can make images come to life – and speak, sing, and emote – all with the click of a button." That's what many were waiting for
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Multimodal AI in Enterprise: Handling Data Solutions
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@lancedb and Co-Founder @changhiskhan shares the growing importance of multimodal AI in enterprise applications – and solutions to handling multimodal data. Watch the full discussion with @dennylee and Brooke Wenig: https://
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AvatarFX: Character AI’s New Cinematic Video Generation Model
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📽️Say hello to AvatarFX — our cutting-edge video generation model. Cinematic. Expressive. Mind-blowing. Dive in: https://t.co/aF5zDrKLIK #CharacterAI #AvatarFX pic.twitter.com/Rkqo4SXEgX
— Character.AI (@character_ai) 22 avril 2025Say hello to AvatarFX — our cutting-edge video generation model. Cinematic. Expressive. Mind-blowing. Dive in: https://
character-ai.github.io/avatar-fx/ #CharacterAI #AvatarFX